Kgaogelo Sekgota

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Kgaogelo Sekgota

| fullname = Kgaogelo Rathete Sekgota

| image =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1997|6|22|df=y}}

| birth_place = Seshego, South Africa{{NFT player|74451}}

| height = 1.71 m{{Soccerway|kgaogelo-rathete-sekgota/488201}}

| position = Winger

| currentclub =

| clubnumber =

| youthyears1 = 2012–2017

| youthclubs1 = Polokwane United

| years1 = 2017–2019

| clubs1 = Stumbras

| caps1 = 30

| goals1 = 2

| years2 = 2019–2020

| clubs2 = Vitória

| caps2 = 7

| goals2 = 0

| years3 = 2020–

| clubs3 = Bidvest Wits

| caps3 = 12

| goals3 = 0

| years4 = 2020–2021

| clubs4 = Moroka Swallows

| caps4 = 24

| goals4 = 3

| years5 = 2021–2023

| clubs5 = Kaizer Chiefs

| caps5 = 42

| goals5 = 0

| years6 = 2023–2024

| clubs6 = Stellenbosch

| caps6 = 12

| goals6 = 0

| years7 = 2024–2025

| clubs7 = Magesi Polokwane

| caps7 = 8

| goals7 = 0

| nationalyears1 = 2019–

| nationalteam1 = South Africa

| nationalcaps1 = 4

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| pcupdate = 22 March 2024

| ntupdate = 1 August 2023

}}

Kgaogelo Rathete Sekgota (born 22 June 1997),{{Cite web |title=Kgaogelo Sekgota (@bmcabanasf) |url=https://twitter.com/bmcabanasf |access-date=2021-07-08 |website=Twitter |language=en}} nicknamed Kigi, is a South African soccer player who plays as a winger.{{Cite web |last=Kohler |first=Lorenz |date=2023-08-01 |title=Sekgota Lands New Club After Chiefs Exit |url=https://www.idiskitimes.co.za/dstv-premiership/stellies-secured-sekgota-after-chiefs-exit/ |access-date=2023-08-01 |website=iDiski Times |language=en-US}}

Club career

Sekgota is a youth product of the academy of Polokwane United, having joined in 2012.{{cite web|url=http://www.observer.co.za/local-soccer-player-signs-with-top-lithuanian-team/|title=Local soccer player signs with top Lithuanian team|date=30 March 2017|website=Polokwane Observer}} Sekgota began his senior career with the Lithuanian club Stumbras in 2017, and moved to Vitória in January 2019.{{cite web|url=http://www.kickoff.com/news/90155/stumbras-kgaogelo-sekgota-joining-kermit|title=Stumbras' Kgaogelo Sekgota joining Kermit Erasmus at Portuguese club Vitoria Setubal|last=www.realnet.co.uk|date=22 October 2018|website=Kick Off}} Sekgota made his professional debut for Vitória in a 2-0 Primeira Liga loss to FC Porto on 16 February 2019.

Sekgota returned to South Africa and joined Bidvest Wits on 17 January 2020.[https://www.kickoff.com/news/articles/south-africa-news/categories/news/premiership/bidvest-wits-sign-midfielder-kgaogelo-sekgota/671325 Wits sign winger from Portugal], kickoff.com, 18 January 2020 He was announced as new Kaizer Chiefs player following the upliftment of the team transfer ban on 9 July 2021.{{Cite web |title=Kgaogelo Sekgota |url=https://www.kaizerchiefs.com/players/kgaogelo-sekgota/ |access-date=2022-07-08 |website=Kaizer Chiefs |language=en}}

Kaizer Chiefs confirmed the release on Kgaogelo on 1 August 2023 to Stellenbosch FC.{{Cite web |title=KaizerChiefs/status/1686381529952624641|url=https://twitter.com/KaizerChiefs/status/1686381529952624641/photo/1 |access-date=2023-08-01 |website=Twitter |language=en}}

International

He made his South Africa national football team debut on 4 June 2019, in a 2019 COSAFA Cup plate semi-final against Uganda, as a 73rd-minute substitute for Kamohelo Mahlatsi.{{cite web|publisher=Council of Southern Africa Football Associations|url=http://www.cosafa.com/south-africa-malawi-advance-to-plate-final-at-cosafa-cup/|title=South Africa v Uganda game report|date=4 June 2019}}

Honours

Stumbras

Lithuanian Football Cup (1): 2017

Individual

A Lyga Young Player of the Month: May 2018{{cite news |title=Veržlusis "Stumbro" afrikietis – geriausias jaunas žaidėjas gegužę |url=https://alyga.lt/naujiena/verzlusis-stumbro-afrikietis-geriausias-jaunas-zaidejas-geguze/5268 |accessdate=28 October 2018 |publisher=Aukščiausia Lietuvos futbolo lyga |date=29 May 2018 |language=Lithuanian}}