Bongeka Gamede | |
Birth Date: | 1999 5, df=y |
Birth Place: | Ixopo |
Height: | 1.59m[1] |
Position: | Defender |
Currentclub: | UWC |
Clubs1: | UWC |
Nationalteam1: | South Africa U17 |
Nationalteam2: | South Africa U20 |
Nationalyears3: | 2019– |
Nationalteam3: | South Africa |
Nationalcaps3: | 25 |
Nationalgoals3: | 0 |
Ntupdate: | 20 July 2023 (prior the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup) |
Bongeka Gamede (born 22 May 1999) is a South African soccer player who plays as a defender for SAFA Women's League club UWC FC and the South Africa women's national team.
Gamede's home town is Ixopo in KwaZulu-Natal.[2]
Gamede played for the university while undergoing her studies in Tourism.
In 2023 she was named 2023 Sportswoman of the Year Winner at the university.[3]
A former South African under-17 and under-20 international, she was included in the South African squad for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup despite having never previously represented the national team at senior level. A tourism student at the University of the Western Cape, she had to postpone her first year exams to appear at the tournament.[4] She made her international debut in a pre-World Cup friendly against Norway on 2 June 2019, coming on as a substitute in South Africa's 7–2 defeat.[5]
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