Lebogang Ramalepe

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| name = Lebogang Ramalepe

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| image = File:Lebogang Ramalepe.jpg

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| caption = Ramalepe in 2025

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1991|12|3}}

| birth_place = Ga-Kgapane, Limpopo, South Africa

| height = 1.55m

| position = Defender

| currentclub = Mamelodi Sundowns

| clubnumber = 4

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| clubs1 = Kanatla Ladies

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| years2 = 2019

| clubs2 = Ma-Indies Ladies

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| years3 = 2020–2021

| clubs3 = Dinamo Minsk

| clubs4 = Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies

| caps3 = 3

| goals3 = 0

| nationalyears1 = 2014–

| nationalteam1 = South Africa

| nationalcaps1 = 100

| nationalgoals1 = 4

| medaltemplates = {{Medal|Country|{{fba|South Africa}}}}

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| ntupdate = 20 July 2023 (prior the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup)

| years4 = 2023–

| caps4 = 56

| goals4 = 12

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Lebogang Ester Ramalepe (also Lebohang; born 3 December 1991) is a South African professional soccer player who plays as a defender for SAFA Women's League club Mamelodi Sundowns and the South Africa women's national team.{{cite web |date=13 May 2014 |title=SA women's team to face Ghana |url=http://citizen.co.za/176903/sa-womens-team-face-ghana/ |access-date=22 October 2014 |publisher=The Citizen}}{{cite web |date=11 July 2014 |title=Banyana And Zimbabwe Share The Spoils |url=http://www.soccerladuma.co.za/news/articles/categories/south-africa/banyana-banyana-and-zimbabwe-in-a-stalemate/169032 |access-date=22 October 2014 |publisher=Soccer Laduma}}

She captained Ma-Indies Ladies to a second place finish at the 2019 Sasol League National Championship and was voted player of the tournament.{{Cite web |last=Ndumela |first=Mntungwa |date=2019-12-08 |title=JVW Crowned 2019 Sasol League National Champions |url=https://sasolinsport.co.za/jvw-crowned-2019-sasol-league-national-champions/#:~:text=Gauteng%20based%20JVW%20Football%20Club,took%20place%20in%20Tsakane,%20Ekurhuleni. |access-date=2025-02-01 |website=Sasol In Sport |language=en-US}}

Ramalepe was voted the 2024 SAFA Women's League Player's Player of the Season.{{Cite web |date=2025-01-27 |title=Lebohang Ramalepe gets a nod from her peers at the 2024 HWBSL Awards {{!}} soccer |url=https://www.sabcsport.com/soccer/news/lebohang-ramalepe-gets-a-nod-from-her-peers-at-the-2024-2024-hollywoodbets-super-league-awards |access-date=2025-02-01 |website=SABC |language=en}}

Club career

= Ma-Indies Ladies =

She captained Ma-Indies Ladies to a second place finish at the 2019 Sasol League National Championship and was voted player of the tournament.

= Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies =

In 2023, she joined SAFA Women's League side Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies.{{Cite web |last=Raophala |first=Mauwane |date=2023-03-18 |title=WAFCON-winning star joins Sundowns |url=https://farpost.co.za/2023/03/18/wafcon-winning-star-joins-sundowns/ |access-date=2023-12-21 |website=FARPost |language=en-ZA}}

She won the 2023 CAF Women's Champions League, 2023 COSAFA Women's League and the 2023 Hollywoodbets Super league title with Sundowns.{{Cite web |last=Pillay |first=Alicia |date=2023-12-07 |title=Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies Defend Hollywoodbets Super League Title |url=https://gsport.co.za/mamelodi-sundowns-ladies-defend-hollywoodbets-super-league-title/ |access-date=2023-12-21 |website=gsport4girls |language=en-ZA}}{{Cite web |date=2023-11-19 |title=Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies reclaim continental glory in style |url=https://www.cafonline.com/caf-womens-champions-league/news/mamelodi-sundowns-ladies-reclaim-continental-glory-in-style/ |access-date=2023-12-21 |website=CAF |language=en-GB}}{{Cite web |last=Raophala |first=Mauwane |date=2023-09-08 |title=Sundowns beat Double Action to qualify for CAF Champions League |url=https://farpost.co.za/2023/09/08/sundowns-beat-double-action-to-qualify-for-caf-champions-league/ |access-date=2023-12-21 |website=FARPost |language=en-ZA}}

