Thubelihle Shamase

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Thubelihle Shamase
Personal information
Date of birth 16 January 2002
Place of birth Verulam, South Africa
Height 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
FC Gintra
Number 6
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2022–2023 University of Johannesburg 50 (18)
2024– FC Gintra 4 (2)
International career
2017–2018 South Africa U17
2019 South Africa U20
2022– 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

Thubelihle Shamase (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.

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Personal life

She has an identical twin sister, Sphumelele Shamase, who is also a soccer player. [1]

Club career

UJ Ladies F.C.

Shamase played for SAFA Women's League side UJ Ladies F.C. [2]

In 2023, she was nominated for the CAF Young Player of the Year (Women) award. [2]

FC Gintra

In March 2024, she joined A Lyga side FC Gintra. [3] [4] She made her debut on 24 March 2024.

She scored her first goal for the club on 21 April 2024 in a 4-0 win against FC Hegelmann. She scored her second goal on 27 April 2024 in a 5-0 win over FK Banga.

International career

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]

She was part of the South African women's national team at the 2022 Women's Africa Cup of Nations where they won their first continental title in 2022. [7]

In 2023, she competed for the South African women's national team at the 2023 Cosafa Women's Championship where she won the silver boot scoring 5 goals. [8] Later in the year, she was added to the national team for the 2024 Women's Africa Cup of nations qualifier and was nominated for the CAF Young Player of the Year (Women). [9] [2]

Honours

South Africa

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 "Banyana Banyana's Thubelihle Shamase nominated for award - LNN". Network News. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
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