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| Date of birth | 22 May 1999[1] | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Ixopo | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.59 m (5 ft 3 in)[2] | |||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Defender | |||||||||||||
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Current team | UWC | |||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| UWC | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | ||||||||||||||
| South Africa U17 | ||||||||||||||
| South Africa U20 | ||||||||||||||
| 2019– | South Africa | 25 | (0) | |||||||||||
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) | ||||||||||||||
Bongeka Gamede (born 22 May 1999) is a South African soccer player who plays as a defender for SAFA Women's League club UWC FC and the South Africa women's national team.
Personal life[edit]
Gamede's home town is Ixopo in KwaZulu-Natal.[3]
Club career[edit]
University of Western Cape[edit]
Gamede played for the university while undergoing her studies in Tourism.
In 2023 she was named 2023 Sportswoman of the Year Winner at the university.[4]
International career[edit]
A former South African under-17 and under-20 international, she was included in the South African squad for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup despite having never previously represented the national team at senior level. A tourism student at the University of the Western Cape, she had to postpone her first year exams to appear at the tournament.[5] She made her international debut in a pre-World Cup friendly against Norway on 2 June 2019, coming on as a substitute in South Africa's 7–2 defeat.[6]
Honours[edit]
South Africa
- Women's Africa Cup of Nations: 2022,[7] runner-up: 2018
Individual
- University of Western Cape Sportswoman of the Year Winner: 2023
References[edit]
- ^ Bongeka Gamede at Soccerway. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
- ^ "Bongeka Gamede Profile". Footballcritic. 11 May 2023. p. 1. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
- ^ Ndebele, Sihle (31 May 2019). "I'm ready for World Cup action - rookie Bongeka Gamede". Sowetan Live. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
- ^ "LOOK: Banyana Banyana aces win big at UWC awards". www.dailyvoice.co.za. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
- ^ "South Africa's Bongeka Gamede has no regrets about putting exams on hold for Women's World Cup". Yahoo! Sport. 30 May 2019. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
- ^ "Norway crash Banyana in final World Cup warm-up". SuperSport. 3 June 2019. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
- ^ "Magaia brace hands South Africa first TotalEnergies WAFCON trophy". CAF. 29 June 2023. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
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