Bongeka Gamede

Bongeka Gamede

Personal information
Date of birth	(1999-05-22) 22 May 1999
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	University of the Western Cape
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	University of the Western Cape
International career‡
	South Africa U17
	South Africa U20
2019–	South Africa	1	(0)
Medal record Representing South Africa Women's Africa Cup of Nations 2022 Morocco
*Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20:04, 3 June 2019 (UTC)

Bongeka Gamede (born 22 May 1999) is a South African soccer player who plays as a defender for the University of the Western Cape (UWC) and the South Africa women's national team.

Career

Gamede's home town is Ixopo in KwaZulu-Natal. 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. 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.