Boitumelo Rabale

Boitumelo Rabale
Rabale at Lucas Moripe Stadium
Personal information
Full name Boitumelo Joyce Rabale[1]
Date of birth (1996-08-05) 5 August 1996 (age 28)[1]
Place of birth Qoaling, Lesotho
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[2]
Position(s) Forward[2]
Team information
Current team
 Mamelodi Sundowns
Number 10
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2019 LCCC Trailblazers
2020 CBU Capers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015 Likhosatsana
2016–2017 Bloemfontein Celtic
2021– Mamelodi Sundowns 52 (31)
International career
Lesotho 7 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Boitumelo Joyce Rabale (born 5 August 1996) is a Mosotho professional woman footballer who plays as a forward for SAFA Women's League club Mamelodi Sundowns and captains the Lesotho women's national team.[3]

Rabale was named the 2023 CAF Women's Champions League player of the tournament.[4]

Early life

Rabale was raised in Maseru.[2]

Club career

Likhosatsana

In 2015, Rabale won the inaugural Lesotho Women's Super League with Likhosatsana.[5]

Bloemfontein Celtic Ladies

In 2016 and 2017, Rabale captained Bloemfontein Celtic and led the club to win the league.[5]

In April 2017, she won the Lesotho's Sports Star of the Year award.[6]

Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies

She won the 2023 CAF Women's Champions League with Mamelodi Sundowns scoring in the winning goal in the semi-final in a 1–0 win over defending champions AS FAR.[4] She scored again in the final in a 3–0 win against SC Casablanca and was named player of the tournament.[7]

College career

Rabale left Bloemfontein Celtic was awarded a Kick4Life Student-Athlete Scholarship where she moved to Lewis and Clark Community College.[8] In January 2020, she was named the National Junior College Women's Soccer Player of the Year following her 2019 season with the LCCC Trailblazers, in which she was the league's top goalscorer with 57 goals and placed third with her team in the NJCAA Division National Tournament.[5][9]

International career

Rabale capped for Lesotho at senior level during the 2018 Africa Women Cup of Nations qualification.[10]

Honours

Individual

References

  1. ^ a b "Competitions - 11th Edition Women AFCON- GHANA 2018 - Team Details - Player Details". CAF.
  2. ^ a b c "Boitumelo Rabale". Cape Breton Athletics. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  3. ^ Mollo, Tlotlisang (18 May 2023). "Boitumelo Rabale reveals PSL player she looks up to". FARPost. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
  4. ^ a b "Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies reclaim continental glory in style". Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies reclaim continental glory in style. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
  5. ^ a b c Pheko, Lipholo (8 January 2020). "Queen wins top US award". The Post.
  6. ^ Tsiane, Moorosi (13 April 2017). "Tsibela, Rabale win big at sports awards". Lesotho Times – via PressReader.
  7. ^ a b c "CAF Women's Champions League, Cote d'Ivoire Best Xl confirmed". CAF. 22 November 2023. Retrieved 22 November 2023.
  8. ^ Tsiane, Moorosi (5 August 2018). "Boitumelo Rabale cherishes the USA Challenge ahead". Soka 25 East.
  9. ^ "Rabale wins big in America". Lesotho Football Association. 21 January 2020.
  10. ^ "Competitions - 11th Edition Women AFCON- GHANA 2018 - Match Details". CAF. Retrieved 6 September 2020.


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