Lelona Daweti
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Lelona Daweti | ||
| Date of birth | 8 September 1999 | ||
| Height | 1.52 m (5 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Attacking Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Mamelodi Sundowns | ||
| Number | 21 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2017-2021 | Cape Town Roses | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2022- | Mamelodi Sundowns | ||
| International career | |||
| 2017 | South Africa U20 | (2) | |
| 2022- | South Africa | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Lelona "Kokota Lelo" Daweti (born 8 September 1999) is a South African soccer player who plays as a forward for SAFA Women's League club Mamelodi Sundowns and the South African women's national team.[1]
Club career
[edit]Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies
[edit]She joined SAFA Women's League side Mamelodi Sundowns in South Africa and was part of the team that were runner's up for the 2022 COSAFA Women's Champions League and the 2022 CAF Women's Champions League[2][3]
She was added to the 2022 CAF Women's Champions League Best XI.[4] Later in the year she won the SAFA Women's League title with Sundowns.[5]
In 2023, she was part of the team that won the 2023 COSAFA Women's Champions League. Daweti was joint top scorer at the tournament with 3 goals.[6] She suffered an injury that ruled her out for the reminder of the season.
International career
[edit]In 2017, she was selected in the Basetsana squad for the U/20 World Cup Qualifiers.[7][8]
In 2022, Daweti competed for the South Africa women's national soccer team at the 2022 COSAFA Women's Championship where they were runner's up to Zambia.
Honours
[edit]Club
[edit]Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies
South Africa
- COSAFA Women's Championship:runner up: 2022
Individual
- 2023 COSAFA Women's Champions League: Top scorer (3 goals)
References
[edit]- ^ Ntsoelengoe, Tshepo (2 November 2022). "Daweti helps Sundowns Ladies beat Bayesla". The Citizen. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
- ^ Abrahams, Celine (14 November 2022). "ASFAR Crowned 2022 CAF Women's Champions League Winners". gsport4girls. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
- ^ https://www.sowetanlive.co.za/authors/mahlatse-mphahlele. "Sundowns Ladies crowned inaugural Caf Women's Champions League winners". SowetanLIVE. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
{{cite web}}: External link in|last= - ^ Sithole, Sinethemba (16 November 2022). "Three Sundowns Ladies Make it in Champions League Best XI". This is Football. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
- ^ profseuno, profseuno (27 November 2022). "Sundowns presented with third straight league title". KICK442 Sport News. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
- ^ "Mamelodi Sundowns to represent COSAFA region at CAF Women's Champions League". CAF. 9 August 2023. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
- ^ Oriaku, Peter (23 January 2018). "South Africa's Daweti Confident Basetsana Will Beat Falconets On Aggregate For U-20 W/Cup Ticket". Complete Sports. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
- ^ REPORTER, SUNSPORT. "BASETSANA SQUAD FOR U-20 WC QUALIFIERS". Daily Sun. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
