Tsoanelo Letsosa

Last updated

Tsoanelo Letsosa
Personal information
Date of birth (2004-06-06) June 6, 2004 (age 21)
Place of birth Quthing, Lesotho
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Partick Thistle
Number 64
Youth career
–2017 Park Villa
2017–2021 Celtic
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2021–2023 Celtic B 32 (3)
2023–2025 Lommel 6 (0)
2025– Partick Thistle 13 (2)
International career‡
2019 Scotland U16 3 (1)
2025 Scotland U21 0 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 19:27, 1 November 2025 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 1 November 2019

Tsoanelo Letsosa, also stylized as Ts'oanelo Lets'osa (born 6 June 2004) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Scottish Championship club Partick Thistle. Born in Lesotho, he represented Scotland at youth international level.

Contents

Club career

Celtic

Born in Lesotho, [1] [2] Letsosa moved to Scotland with his family and played in the youth teams of Glasgow-based club Pollok, [3] before aged 12 joining Celtic's youth academy in 2017. [3] [4]

After signing his first professional contract with the Hoops in July 2020, [5] Letsosa went on to feature for the club's B team in the Lowland League, [4] [6] and established himself as a regular member of the squad throughout the 2022–23 season, [6] [7] [8] while also playing in the UEFA Youth League [2] [6] and contributing to the victory of the Glasgow Cup. [9] [10] During the same campaign, he also started training with the first team under manager Ange Postecoglou. [4]

Lommel

After leaving Celtic in the summer of 2023, having turned down an offer for a new deal, [4] [8] on 7 July of the same year Letsosa officially joined Belgian side Lommel on a free transfer, signing a five-year contract with the club. [11] [12]

Partick Thistle

In July 2025 Letsosa signed for Scottish Championship club Partick Thistle, returning to Glasgow on a two year deal. [13]

Lets’osa made his Thistle debut, and also scored his first Thistle goal, in a 2–0 home win over Queen of the South in the Scottish League Cup group stages. [14] Lets’osa scored his first league goal for Thistle in October 2025, in a 2–1 home win over Ayr United. [15]

International career

Letsosa represented Scotland at youth international level, having featured for the under-16 national team at the 2019 Victory Shield, where they finished as joint winners, together with Wales. [16] [17] In Aug 2025 he was called up to the Scotland U21 Squad.

Honours

Celtic B

Scotland U16

References

  1. ↑ "Tsoanelo Letsosa". Celtic FC. Archived from the original on 17 December 2022. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
  2. 1 2 Lancaster, Will (7 February 2023). "5 Celtic starlets on Ange's radar as Hoops youth setup begins to bear fruit again". Daily Record . Retrieved 25 March 2024.
  3. 1 2 Davidson, Euan (22 February 2022). "Watch: Letsosa's screamer that secured dramatic Celtic B comeback". 67 Hail Hail. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
  4. 1 2 3 4 McNicol, Ben (29 August 2023). "I'm a former Celtic B team standout and this is what it's really like taking the leap to new league". Daily Record . Retrieved 25 March 2024.
  5. ↑ "Future's bright as young Celts take next step on football journey". Celtic FC. 2 July 2020. Archived from the original on 8 July 2023. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
  6. 1 2 3 Claes, Sven (25 June 2023). "Lommel SK plukt Schotse middenvelder weg uit vijfde klasse". Het Belang van Limburg (in Flemish). Retrieved 8 July 2023.
  7. ↑ Lancaster, Will (24 May 2023). "Tsoanelo Letsosa 'set' for Celtic exit as Hoops youngster seeks pastures new in England". GlasgowLive. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
  8. 1 2 Hendry, Mark (24 June 2023). "Celtic midfielder close to sealing transfer after knocking back new deal". Football Scotland. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
  9. 1 2 Banks, Ben (10 May 2023). "Celtic beat Rangers for Glasgow Cup - RECAP: Relive thrilling night at Ibrox". Daily Record . Retrieved 8 July 2023.
  10. 1 2 "Glasgow Cup belongs to Celtic after penalty shoot-out drama at Ibrox". Celtic FC. 10 May 2023. Archived from the original on 8 July 2023. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
  11. ↑ "Welkom Ts'onaelo Lets'osa" (in Flemish). Lommel SK. 7 July 2023. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
  12. ↑ "Transfers CPL: nieuwkomers bij Lommel, Lierse en Francs Borains". Proximus Pickx (in Flemish). Proximus. 8 July 2023. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
  13. ↑ "Ts'oanelo Lets'osa joins Partick Thistle". Partick Thistle FC. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
  14. ↑ "Partick Thistle vs Queen of the South: Premier Sports Cup score updates, BBC Sport".
  15. ↑ "Partick Thistle vs Ayr United: Championship stats & head-to-head".
  16. 1 2 "Wales and Scotland share Victory Shield". BBC Sport . 1 November 2019. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
  17. 1 2 "Scotland Under-16s crowned joint winners of 2019 Victory Shield". Scottish FA. 1 November 2019. Archived from the original on 22 April 2021. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.