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Melinda Kgadiete

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Melinda Kgadiete
Kgadiete at the UJ Soweto Stadium in 2024
Personal information
Date of birth (1992-07-21) 21 July 1992 (age 32)[1]
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Mamelodi Sundowns[2]
Number 11
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021– Mamelodi Sundowns
International career‡
2018– South Africa 26[3] (3)
Medal record
Representing  South Africa
Women's Africa Cup of Nations
Second place 2018 Ghana
First place 2022 Morocco


CAF Women's Champions League
Gold medal – first place 2021 Egypt
Silver medal – second place 2022 Morocco
Gold medal – first place 2023 Côte d'Ivoire


COSAFA Women's Champions League
Gold medal – first place 2021 South Africa
Silver medal – second place 2022 South Africa
Gold medal – first place 2023 South Africa
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20 July 2023 (prior the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup)

Melinda Kgadiete (born 21 July 1992) is a South African professional soccer player who plays as an attacking midfielder for SAFA Women's League club Mamelodi Sundowns and the South African women's national team.

Club career

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Bloemfontein Celtics Ladies

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Kgadiete was part of the Bloemfontein Celtics Ladies squad that won the 2017 Sasol League National Championship with her scoring a brace to help the team win 2-0 against Cape Town Roses in the final held in Mbombela.[4]

Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies

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In 2021, she joined SAFA Women's League side Mamelodi Sundowns and was part of the team that won the 2021 COSAFA Women's Champions League. She was the top scorer at the inaugural COSAFA Women's Champions League with 5 goals.[5]

In the 2021 CAF Women's Champions League, Kgadiete scored the winning goal in the first match against Vihiga Queens from Kenya. The club went on to win the inaugural CAF Women's Champions League held in Egypt. The club completed their treble by winning the 2021 Hollywoodbets Super League.[6][7]

She was a runner-up for the 2022 COSAFA Women's Champions League with Kgadiete scoring 3 goals in the tournament and named Player of the Tournament.[8] The club reached their second consecutive CAF Women's Champions League final and were runner's up to AS FAR in the 2022 CAF Women's Champions League. Kgadiete contributed two goals in the tournament.[9] In November, Sundowns Ladies were crowned 2022 Hollywoodbets Super League champions for the third successive time.[10]

In 2023, she won the 2023 COSAFA Women's Champions League and the 2023 CAF Women's Champions League with Sundowns Ladies. Kgadiete scored the winner in the second CAF Women's Champions League group stage match against SCC Casablanca.[11] In December, they completed the treble by winning the 2023 Hollywoodbets Super League. Kgadiete scored 14 goals in 22 appearances.[12]

International career

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Kgadiete competed for the South Africa women's national soccer team at the 2018 Africa Women Cup of Nations were they finished in second place.[1][3]

She was part of the South African women's national team at the 2022 Women's Africa Cup of Nations where they won their first continental title and the 2023 FIFA Women's World cup where they reached the last 16.[13][14]

Honours

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Club

Bloemfontein Celtics Ladies

Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies

South Africa

Individual

References

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  1. ^ a b "Player Details: Melinda Kgadiete". Total Women's Africa Cup of Nations. Confederation of African Football. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  2. ^ "We Are the Defending Champions, We Have to Keep up to Standard - Melinda Kgadiete". 11 June 2021.
  3. ^ a b Melinda Kgadiete at Soccerway. Retrieved 16 June 2019. Edit this at Wikidata
  4. ^ tsholofelomosina (11 December 2017). "Bloemfontein Celtic Ladies are Sasol Women's League champions again". Alex News. Retrieved 11 November 2023.
  5. ^ "ENG, FRE, POR: Sundowns crowned winners of TotalEnergies CAF Women's Champions League | COSAFA Qualifiers". 4 September 2021. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
  6. ^ "Caf Women's Champions League: Mamelodi Sundowns beat Hasaacas to rule Africa | Goal.com South Africa". www.goal.com. 20 November 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
  7. ^ Voice, Diski (5 December 2021). "Sundowns Crowned Champions OF Hollywoodbets Super League | Diski Voice". Retrieved 1 January 2024.
  8. ^ "EN, FR, PR: Green Buffaloes stun Mamelodi Sundowns to win regional title". 13 August 2022. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
  9. ^ "AS FAR stun nine-woman Mamelodi Sundowns to clinch 2022 Caf Women's Champions League title | Goal.com South Africa". www.goal.com. 13 November 2022. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
  10. ^ "Sundowns Ladies dominate the 2022 Hollywoodbets Super League Awards - SAFA.net". 4 December 2022. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
  11. ^ "Sundowns through to CAF Women's Champions League semi-finals". CAF. 11 August 2023. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
  12. ^ Pillay, Alicia (7 December 2023). "Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies Defend Hollywoodbets Super League Title". gsport4girls. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
  13. ^ "Magaia brace hands South Africa first TotalEnergies WAFCON trophy". CAF. 29 June 2023. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  14. ^ "Coach Ellis names final Banyana Banyana World Cup squad - SAFA.net". 23 June 2023. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
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