Sedilame Boseja
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 Boseja in 2024 at Lucas Moripe Stadium | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Maitumelo Sedilame Boseja | ||
| Date of birth | 1 December 1997[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Tutume, Central District, Botswana | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies | ||
| Number | 1 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2017 | Township Rollers | ||
| 2017 | Double Action | 1 | (0) |
| 2017–2020 | Bloemfontein Celtic Ladies | ||
| 2021– | Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies | ||
| International career‡ | |||
| 2012 | Botswana Under-17 | ||
| 2015 | Botswana Under-20 | 2 | (0) |
| ? | Botswana | 21 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals as of 17 May 2021[2] | |||
Maitumelo Sedilame Boseja (born 1 December 1997), nicknamed Tsontso,[3] is a Motswana footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies F.C. and the Botswana women's national team.
Boseja was born in the village of Tutume in Botswana's Central District.[4][5]
Club career
Township Rollers
In 2015, Boseja began her senior career with the women's team of Township Rollers.[6]
Double Action
In 2017, Boseja signed with Double Action Ladies.[2]
Bloemfontein Celtic Ladies
Having only played a single league game for Double Action, South African team Bloemfontein Celtic Ladies signed Boseja on a three-year deal.[2]
In her first season with the team, Celtic won the Free State Region women's football League.[7] They won the 2017 Sasol League National Championship with Boseja named goal keeper of the tournament.[8]
Boseja left Celtic in June 2020.[2][9]
Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies
In May 2021, Boseja signed with SAFA Women's League team Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies F.C.[2] In July that year, she tore an anterior cruciate ligament during a training session.[4] The injury ruled her out of Sundowns' run to win the inaugural CAF Women's Champions League, but as a registered squad member for the tournament, she still received a winner's medal.[10]
International career
In 2012, Boseja was capped by the Botswana women's national under-17 football team.[11]
In 2015, Boseja represented Botswana in qualifying for the 2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, losing 9–1 on aggregate to South Africa over two legs.[12]
As of May 2021, Boseja has won 21 caps with the Botswana national team.[2]
