Boitumelo Rabale

Boitumelo Joyce Rabele (born 5 August 1996) is a Mosotho footballer who plays as a forward for Canadian college team CBU Capers and captains the Lesotho women's national team.

Boitumelo Rabale
Personal information
Full name Boitumelo Joyce Rabele[1]
Date of birth (1996-08-05) 5 August 1996[1]
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[2]
Position(s) Forward[2]
Club information
Current team
CBU Capers
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2019 LCCC Trailblazers
2020– CBU Capers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015 Likhosatsana
2016–2017 Bloemfontein Celtic
National team
Lesotho
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Early life

Rabale was raised in Maseru.[2]

Club career

In 2015, Rabale won the inaugural Lesotho Women's Super League with Likhosatsana.[3]

In 2016 and 2017, Rabale captained Bloemfontein Celtic and led the club to win the league.[3]

In April 2017, Rabale won Lesotho's Sports Star of the Year award.[4]

College career

Rabale left Bloemfontein Celtic to move to Lewis and Clark Community College on a two-year full athletic scholarship.[5] 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.[3][6]

International career

Rabale capped for Lesotho at senior level during the 2018 Africa Women Cup of Nations qualification.[7]

References

  1. "Competitions - 11th Edition Women AFCON- GHANA 2018 - Team Details - Player Details". CAF.
  2. "Boitumelo Rabale". Cape Breton Athletics. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  3. Pheko, Lipholo (8 January 2020). "Queen wins top US award". The Post.
  4. Tsiane, Moorosi (13 April 2017). "Tsibela, Rabale win big at sports awards". Lesotho Times. PressReader.
  5. Tsiane, Moorosi (5 August 2018). "Boitumelo Rabale cherishes the USA Challenge ahead". Soka 25 East.
  6. "Rabale wins big in America". Lesotho Football Association. 21 January 2020.
  7. "Competitions - 11th Edition Women AFCON- GHANA 2018 - Match Details". CAF. Retrieved 6 September 2020.


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