Onkabetse Makgantai (born 1 July 1995) is a
Motswana footballer who plays for
Orapa United and the
Botswana national football team
The Botswana national football team was founded in 1970 to represent Botswana in association football and is governed by the Botswana Football Association (BFA). It qualified for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations.
History
It took part in its fi ...
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He moved from
Orapa United to
AS Vita in 2016 to play for the DRC Super Ligue outfit.
International career
Makgantai has scored eight times for Botswana, the most recent goal coming in a 2–0 win against
Swaziland
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In June 2018, Makgantai won the top goalscorer prize of the
2018 COSAFA Cup
The 2018 COSAFA Cup was the 18th edition of the COSAFA Cup, an international football competition consisting of national teams of member nations of the Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (COSAFA). In July 2017, it was reported that i ...
after he netted five times in his side’s six games.
In November 2019 he was one of four Botswana international players dropped from the national team after they had been drinking alcohol.
International goals
:''As of match played on 5 June 2018. Botswana score listed first; score column indicates score after each Makgantai goal.''
References
1995 births
Living people
Botswana men's footballers
Botswana men's international footballers
Nico United players
Orapa United F.C. players
AS Vita Club players
Baroka F.C. players
Men's association football forwards
Botswana expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Botswana expatriate sportspeople in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Expatriate men's soccer players in South Africa
Botswana expatriate sportspeople in South Africa
Linafoot players
South African Premier Division players
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