She was named in the Team of the Tournament for the 2023 CAF Women's Champions League.{{Cite web |date=2023-11-22 |title=CAF Women's Champions League, Cote d'Ivoire Best Xl confirmed |url=https://www.cafonline.com/caf-womens-champions-league/news/caf-women-s-champions-league-cote-d-ivoire-best-xl-confirmed/ |access-date=2023-11-22 |website=CAF |language=en-GB}} Later in the year, she was nominated for the CAF Inter-Club Player of the Year (Women) award.{{Cite web |date=2023-11-12 |title=Tagnaout blazes trail with historic CAF Women's Interclub Player of the Year award (1) |url=https://www.cafonline.com/news/tagnaout-blazes-trail-with-historic-caf-womens-interclub-player-of-the-year-award-1/ |access-date=2023-12-18 |website=CAF |language=en-GB}}

She was voted the 2024 SAFA Women's League Player's Player of the Season.

International career

In September 2014, Ramalepe was named to the roster for the 2014 African Women's Championship in Namibia.{{cite web|title=Pauw Names Banyana Squad For AWC|url=http://www.soccerladuma.co.za/news/articles/categories/south-africa/vera-pauw-names-her-2014-awc-squad/178195?page=1|publisher=Soccer Laduma|access-date=22 October 2014|date=30 September 2014}}{{cite web|title=Pauw names Banyana squad for AWC|url=http://www.kickoff.com/news/49002/pauw-names-banyana-squad-for-caf-african-womens-championship|publisher=Kickoff.com|access-date=22 October 2014|date=30 September 2014}} She also competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics.{{Cite web |last=Asa |date=2016-07-14 |title=South Africa name squad for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games |url=https://www.womenssoccerunited.com/south-africa-name-squad-for-the-rio-2016-olympic-games/ |access-date=2023-12-21 |website=Womens Soccer United |language=en-US}}

In 2018, she was part of the squad that lost 4-3 on penalties to Nigeria in the 2018 Women's Africa Cup of nations.{{Cite web |last=News |first=Eyewitness |title=Banyana Banyana lose to Nigeria in Awcon 2018 final |url=https://ewn.co.za/2018/12/01/banyana-banyana-win-lose-against-nigeria-in-awcon-final |access-date=2023-12-21 |website=ewn.co.za |language=en}}

File:Lebogang Ramalepe Rio2016.jpg

In 2019, she was selected to the Banyana Banyana squad that made their World Cup debut at the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup in France.

In 2022, she was part of the Banyana Banyana squad that won their maiden Women's Africa Cup of Nations title.

In 2023, she was selected for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup, in Australia and New Zealand, team that made it to the last 16.

Honours

= Club =

== Ma-Indies Ladies ==

Sasol League National Championship: runners-up: 2019

Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies

= South Africa =

Women's Africa Cup of Nations: 2022,{{Cite web |date=29 June 2023 |title=Magaia brace hands South Africa first TotalEnergies WAFCON trophy |url=https://www.cafonline.com/caf-womens-africa-cup-of-nations/news/magaia-brace-hands-south-africa-first-wafcon-trophy/ |access-date=6 August 2023 |website=CAF |language=}} runners-up: 2018

= Individual =

2019 Sasol League National Championship: Player of the Tournament{{Cite web |last=Ndumela |first=Mntungwa |date=2019-12-08 |title=JVW Crowned 2019 Sasol League National Champions |url=https://www.sasolinsport.co.za/jvw-crowned-2019-sasol-league-national-champions/ |access-date=2023-12-08 |website=Sasol In Sport |language=en-US}}
2023 CAF Women's Champions League: Team of the Tournament
Women's Africa XI: 2023{{Cite web |date=2023-11-12 |title=Osimhen, Oshoala named African Men's and Women's Player of the Year at the CAF Awards 2023 |url=https://www.cafonline.com/news/osimhen-oshoala-named-african-men-s-and-women-s-player-of-the-year-at-the-caf-awards-2023/ |access-date=2023-12-15 |website=CAF |language=en-GB}}