Morwalela Seema
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Morwalela Seema | ||
| Date of birth | 21 May 1949 | ||
| Place of birth | Mahalapye, Botswana | ||
| Position | Centre-forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1966–1968 | Queens Park Rangers B | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1968–1970 | Queens Park Rangers | ||
| 1970–1984 | Township Rollers | ||
| Gaborone Club (Sunday league) | |||
| International career | |||
| 1968–1976 | Botswana XI (Non-CAF) | (3+) | |
| 1976–1984 | Botswana | 10 | (1) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Morwalela Seema (born 21 May 1949) is a Motswana former footballer who played as a striker for Mahalapye-based club Queens Park Rangers, Township Rollers and the Botswana national football team.[1][2] He retired from professional football in 1984 as one of the best Batswana to ever grace the game.
Seema started to play football in primary school and joined the Queens Park Rangers development team in 1966. Two years later he was promoted to the first team.[1]
In 1970 he left Rangers for Township Rollers,[3] where he became part of the Township Rollers Golden Generation which won four successive league titles under Chibaso Kande. In 1984 he left Township Rollers to play Sunday football for Gaborone Club before eventually leaving football altogether.[1]
International career
He earned his first call-up to the Botswana national team, then known as Botswana XI, in 1968 and although his travel was rushed, due to having been called later than the other players, and he had no proper football boots, he greatly impressed.
He scored on his debut for Botswana XI during the 3–1 loss against Swaziland on 30 September 1968 (which was Botswana's second ever match), and he scored twice during the 4–3 victory against Swaziland on 30 September 1974.[2] Seema would go on to become a regular member of the Botswana XI squad, hailed by some as the best incarnation of the Botswana national team.
Botswana's first match as a CAF member — and its first official international match — was the 3–2 loss against Zambia on 30 August 1976 in which Seema scored one of Botswana's two goals.[2]
