Sedilame Boseja

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Sedilame Boseja
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Personal information
Full name Maitumelo Sedilame Boseja
Date of birth (1997-12-01) 1 December 1997 (age 26) [1]
Place of birth Tutume, Central District, Botswana
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies
Number 1
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2015–2017 Township Rollers
2017 Double Action 1 (0)
2017–2020 Bloemfontein Celtic Ladies
2021– Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies
International career
2012 Botswana Under-17
2015 Botswana Under-20 2 (0)
? Botswana 21 (0)
Medal record
CAF Women's Champions League
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2021 Egypt
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 Morocco
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Côte d'Ivoire


COSAFA Women's Champions League
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2021 South Africa
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 South Africa
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 South Africa
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 May 2021 [2]

Maitumelo Sedilame Boseja (born 1 December 1997), nicknamed Tsontso, [3] is a Motswana footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies F.C. and the Botswana women's national team.

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Early life

Boseja was born in the village of Tutume in Botswana's Central District. [4] [5]

Club career

Township Rollers

In 2015, Boseja began her senior career with the women's team of Township Rollers F.C.. [6]

Double Action

In 2017, Boseja signed with Double Action Ladies FC. [2]

Bloemfontein Celtic Ladies

Having only played a single league game for Double Action, South African team Bloemfontein Celtic Ladies signed Boseja on a three-year deal. [2]

In her first season with the team, Celtic won the Free State Region women's football League. [7] They won the 2017 Sasol National League Championship with Boseja named goal keeper of the tournament. [8]

Boseja left Celtic in June 2020. [2] [9]

Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies

In May 2021, Boseja signed with SAFA Women's League team Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies F.C.. [2] In July that year, she tore an anterior cruciate ligament during a training session. [4] The injury ruled her out of Sundowns' run to win the inaugural CAF Women's Champions League, but as a registered squad member for the tournament, she still received a winner's medal. [10]

International career

In 2012, Boseja was capped by the Botswana women's national under-17 football team. [11]

In 2015, Boseja represented Botswana in qualifying for the 2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, losing 9–1 on aggregate to South Africa over two legs. [12]

As of May 2021, Boseja has won 21 caps with the Botswana national team. [2]

Honours

Bloemfontein Celtic Ladies

Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies

Individual

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