Sphumelele Shamase
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| Date of birth | 16 January 2002 | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Verulam | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.58 m (5 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | |||||||||||||
| Team information | ||||||||||||||
Current team | FC Gintra | |||||||||||||
| Number | 8 | |||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||
| -2022 | Sunflower WFC | |||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| -2023 | University of Johannesburg | 50 | (28) | |||||||||||
| 2024- | FC Gintra | |||||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||
| 2017-2018 | South Africa U17 | |||||||||||||
| 2019 | South Africa U20 | |||||||||||||
| 2022- | South Africa | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||||||||
Sphumelele Shamase (also Siphumelele; born 16 January 2002) is a South African soccer player who plays as a midfielder for A Lyga side FC Gintra and the South Africa women's national team.[1]
Personal life[edit]
She has an identical twin sister, Thubelihle Shamase, who also plays soccer.[2]
Club career[edit]
UJ Ladies F.C[edit]
Shamase currently plays for the UJ Ladies F.C.
In 2023, she was the top scorer in the 2023 Hollywoodbets Super League finishing with 22 goals.[3]
FC Gintra[edit]
On 6 May 2024 she joined A Lyga side FC Gintra.[4] She made her debut in a 3-1 win over Rīgas FS on 8 May 2024.
International career[edit]
In 2017, she was selected in the Bantwana squad for the FIFA U/17 Women's World Cup Qualifiers.[5] Shamase competed for Bantwana at the 2018 FIFA U/17 Women's World Cup.[6]
In 2022, she competed for the South African women's national team at the 2022 COSAFA Women's Championship were they finished as runners-up to Zambia. Shamase scored 2 goals in the tournament.[7]
In 2023, she was part of the team that were selected for the 2023 COSAFA Women's Championship where they existed in the group stages and was also added to the senior national team for the 2024 Women's Africa Cup of nations qualifier against Burkina Faso.[8][9]
Honours[edit]
South Africa
- COSAFA Women's Championship: runner up: 2022
Individual
- 2023 Hollywoodbets Super League top scorer (22 goals)
References[edit]
- ^ "Shamase Twins World Cup experience may give them advantage – Dunga | soccer". SABC. 6 June 2023. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
- ^ Malepa, Tiisetso. "Shamase twins dream of World Cup together". City Press. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
- ^ Kganyago, Lethabo (9 December 2023). "Hollywoodbets League Season Awards Winners Announced". iDiski Times. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
- ^ "Sphumelele Shamase set to join twin Thubelihle in Lithuania | soccer". SABC. 25 March 2024. Retrieved 6 May 2024.
- ^ Etheridge, Mark (10 February 2018). "Coach Dludlu names Bantwana World Cup qualifier squad". TeamSA. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
- ^ "Dludlu names 21-member Bantwana squad for 2018 FIFA WC - SAFA.net". 25 October 2018. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
- ^ Writer, KickOff. "Zambia pip Banyana to COSAFA crown". KickOff. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
- ^ Times, iDiski (4 October 2023). "Banyana COSAFA Squad Confirmed". iDiski Times. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
- ^ Raophala, Mauwane (23 November 2023). "Ellis names Banyana squad for WAFCON qualifiers as Janine van Wyk returns". FARPost. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
- 2002 births
- Living people
- South Africa women's international soccer players
- South African women's soccer players
- Women's association football midfielders
- South African twins
- Identical twin females
- LGBT association football players
- South African lesbian sportswomen
- 21st-century South African women
- 21st-century South African LGBT people
- South African expatriate women's soccer players
- South African expatriate sportspeople in Lithuania
- Expatriate women's footballers in Lithuania
- Gintra Universitetas players