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'{{short description|South African soccer player (born 1999)}} {{Use South African English|date=February 2022}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2019}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Bongeka Gamede | fullname = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1999|5|22}}<ref>{{Soccerway|accessdate=3 June 2019}}</ref> | birth_place = | height = 1.59m<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.footballcritic.com/bongeka-gamede/profile/323754 |title=Bongeka Gamede Profile |work=Footballcritic |page=1 |date=11 May 2023 |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref> | position = [[Defender (soccer)|Defender]] | currentclub = [[University of the Western Cape|UWC]] | clubnumber = | youthclubs1 = | youthyears1 = | years1 = | clubs1 = [[University of the Western Cape|UWC]] | caps1 = | goals1 = | nationalyears1 = | nationalteam1 = [[South Africa women's national under-17 soccer team|South Africa U17]] | nationalcaps1 = | nationalgoals1 = | nationalyears2 = | nationalteam2 = [[South Africa women's national under-20 soccer team|South Africa U20]] | nationalcaps2 = | nationalgoals2 = | nationalyears3 = 2019– | nationalteam3 = [[South Africa women's national soccer team|South Africa]] | nationalcaps3 = 25 | nationalgoals3 = 0 |medaltemplates = {{Medal|Country|{{fba|South Africa}}}} {{Medal|Comp|[[Women's Africa Cup of Nations]]}} {{Medal|1st|[[2022 Women's Africa Cup of Nations|2022 Morocco]]|}} | pcupdate = | ntupdate = 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 (soccer)|defender]] for [[SAFA Women's League]] club [[University of the Western Cape|UWC FC]] and the [[South Africa women's national soccer team|South Africa women's national team]]. ==Career== Gamede's home town is [[Ixopo]] in KwaZulu-Natal.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ndebele |first1=Sihle |title=I'm ready for World Cup action - rookie Bongeka Gamede |url=https://www.sowetanlive.co.za/sport/soccer/2019-05-31-im-ready-for-world-cup-action-rookie-bongeka-gamede/ |accessdate=3 June 2019 |work=Sowetan Live |date=31 May 2019}}</ref> A former South African [[South Africa women's national under-17 football team|under-17]] and [[South Africa women's national under-20 football team|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.<ref>{{cite news |title=South Africa's Bongeka Gamede has no regrets about putting exams on hold for Women's World Cup |url=https://uk.sports.yahoo.com/news/south-africa-apos-bongeka-gamede-195636724.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAACtTI5PoQ30pWNVxr6iqv6Yr3nUQuYAgFB697z_NGYno1JwNeSAvxYfGy6f-e-vrDFK_p3B_Ck5-6Wiz0PcZVFdfE3StcIAbVuzhgCUmsQW33Ux-inA1J_Xlsnmz2XdOxXb8aqGzr-rPpxqEgRL11DUtjuP2xV-42xpwjc01SQwb |accessdate=3 June 2019 |work=Yahoo! Sport |date=30 May 2019}}</ref> She made her international debut in a pre-World Cup friendly against [[Norway women's national football team|Norway]] on 2 June 2019, coming on as a substitute in South Africa's 7–2 defeat.<ref>{{cite news |title=Norway crash Banyana in final World Cup warm-up |url=https://www.supersport.com/football/fifa-womens-world-cup/news/190603_Norway_crash_Banyana_in_final_World_Cup_warmup |accessdate=3 June 2019 |work=SuperSport |date=3 June 2019}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{Navboxes colour | bg = #FFEF00 | fg = #007749 | bordercolor = #007749 | title = South Africa squads | list1 = {{South Africa squad 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup}} {{South Africa squad 2022 Africa Women Cup of Nations}} {{South Africa squad 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup}} }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Gamede, Bongeka}} [[Category:1999 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:South African women's soccer players]] [[Category:South Africa women's international soccer players]] [[Category:Women's association football defenders]] [[Category:2019 FIFA Women's World Cup players]] [[Category:People from Ubuhlebezwe Local Municipality]] [[Category:Soccer players from KwaZulu-Natal]] [[Category:2023 FIFA Women's World Cup players]] {{SouthAfrica-women-footy-bio-stub}}'