Thubelihle Shamase (born 16 January 2002) is a South African soccer player who plays as a midfielder for A Lyga side FC Gintra and the South Africa women's national team.

Personal life

She has an identical twin sister,

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, who is also a soccer player.

Club career

UJ Ladies F.C.

Shamase played for SAFA Women's League side the University of Johannesburg. In 2022, she won the Gauteng ENGEN Knockout Challenge whilst playing for the U/20 team. She won the player of the tournament, top goal scorer and striker of the tournament awards for her efforts. In 2023, she was nominated for the CAF Young Player of the Year (Women) award.

FC Gintra

In March 2024, she joined A Lyga side FC Gintra. She made her debut on 24 March 2024. She scored her first goal for the club on 21 April 2024 in a 4-0 win against

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. She scored her second goal on 27 April 2024 in a 5-0 win over FK Banga.

International career

In 2017, she was selected in the Bantwana squad for the FIFA U/17 Women's World Cup Qualifiers.Shamase competed for Bantwana at the 2018 FIFA U/17 Women's World Cup. She was part of the South African women's national team at the

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where they won their first continental title in 2022. In 2023, she competed for the South African women's national team at the

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where she won the silver boot scoring 5 goals.Later in the year, she was added to the national team for the 2024 Women's Africa Cup of nations qualifier and was nominated for the CAF Young Player of the Year (Women).

International goals

Honours

South Africa * Women's Africa Cup of Nations:

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Club University of Johannesburg * ENGEN Knockout Challenge: 2022, 2023 Individual * ENGEN Knockout Challenge: Top scorer: 2022 * ENGEN Knockout Challenge: Player of the Tournament: 2022 * ENGEN Knockout Challenge: Striker of the Tournament: 2022

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Shamase, Thubelihle 2002 births Living people South Africa women's international soccer players South African women's soccer players Women's association football midfielders South African twins Identical twin females South African lesbian sportswomen 21st-century South African women 21st-century South African LGBT people South African LGBT footballers South African expatriate women's soccer players South African expatriate sportspeople in Lithuania Expatriate women's footballers in Lithuania Gintra Universitetas players