Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | [1] | 22 May 1999|||||||||||||
Place of birth | Ixopo | |||||||||||||
Height | 1.59 m (5 ft 3 in)[2] | |||||||||||||
Position(s) | Defender | |||||||||||||
Team information | ||||||||||||||
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.
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]
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]
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