Boseja in 2024 at Lucas Moripe Stadium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Maitumelo Sedilame Boseja | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1997-12-01) 1 December 1997 (age 27) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Tutume, Central District, Botswana | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | 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) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 May 2021 |
Maitumelo Sedilame Boseja (born 1 December 1997), nicknamed Tsontso, is a Motswana footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies F.C. and the Botswana women's national team.
Early life
Boseja was born in the village of Tutume in Botswana's Central District.
Club career
Township Rollers
In 2015, Boseja began her senior career with the women's team of Township Rollers.
Double Action
In 2017, Boseja signed with Double Action Ladies.
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.
In her first season with the team, Celtic won the Free State Region women's football League. They won the 2017 Sasol League National Championship with Boseja named goal keeper of the tournament.
Boseja left Celtic in June 2020.
Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies
In May 2021, Boseja signed with SAFA Women's League team Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies F.C. In July that year, she tore an anterior cruciate ligament during a training session. 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.
International career
In 2012, Boseja was capped by the Botswana women's national under-17 football team.
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.
As of May 2021, Boseja has won 21 caps with the Botswana national team.
Honours
Bloemfontein Celtic Ladies
Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies
- SAFA Women's League: 2021, 2022, 2023
- CAF Women's Champions League: 2021, 2023; runner-up: 2022
- COSAFA Women's Champions League: 2021, 2023; runner-up 2022
Individual
- Sasol League National Championship: Goal Keeper of the Tournament: 2017
References
- "SEDILAME BOSIJA". sundownsfc.co.za. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
- ^ Boranabi, Kabelo (28 May 2021). "Double Action query Boseja's Sundowns move". Mmegi. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
- "Rousing return for Sedilame Boseja after Long Injury-lay Off". sundownsfc.co.za. 10 May 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
- ^ Kehimile, Tshepo (16 November 2021). "Bosija On The Recovery Path". The Voice. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
- "Coach Nkutlwisang thumps up Bosija's move to Sundowns Ladies FC". Botswana Football Association. 27 May 2021. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
...the Tutume-born keeper further thanked the management...
- Boranabi, Kabelo (30 July 2021). "Boseja faces former side, Double Action". Mmegi. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
- "Congratulations Sedilame Boseja". Botswana Football Association. 21 November 2017. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
- "Celtic defend their Sasol League National Championship title - SAFA.net". 9 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
- Boranabi, Kabelo (17 May 2021). "Mares Goalkeeper Club Hunting After Celtic Exit". Mmegi. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
- Boranabi, Kabelo (22 November 2021). "Boseja is an African champ". Retrieved 1 August 2023.
- Mokganedi, Mosah (23 January 2012). "Bots U-17 women get a hammering". Mmegi. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
- "SA Women U-20 beat Botswana 8-1". KickOff. 12 July 2015. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
- "Celtic defend their Sasol League National Championship title". SAFA. 9 December 2017. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
External links
- Sedilame Boseja at Soccerway
Botswana squad – 2022 Women's Africa Cup of Nations | ||
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COSAFA Women's Championship Golden Glove | |
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Sasol Women's League Best Goalkeeper | |
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