Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 26 April 2001 | ||
Place of birth | Mahwelereng, South Africa[1] | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | SuperSport United | ||
Number | 35 | ||
Youth career | |||
2020–2021 | SuperSport United | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2021– | SuperSport United | 20 | (1) |
International career‡ | |||
South Africa U20 | |||
2022– | South Africa | 3 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 June 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 June 2023 |
Selaelo Rasebotja (born 26 April 2001) is a South African soccer player who plays as a midfielder for DTSV Primership club SuperSport United in the Premier Soccer League.[2]
He hails from Limpopo Province. While attending a football school of excellence, he represented South Africa U20 at the 2019 COSAFA U-20 Cup. He was signed by SuperSport United to their youth selection, being drafted into the senior team in the summer of 2021.[3] Following his debut for SuperSport United, manager Kaitano Tembo nicknamed Rasebotja "Iniesta".[4]
Rasebotja was called up to Bafana Bafana for the 2022 COSAFA Cup. Here, South Africa lost to Mozambique on penalty shootouts. In a consolation tournament known as the Plate, Butsaka scored his first international goal against Botswana.[1][5] Subsequently, SuperSport United refused to let Rasebotja or any other of their players join the South African team for the 2022 African Nations Championship qualification against Comoros, citing that the 2022-23 South African Premier Division start was too close.[6]