Bongeka Gamede (born 22 May 1999) is a South African soccer player who plays as a defender for the University of the Western Cape (UWC) and the South Africa women's national team.
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Date of birth | (1999-05-22) 22 May 1999 (age 23)[1] | ||||||||||||
Position(s) | Defender | ||||||||||||
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Current team | University of the Western Cape | ||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||
University of the Western Cape | |||||||||||||
National team‡ | |||||||||||||
South Africa U17 | |||||||||||||
South Africa U20 | |||||||||||||
2019– | South Africa | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||
Honours
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20:04, 3 June 2019 (UTC) |
Gamede's home town is Ixopo in KwaZulu-Natal.[2] 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.[3] 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.[4]
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