Rachel Sebati

Rachel Raesetja Sebati (born 3 February 1993) is a South African women's football midfielder, who plays for ALG Spor in the Turkish Women's First Football League with jersey number 3.[1] She was a member of the South Africa women's national U-17 and South Africa women's national teams.[2]

Rachel Raesetja Sebati
Personal information
Date of birth (1993-02-03) 3 February 1993
Place of birth Limpopo, South Africa
Height 1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 ALG Spor
Number 3
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010 Mphahlele Ladies
TUT Ladies
2019 Minsk 1 (0)
2019– ALG Spor 11 (1)
National team
2010 South Africa U-17 3 (0)
2017 South Africa
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 March 2020

Private life

Rachel Raesetja Sebati was born in Limpopo,[3] South Africa on 3 February 1993.[1][2]

Playing career

Club

Sebati was a member of Mphahlele Ladies FC in her country.[4] Later, she played for TUT Ladies,[2] and captained the team.[5]

Nadia Kroll, the assistant coach of TUT Ladies, offered Sebati and her teammate Letago Madiba to play in Belarus. Sebati had to decide within three days as the Belarusian club was in preparation for a major European tournament.[6] She moved to Belarus in July 2019, and signed with ZFK Minsk two weeks before their participation at the 2019–20 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round.[2][7][8] She appeared in two matches in August 2019 for the Belarusian team at Group 4 of the 2019–20 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round.[9][10][11]

End October 2019, she went to Turkey , arranged by her manager Kroll, and joined ALG Spor,[3][5][12][13] a club in Gaziantep, which would play the second season in the Women's First League after their promotion.[14] She scored one goal in eleven matches of the 2019-20 Turkish Women's First Football League season.[1] The 2019-20 league season was stopped due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey.[15][16] However, her team was named by the Turkish Football Federation to represent Turkey at the 2020–21 UEFA Women's Champions League as the top-ranking team when the league was stopped.[14][16]

International

Sebati played as captain of her national team South Africa girls' U-17 in all three matches of the 2010 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup - Group B.[4][17][18][19] She captained the national U-17 team at the competition.

She was part of the South Africa women's national team, nicknamed "Banyana Banyana", and a regular member in 2017..[8] She played at the 2017 COSAFA Women's Championship - Group C matches.[8][20]

References
  1. "Oyuncular - Futbolcular: Rachel Raesetja Sebati" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
  2. Ahmadu, Samuel (23 July 2019). "Rachel Sebati and Letago Madiba join Belarusian champions Minsk". Goal. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  3. "South African Duo Flying the Flag High in Europe". G Sport. 28 December 2019. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  4. "List of Players - South Africa" (PDF). FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup Trinidad and Tobago 2010 2010. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
  5. Mokhesi, Tokelo Martin (3 February 2020). "SA duo Madiba and Sebati sets Turkey alight". FARPost. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  6. Mkhonza, Mthokozisi (24 July 2019). "UEFA:Here Comes SA^s Soccer Stars". Daily Sun. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  7. "More SA women footballers plying their trade abroad". SABC. 19 March 2020. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  8. Mkhonza, Mthokozisi (1 August 2019). "Rachel Sebati Counts Her Blessings". Daily Sun. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  9. "ЖФК "Мінськ" прибув до Харкова(+ВІДЕО)". fczh1.com (in Belarusian). 5 August 2019. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
  10. "Qualifying round - Group 4 - Minsk (BLR) 12-0 Bettembourg (LUX)". UEFA. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
  11. "Qualifying round - Group 4 - Minsk (BLR) 2-1 Split (CRO)". UEFA. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
  12. "ALG Spor'dan rakiplerine gözdağı". TRT Spor (in Turkish). 20 September 2019. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
  13. "Banyana star delighted with Spain move". COSAFA. 31 July 2020. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
  14. Abrahams, Celine (15 July 2020). "Letago Madiba Continues to Dominate on the European Stage". G Sport. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  15. "Mpumalanga soccer star shines bright in Europe". Lowvelder. 25 July 2020. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  16. "2019-2020 Sezonu Kadın Ligleri Yönetim Kurulu Kararı" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. 13 July 2020. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  17. "South Africa 1:3 Korea Republic". FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup Trinidad & Tobago 2010. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
  18. "Mexico 4:0 South Africa". FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup Trinidad & Tobago 2010. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
  19. "Germany 10:1 South Africa". FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup Trinidad & Tobago 2010. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
  20. "TUT ladies to defend their title". Varsity Sports SA. 6 September 2017. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
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