Lebogang Ester Ramalepe (also Lebohang; born 3 December 1991) is a South African professional soccer player who plays as a defender for SAFA Women's League club Mamelodi Sundowns and the South Africa women's national team.[1][2]
 Ramalepe with South Africa in 2016 | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 3 December 1991 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Ga-Kgapane | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.55 m (5 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Mamelodi Sundowns | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| Kanatla Ladies | |||||||||||||||||
| Ma Indies | 0 | (0) | |||||||||||||||
| 2020–2021 | Dinamo Minsk | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023- | Mamelodi Sundowns | ||||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2014– | South Africa | 100 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20 July 2023 (prior the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup) | |||||||||||||||||
Club career
editMamelodi Sundowns Ladies
editIn 2023, she joined SAFA Women's League side Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies.[3]
She won the 2023 CAF Women's Champions League, 2023 COSAFA Women's League and the 2023 Hollywoodbets Super league title with Sundowns.[4][5][6]
She was named in the Team of the Tournament for the 2023 CAF Women's Champions League.[7] Later in the year, she was nominated for the CAF Inter-Club Player of the Year (Women) award.[8]
International career
editIn September 2014, Ramalepe was named to the roster for the 2014 African Women's Championship in Namibia.[9][10] She also competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[11]
In 2018, she was part of the squad that lost 4-3 on penalties to Nigeria in the 2018 Women's Africa Cup of nations.[12]
In 2019, she was selected to the Banyana Banyana squad that made their World Cup debut at the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup in France.
In 2022, she was part of the Banyana Banyana squad that won their maiden Women's Africa Cup of Nations title.[13]
In 2023, she was selected for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup, in Australia and New Zealand, team that made it to the last 16.
Honours
editClub
editMamelodi Sundowns Ladies
South Africa
edit- Women's Africa Cup of Nations: 2022,[13] runner-up: 2018
Individual
editReferences
edit- ^ "SA women's team to face Ghana". The Citizen. 13 May 2014. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
- ^ "Banyana And Zimbabwe Share The Spoils". Soccer Laduma. 11 July 2014. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
- ^ Raophala, Mauwane (18 March 2023). "WAFCON-winning star joins Sundowns". FARPost. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
- ^ Pillay, Alicia (7 December 2023). "Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies Defend Hollywoodbets Super League Title". gsport4girls. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
- ^ "Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies reclaim continental glory in style". CAF. 19 November 2023. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
- ^ Raophala, Mauwane (8 September 2023). "Sundowns beat Double Action to qualify for CAF Champions League". FARPost. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
- ^ a b "CAF Women's Champions League, Cote d'Ivoire Best Xl confirmed". CAF. 22 November 2023. Retrieved 22 November 2023.
- ^ "Tagnaout blazes trail with historic CAF Women's Interclub Player of the Year award (1)". CAF. 12 November 2023. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
- ^ "Pauw Names Banyana Squad For AWC". Soccer Laduma. 30 September 2014. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
- ^ "Pauw names Banyana squad for AWC". Kickoff.com. 30 September 2014. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
- ^ Asa (14 July 2016). "South Africa name squad for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games". Womens Soccer United. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
- ^ News, Eyewitness. "Banyana Banyana lose to Nigeria in Awcon 2018 final". ewn.co.za. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ^ a b "Magaia brace hands South Africa first TotalEnergies WAFCON trophy". CAF. 29 June 2023. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
- ^ Ndumela, Mntungwa (8 December 2019). "JVW Crowned 2019 Sasol League National Champions". Sasol In Sport. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
- ^ "Osimhen, Oshoala named African Men's and Women's Player of the Year at the CAF Awards 2023". CAF. 12 November 2023. Retrieved 15 December 2023.