Rachel Sebati
{{short description|South African soccer player}}
{{Use South African English|date=January 2022}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2022}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Rachel Sebati
| fullname = Rachel Raesetja Sebati
| image = RachelSebati (2).jpg
| image_size =
| caption = Rachel Sebati of Fatih Vatan Spor (May 2022)
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1993|02|03|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Limpopo, South Africa
| height = {{height|m=1.57}}
| position = Midfielder
| currentclub = Fatih Vatan Spor
| clubnumber = 19
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 =
| years1 = 2010
| clubs1 = Mphahlele Ladies
| caps1 =
| goals1 =
| years2 =
| clubs2 = TUT Ladies
| caps2 =
| goals2 =
| years3 = 2019
| clubs3 = Minsk
| caps3 = 1
| goals3 = 0
| years4 = 2019–2020
| clubs4 = ALG Spor
| caps4 = 11
| goals4 = 1
| years5 = 2020–
| clubs5 = Fatih Vatan Spor
| caps5 = 40
| goals5 = 2
| nationalyears1 = 2010
| nationalteam1 = South Africa U-17
| nationalcaps1 = 3
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 2017
| nationalteam2 = South Africa
| nationalcaps2 =
| nationalgoals2 =
| club-update = 5 February 2023
| ntupdate =
}}
Rachel Raesetja Sebati (born 3 February 1993) is a South African soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Turkish Women's Football Super League club Fatih Vatan Spor. She has represented South Africa at under-17 and senior levels.
Early life
Sebati was born in Limpopo, South Africa on 3 February 1993.
Club career
Sebati was a member of Mphahlele Ladies FC in her country. Later, she played for TUT Ladies, and captained the team.
Nadia Kroll, the assistant coach of TUT Ladies, offered Sebati and her teammate Letago Madiba to play in Belarus. She had to decide within three days as the Belarusian club was in preparation for a major European tournament. 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. 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.
End October 2019, Sebati went to Turkey, arranged by her manager Kroll, and joined ALG Spor, a club in Gaziantep, which would play the second season in the Women's First League after their promotion. She scored one goal in eleven matches of the 2019-20 Turkish Women's First Football League season. The 2019–20 league season was stopped due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey. 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.
In the [[2020-21 Turk
sh Women's Football League|2020–21 Turkish Women's League]] season, she transferred to Fatih Vatan Spor.
International career
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. She captained the national U-17 team at the competition.
Sebati was part of the South Africa women's national team, nicknamed "Banyana Banyana", and a regular member in 2017. She played at the 2017 COSAFA Women's Championship – Group C matches.
Career statistics
{{updated|5 February 20232}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" | ||||||||
| rowspan=2|Club
!rowspan=2|Season !colspan=3|League !colspan=2|Continental !colspan=2|National !colspan=2|Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan=2 |ALG Spor | First League
|11 | 1 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 |
| colspan=2|Total
!11 | 1 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | |
| rowspan=4 |Fatih Vatan Spor
|First League |6 | 2 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | |
| 2021–22
|22 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | |
| 2022–23
|12 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | |
| colspan=2|Total
!40 | 2 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 40 | 2 |
Honours
References
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{{cite news |url=https://www.trtspor.com.tr/fifa2018dunyakupasi-haber/futbol/kadinlar-futbol/alg-spordan-rakiplerine-gozdagi-192196.html |newspaper=TRT Spor |title=ALG Spor'dan rakiplerine gözdağı |date=20 September 2019 |language=tr |accessdate=30 November 2019 }}
{{cite news |url=https://www.dailysun.co.za/Sport/uefa-here-comes-sas-soccer-stars-20190723 |newspaper=Daily Sun |title=UEFA:Here Comes SA^s Soccer Stars |author=Mkhonza, Mthokozisi |date=24 July 2019 |accessdate=31 July 2020 }}
{{cite news |url=https://www.dailysun.co.za/Sport/rachel-sebati-counts-her-blessings-20190801 |newspaper=Daily Sun |title=Rachel Sebati Counts Her Blessings |author=Mkhonza, Mthokozisi |date=1 August 2019 |accessdate=31 July 2020 }}
{{cite news |url=https://www.sabcnews.com/sabcnews/more-sa-women-footballers-plying-their-trade-abroad/ |newspaper=SABC |title=More SA women footballers plying their trade abroad |date=19 March 2020 |accessdate=31 July 2020 }}
{{cite web |url=https://www.cosafa.com/banyana-star-delighted-with-spain-move/ |publisher=COSAFA |title=Banyana star delighted with Spain move |date=31 July 2020 |accessdate=26 July 2020 }}
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{{commons category|Rachel Sebati}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sebati, Rachel Raesetja}}
Category:Soccer players from Limpopo
Category:South African women's soccer players
Category:Women's association football midfielders
Category:FC Minsk (women) players
Category:South Africa women's international soccer players
Category:South African expatriate women's soccer players
Category:South African expatriate sportspeople in Belarus
Category:Expatriate women's footballers in Belarus
Category:South African expatriate sportspeople in Turkey
Category:Expatriate women's footballers in Turkey
Category:Turkish Women's Football Super League players