Bongeka Gamede
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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
Gamede's home town is Ixopo in KwaZulu-Natal.[3]
Club career
University of Western Cape
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
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
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
- ^ 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.
- ^ Ahmadu, Samuel (30 May 2019). "South Africa's Bongeka Gamede has no regrets about putting exams on hold for Women's World Cup". Goal.com. Retrieved 23 July 2024.
- ^ "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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- 1999 births
- Living people
- South African women's soccer players
- South Africa women's international soccer players
- Women's association football defenders
- 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup players
- People from Ubuhlebezwe Local Municipality
- Soccer players from KwaZulu-Natal
- 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup players
- South African women's soccer biography stubs