Kgaogelo Rathete Sekgota (born 22 June 1997), nicknamed Kigi, is a South African soccer player who plays as a winger for Kaizer Chiefs.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Kgaogelo Rathete Sekgota | ||
Date of birth | (1997-06-22) 22 June 1997 (age 24) | ||
Place of birth | Polokwane, South Africa | ||
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
Position(s) | Winger | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Kaizer Chiefs | ||
Number | 14 | ||
Youth career | |||
2012–2017 | Polokwane United | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2017–2019 | Stumbras | 30 | (2) |
2019–2020 | Vitória | 7 | (0) |
2020– | Bidvest Wits | 12 | (0) |
2020–2021 | Moroka Swallows | 24 | (3) |
2021– | Kaizer Chiefs | 2 | (0) |
National team | |||
2019– | South Africa | 1 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:42, 26 September 2020 (UTC) |
Sekgota is a youth product of the academy of Polokwane United, having joined in 2012.[1] Sekgota began his senior career with the Lithuanian club Stumbras in 2017, and moved to Vitória in January 2019.[2] Sekgota made his professional debut for Vitória in a 2-0 Primeira Liga loss to FC Porto on 16 February 2019.
Sekgota returned to South Africa and joined Bidvest Wits on 17 January 2020.[3] He was announced as new Kaizer Chiefs player following the upliftment of the team transfer ban on 9 July 2021.
He made his South Africa national football team debut on 4 June 2019, in a 2019 COSAFA Cup plate semi-final against Uganda, as a 73rd-minute substitute for Kamohelo Mahlatsi.[4]
Stumbras
Individual
Bidvest Wits F.C. – current squad | |
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