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 24)
Place of birth Seshego, South Africa
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Winger
Club information
Current team
 Kaizer Chiefs
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– Kaizer Chiefs 2 (0)
National team
2019– South Africa 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:42, 26 September 2020 (UTC)

Kgaogelo Rathete Sekgota (born 22 June 1997), nicknamed Kigi, is a South African soccer player who plays as a winger for Kaizer Chiefs.

Club career[]

Sekgota is a youth product of the academy of Polokwane United, having joined in 2012.[1] Sekgota began his senior career with the Lithuanian club Stumbras in 2017, and moved to Vitória in January 2019.[2] 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.[3] He was announced as new Kaizer Chiefs player following the upliftment of the team transfer ban on 9 July 2021.

International[]

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.[4]

Honours[]

Stumbras

Individual

  • A Lyga Young Player of the Month: May 2018[5]

References[]

  1. ^ "Local soccer player signs with top Lithuanian team". Polokwane Observer. 30 March 2017.
  2. ^ www.realnet.co.uk (22 October 2018). "Stumbras' Kgaogelo Sekgota joining Kermit Erasmus at Portuguese club Vitoria Setubal". Kick Off.
  3. ^ Wits sign winger from Portugal, kickoff.com, 18 January 2020
  4. ^ "South Africa v Uganda game report". Council of Southern Africa Football Associations. 4 June 2019.
  5. ^ "Veržlusis "Stumbro" afrikietis – geriausias jaunas žaidėjas gegužę" (in Lithuanian). Aukščiausia Lietuvos futbolo lyga. 29 May 2018. Retrieved 28 October 2018.

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