Gabriela Salgado
South African soccer player (born 1998)
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Gabriela de Jesus Thomas Salgado (European Portuguese: [ɡɐβɾiˈɛlɐ ðɨ ʒɨˈzuʃ tuˈmaʃ salˈɣaðu, -lɐ d ʒɨˈ-]; born 20 February 1998) is a South African soccer player who plays as a midfielder or defender for JvW and the South Africa women's national team.
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Salgado in yellow at the 2025 COSAFA Women's Championship | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Gabriela de Jesus Thomas Salgado | ||
| Date of birth | 20 February 1998 | ||
| Place of birth | Johannesburg, South Africa | ||
| Height | 1.58 m (5 ft 2 in) | ||
| Positions | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015– | JvW | ||
| International career‡ | |||
| 2020– | South Africa | 17 | (6) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals as of 00:45, 17 July 2022 (UTC) | |||
Early life
Salgado was born in Johannesburg, Gauteng to a Portuguese father and a Lebanese mother.[1]
Club career
Salgado made her club debut with JvW in 2015. With this club, she won the 2019 Sasol League National Championship, scoring one of the goals against Ma-Indies Ladies from Limpopo 2-0 in the final.[2][3]
International career
Salgado was first called up to the South Africa national team on 22 January 2017, albeit as an unused substitute against France.[4]
Salgado was named to senior women's team at the 2020 COSAFA Women's Championship.[5][6] She scored the team's winning goal in the 66th minute in the final en route to their seventh COSAFA title.[7]
On 23 June 2023, Salgado was added to the final squad at the 2023 World Cup.[8]
Salgado was named in the South African squad for the 2024 Women's Africa Cup of Nations.[9][10] On 22 July 2025, she a fractured her mid-shaft in her left leg during the semi-final match against Nigeria, ruling her out for the remainder of the year.[11][12]
International goals
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 6 November 2020 | Wolfson Stadium, Ibhayi, South Africa |  Eswatini | 3–0 | 5–0 | 2020 COSAFA Women's Championship |
| 2. | 5–0 | |||||
| 3. | 14 November 2020 |  Botswana | 2–1 | 2–1 | ||
| 4. | 20 October 2021 | Estádio do Zimpeto, Maputo, Mozambique |  Mozambique | 3–0 | 7–0 | 2022 Women's Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
| 5. | 5–0 | |||||
| 6. | 21 February 2026 | Seshego Stadium, Seshego, South Africa |  Angola | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2025 COSAFA Women's Championship |
Personal life
Salgado is in a relationship with South African soccer player Robyn Moodaly.[13] Having been engaged in December 2024, they married in November 2025.[14][15]
Honours
South Africa
- COSAFA Women's Championship: 2020: runners-up: 2025
JVW
- SAFA Women's League runners-up: 2025
- Sasol League National Championship: 2019[16]