Lerato Kgasago | |
Birth Date: | 21 September 1991 |
Birth Place: | Soweto |
Position: | Midfielder |
Currentclub: | Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies |
Clubs1: | ÍBV |
Years1: | 2010-2013 |
Nationalteam1: | South Africa |
Nationalyears1: | 2009-2010 |
Height: | 1.63m |
Clubnumber: | 15 |
Nationalteam2: | South Africa |
Nationalgoals1: | 13 |
Nationalyears2: | 2009- |
Years2: | 2014- |
Clubs2: | Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies |
Lerato Kgasago (born 21 September 1991) is a South African soccer player who plays as a midfielder for SAFA Women's League club Mamelodi Sundowns and the South Africa women's national team.
In 2010, she signed a three-year contract with Úrvalsdeild kvenna side IBV Vestmannaeyjar.[1] They won the 1. deild kvenna in her maiden season.[2]
In 2015, she joined Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies. She won the Diski Queen of the Tournament (player of the tournament) award at the 2015 Sasol League National Championship helping Sundowns to their second title.[3]
She made the best XI team at the 2022 COSAFA Women's Champions League though her team were runners-up in the tournament.[4]
In 2009, Kgasago was part of the Basetsana team selected to take part in the 2010 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup qualifiers.[5] She scored in the 6–0 win over Zambia from a free-kick.[6]
She was one of three players called for the U/20 team in 2009 that had already made their Banyana Banyana debut.[7] She competed for the women's senior team at the 2015 African Games.[8]
Club
IBV Vestmannaeyjar (Women)
Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies
Individual