Kgaogelo Sekgota

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Kgaogelo Sekgota
Personal information
Full name Kgaogelo Rathete Sekgota
Date of birth (1997-06-22) 22 June 1997 (age 26)
Place of birth Seshego, South Africa[1]
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)[2]
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
Stellenbosch
Number 20
Youth career
2012–2017 Polokwane United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2019 Stumbras 30 (2)
2019–2020 Vitória 7 (0)
2020– Bidvest Wits 12 (0)
2020–2021 Moroka Swallows 24 (3)
2021–2023 Kaizer Chiefs 42 (0)
2023– Stellenbosch 12 (0)
International career
2019– South Africa 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 March 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 1 August 2023

Kgaogelo Rathete Sekgota (born 22 June 1997),[3] nicknamed Kigi, is a South African soccer player who plays as a winger for Stellenbosch F.C.[4]

Club career[edit]

Sekgota is a youth product of the academy of Polokwane United, having joined in 2012.[5] Sekgota began his senior career with the Lithuanian club Stumbras in 2017, and moved to Vitória in January 2019.[6] Sekgota made his professional debut for Vitória in a 2-0 Primeira Liga loss to FC Porto on 16 February 2019.

Sekgota returned to South Africa and joined Bidvest Wits on 17 January 2020.[7] He was announced as new Kaizer Chiefs player following the upliftment of the team transfer ban on 9 July 2021.[8]

Kaizer Chiefs confirmed the release on Kgaogelo on 1 August 2023 to Stellenbosch FC.[9]

International[edit]

He made his South Africa national football team debut on 4 June 2019, in a 2019 COSAFA Cup plate semi-final against Uganda, as a 73rd-minute substitute for Kamohelo Mahlatsi.[10]

Honours[edit]

Stumbras

Individual

References[edit]

  1. ^ Kgaogelo Sekgota at National-Football-Teams.com
  2. ^ Kgaogelo Sekgota at Soccerway
  3. ^ "Kgaogelo Sekgota (@bmcabanasf)". Twitter. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  4. ^ Kohler, Lorenz (1 August 2023). "Sekgota Lands New Club After Chiefs Exit". iDiski Times. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
  5. ^ "Local soccer player signs with top Lithuanian team". Polokwane Observer. 30 March 2017.
  6. ^ www.realnet.co.uk (22 October 2018). "Stumbras' Kgaogelo Sekgota joining Kermit Erasmus at Portuguese club Vitoria Setubal". Kick Off.
  7. ^ Wits sign winger from Portugal, kickoff.com, 18 January 2020
  8. ^ "Kgaogelo Sekgota". Kaizer Chiefs. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
  9. ^ "https://twitter.com/KaizerChiefs/status/1686381529952624641/photo/1". Twitter. Retrieved 1 August 2023. {{cite web}}: External link in |title= (help)
  10. ^ "South Africa v Uganda game report". Council of Southern Africa Football Associations. 4 June 2019.
  11. ^ "Veržlusis "Stumbro" afrikietis – geriausias jaunas žaidėjas gegužę" (in Lithuanian). Aukščiausia Lietuvos futbolo lyga. 29 May 2018. Retrieved 28 October 2018.

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