Abram Raselemane

{{short description|South African footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}}

{{Use South African English|date=July 2012}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Abram Raselemane

| image =

| fullname = Abram Melato Raselemane

| height = {{convert|1.80|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}

| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1978|3|23}}

| birth_place = Thaba Nchu, South Africa

| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2008|5|27|1978|3|23}}

| death_place = Bloemfontein, South Africa

| position = Striker

| youthyears1 =

| clubs1 = Bloemfontein Young Tigers

| clubs2 = Santos Cape Town

| clubs3 = Supersport United

| clubs4 = Bidvest Wits

| years1 = 1998–1999

| years2 = 1999–2001

| years3 = 2001–2006

| years4 = 2006–2008

| caps1 = 25

| caps2 = 62

| caps3 = 104

| caps4 = 24

| goals1 = 11

| goals2 = 13

| goals3 = 42

| goals4 = 2

| nationalyears1 = 2001–2006

| nationalteam1 = South Africa

| nationalcaps1 = 15

| nationalgoals1 = 3

| pcupdate = 27 May 2008

| ntupdate = 27 May 2008

}}

Abram Melato "Fire" Raselemane (23 March 1978, in Thaba Nchu – 27 May 2008, in Bloemfontein) was a South African football striker who last played for Premier Soccer League club Bidvest Wits and South Africa.

Initially rising to prominence in 1999 while playing for Bloemfontein Young Tigers,{{cite news|url=http://www.thestar.co.za/index.php?fArticleId=4425877|title=Footballer in apparent suicide|date=28 May 2008|accessdate=2008-05-28}} he later played for Supersport United and Santos Cape Town before joining Wits in 2006. Between 2002 and 2006, he was capped 15 times by South Africa, scoring 3 goals.

Raselmane died on 27 May 2008 from suicide.{{cite news|url=http://www.football365.co.za/story/0,22162,14287_3620834,00.html|title=Tragic end for Wits' Raselemane|date=28 May 2008|work=Football365|accessdate=2008-05-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080602160725/http://www.football365.co.za/story/0,22162,14287_3620834,00.html|archive-date=2 June 2008|url-status=dead}}