Amogelang Masego Motau (born 27 February 1997) is a South African professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for SAFA Women's League side UWC Ladies and the South Africa women's national team. She was part of the national team when they won their maiden continental title at the

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. Motau captained the University of the Western Cape when they became the first university to win the

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and qualify for the CAF Women's Champions League.

Personal life

In April 2023, she graduated from the University of the Western Cape with a Bachelor of Administration degree.

Club career

University of the Western Cape

She captained the 2016 team that won the USSA title, the Western Cape

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, the Western Cape Coke Cup ,and were runner's up in the

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cup.

Oral Roberts Golden Eagles

In 2017, she joined Oral Roberts University in Oklahoma and was named in the 2018 Summit League All-League All-Freshman team.

University of the Western Cape

In 2024 she captained the university to the 2024 COSAFA Women's Champions League and also made it to the group stage best XI at the tournament.

International career

She captained the Basetsana team that lost out to Nigeria in the final round of matches at the 2016 African U-20 Women's World Cup qualifiers. In 2016 she made her senior team debut against Egypt in a friendly match. She competed for the South Africa women's national soccer team at the

when they won their maiden continental title.

International goals

Honours

University of the Western Cape *

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* USSA: 2016 * Varsity Women's Football Cup: Runners-up: 2016 * Western Cape

: 2016 * 2016 Coke Cup Winners Western Cape Oral Roberts Golden Eagles * 2018 All Freshman Team Individual * 2024 COSAFA Women's Champions League: Group Stage Best XI

References

{{Reflist 1997 births Living people South Africa women's international soccer players South African women's soccer players 20th-century South African women 21st-century South African women Living people University of the Western Cape alumni Women's association football midfielders South African expatriate women's soccer players SAFA Women's League players South African expatriate sportspeople in the United States Sasol Women's League players