Melinda Kgadiete (born 21 July 1992) is a South African soccer player who plays as an attacking midfielder for SAFA Women's League club Mamelodi Sundowns and the South African women's national team.

Club career

Bloemfontein Celtics Ladies

Kgadiete was part of the Bloemfontein Celtics Ladies squad that won the 2017 Sasol National League Championship with her scoring a brace to help the team win 2-0 against Cape Town Roses in the final held in Mbombela.

Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies

In 2021, she joined SAFA Women's League side Mamelodi Sundowns and was part of the team that won the

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. She was the top scorer for inaugural

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scoring 5 goals. In the

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, Kgadiete scored the winning goal in the first match against

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from Kenya. The club went on to win the inaugural

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held in Egypt. The club completed their treble by winning the 2021 Hollywoodbets Super League. She was a runner-up for the 2022 COSAFA Women's Champions League with Kgadiete scoring 3 goals in the tournament and named Player of the Tournament. The club reached their second consecutive CAF Women's Champions League final and were runner's up to AS FAR in the

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. Kgadiete contributed two goals in the tournament. In November, Sundowns Ladies were crowned 2022 Hollywoodbets Super League champions for the third successive time. In 2023, she won the

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and the

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with Sundowns Ladies. Kgadiete scored in the second

group stage match against SCC Casablanca. In December, they completed the treble by winning the 2023 Hollywoodbets Super League. Kgadiete scored 14 goals in 22 appearances.

International career

Kgadiete competed for the South Africa women's national soccer team at the

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were they finished in second place. She was part of the South African women's national team at the

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where they won their first continental title and the

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where they reached the last 16.

Honours

Club Bloemfontein Celtics Ladies * Sasol National League Championship: 2017 Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies * SAFA Women's League:

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runner-up:

South Africa * Women's Africa Cup of Nations:

, runner-up:

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Individual *

: Top goal scorer (5 goals) * 2022 COSAFA Women's Champions League: Player of the Tournament

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kgadiete, Melinda 1992 births Living people South African women's soccer players Women's association football forwards South Africa women's international soccer players 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup players Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies F.C. players Lesbian sportswomen South African lesbians LGBT association football players 21st-century South African women