Amogelang Motau

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Amogelang Motau
Personal information
Full name Amogelang Masego Motau
Date of birth 27 February 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth Modimolle
Height 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
UWC Ladies FC
Youth career
Kanatla Ladies
HPC
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2015- UWC Ladies FC
2017-2019 Oral Roberts Golden Eagles
2020- UWC Ladies FC
International career
2016 South Africa U20
2016- South Africa
Medal record
Representing Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Women's Africa Cup of Nations
Gold medal icon.svg 2022 Morocco
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Amogelang Masego Motau (born 27 February 1997) is a South African professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for SAFA Women's League side UWC Ladies and the South Africa women's national team.

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Personal life

In April 2023, she graduated from the University of Western Cape with a Bachelor of Administration degree. [1]

Club career

UWC Ladies

She captained the 2016 team that won the USSA title, the Western Cape Sasol Women's League, the Western Cape Coke Cup ,and were runner's up in the Women's Varsity Football cup. [2]

Oral Roberts Golden Eagles

In 2017, she joined Oral Roberts University in Oklahoma. [3] Named to 2018 Summit League All-League All-Freshman team. [4]

International career

She captained the Basetsana team that lost out to Nigeria in the final round of matches at the 2016 African U-20 Women's World Cup qualifiers. [5]

In 2016 she made her senior team debut against Egypt in a friendly match. [2]

She competed for the South Africa women's national soccer team at the 2022 Women's Africa Cup of Nations when they won their maiden continental title. [6] [7]

Honours

Club

UWC Ladies

USSA: 2016

Varsity Women's Football Cup: Runners-up: 2016

Western Cape Sasol Women's League: 2016

2016 Coke Cup Winners Western Cape

Oral Roberts Golden Eagles

2018 All Freshman Team

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References

  1. webportal@uwc.ac.za. "Banyana Star Motau Graduates". www.uwc.ac.za. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
  2. 1 2 "Sweden is an excellent barometer – Motau - SAFA.net". 18 January 2018. Retrieved 14 March 2024.
  3. Voice, Diski (10 May 2017). "Former u20 Captain Moving To USA | Diski Voice" . Retrieved 14 March 2024.
  4. "Amogelang Motau - 2019 - Women's Soccer". Oral Roberts University. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
  5. "Motau urges 'tiny' teammates on in their push for 2016 World Cup". TeamSA. 15 October 2015. Retrieved 14 March 2024.
  6. "magaia-brace-hands-south-africa-first-wafcon-trophy". CAF. 29 June 2023. Retrieved 14 March 2024.
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