| Boitumelo Rabale | |
| Fullname: | Boitumelo Joyce Rabale[1] |
| Birth Date: | 1996 8, df=yes |
| Height: | 1.70 m[2] |
| Position: | Forward |
| Currentclub: | Mamelodi Sundowns |
| Clubnumber: | 10 |
| Collegeyears1: | 2018–2019 |
| College1: | LCCC Trailblazers |
| Collegeyears2: | 2020 |
| College2: | CBU Capers |
| Years1: | 2015 |
| Clubs1: | Likhosatsana |
| Years2: | 2016–2017 |
| Clubs2: | Bloemfontein Celtic |
| Years3: | 2021 - |
| Clubs3: | Mamelodi Sundowns |
| Goals3: | 19 |
| Nationalteam1: | Lesotho |
Boitumelo Joyce Rabale (born 5 August 1996) is a Mosotho professional footballer who plays as a forward for SAFA Women's League club Mamelodi Sundowns and captains the Lesotho women's national team.[3]
Rabale was named the 2023 CAF Women's Champions League player of the tournament.[4]
Rabale was raised in Maseru.[2]
In 2015, Rabale won the inaugural Lesotho Women's Super League with Likhosatsana.
In 2016 and 2017, Rabale captained Bloemfontein Celtic and led the club to win the league.
In April 2017, she won the Lesotho's Sports Star of the Year award.[5]
She won the 2023 CAF Women's Champions League with Mamelodi Sundowns scoring in the winning goal in the semi-final in a 1-0 win over defending champions AS FAR. She scored again in the final in a 3-0 win against SC Casablanca and was named player of the tournament.[6]
Rabale left Bloemfontein Celtic was awarded a Kick4Life Student-Athlete Scholarship where she moved to Lewis and Clark Community College.[7] In January 2020, she was named the National Junior College Women's Soccer Player of the Year following her 2019 season with the LCCC Trailblazers, in which she was the league's top goalscorer with 57 goals and placed third with her team in the NJCAA Division National Tournament.[8] [9]
Rabale capped for Lesotho at senior level during the 2018 Africa Women Cup of Nations qualification.[10]
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