Kgaogelo Sekgota
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Kgaogelo Rathete Sekgota | ||
| Date of birth | 22 June 1997 | ||
| Place of birth | Seshego, South Africa[1] | ||
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Magesi | ||
| Number | 14 | ||
| 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) |
| 2023–2024 | Stellenbosch | 12 | (0) |
| 2024– | Magesi Polokwane | 3 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2019– | South Africa | 4 | (0) |
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*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 Magesi Polokwane.[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]- ^ Kgaogelo Sekgota at National-Football-Teams.com
- ^ Kgaogelo Sekgota at Soccerway
- ^ "Kgaogelo Sekgota (@bmcabanasf)". Twitter. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
- ^ Kohler, Lorenz (1 August 2023). "Sekgota Lands New Club After Chiefs Exit". iDiski Times. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
- ^ "Local soccer player signs with top Lithuanian team". Polokwane Observer. 30 March 2017.
- ^ www.realnet.co.uk (22 October 2018). "Stumbras' Kgaogelo Sekgota joining Kermit Erasmus at Portuguese club Vitoria Setubal". Kick Off.
- ^ Wits sign winger from Portugal, kickoff.com, 18 January 2020
- ^ "Kgaogelo Sekgota". Kaizer Chiefs. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
- ^ "https://twitter.com/KaizerChiefs/status/1686381529952624641/photo/1". Twitter. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
{{cite web}}: External link in|title= - ^ "South Africa v Uganda game report". Council of Southern Africa Football Associations. 4 June 2019.
- ^ "Veržlusis "Stumbro" afrikietis – geriausias jaunas žaidėjas gegužę" (in Lithuanian). Aukščiausia Lietuvos futbolo lyga. 29 May 2018. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
External links
[edit]- 1997 births
- Living people
- Soccer players from Limpopo
- People from Capricorn District Municipality
- South African men's soccer players
- South Africa men's international soccer players
- Men's association football wingers
- Vitória F.C. players
- FC Stumbras players
- Bidvest Wits F.C. players
- Moroka Swallows F.C. players
- Kaizer Chiefs F.C. players
- Stellenbosch F.C. players
- Primeira Liga players
- A Lyga players
- South African Premier Division players
- South African expatriate men's soccer players
- South African expatriate sportspeople in Portugal
- Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal
- South African expatriate sportspeople in Lithuania
- Expatriate men's footballers in Lithuania
- 21st-century South African sportsmen