Mapula Nomvula "Nomi" Kgoale (born 20 November 1995) is a South African soccer player who plays as a defender for Spanish Primera Federación club CD Parquesol and the South Africa women's national team.
Personal information | |||||||||||||
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Full name | Mapula Nomvula Kgoale[1] | ||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1995-11-20) 20 November 1995 (age 26)[1][2] | ||||||||||||
Place of birth | Zebediela, South Africa[1] | ||||||||||||
Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)[1] | ||||||||||||
Position(s) | Defender,[3] midfielder[4] | ||||||||||||
Club information | |||||||||||||
Current team | Parquesol | ||||||||||||
Number | 12 | ||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||
Tuks Sports High School | |||||||||||||
College career | |||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||
2014 | Lindsey Wilson Blue Raiders | 14 | (3) | ||||||||||
2015 | Tyler Apaches | ||||||||||||
2016–2018 | Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters | 54 | (10) | ||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||
UWC Ladies | |||||||||||||
2021 | Cacereño | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||
2022– | Parquesol | 13 | (1) | ||||||||||
National team‡ | |||||||||||||
2010 | South Africa U17 | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||
South Africa U20 | |||||||||||||
2019– | South Africa | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||
Honours
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 May 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 May 2019 |
Kgoale attended the Lindsey Wilson College, the Tyler Junior College and the Louisiana Tech University, both in the United States.
Kgoale represented South Africa at the 2010 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.[5] She made her senior debut on 12 May 2019 in a 0–3 friendly loss to the United States.
South Africa squad – 2022 Women's Africa Cup of Nations winners (1st title) | ||
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