Sepana Victor Letsoalo (born 1 April 1993) is a South African

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player who plays as a

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for

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side AmaZulu and

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Club career

Born in Cape Town, Letsoalo signed for

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from Baroka in 2017. He moved on to AmaZulu in the summer of 2023.

International career

He made his debut for South Africa national soccer team on 13 July 2021 in a

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game against

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and scored a hat-trick in a 4–0 victory, becoming the first South African player to score three times on his national team debut. He scored one more goal in the semi-final against Mozambique as South Africa won the tournament and he became the top goal scorer with 4 goals.

International goals

: ''South Africa score listed first, score column indicates score after each Letsoalo goal.''

Honours

Baroka * National First Division: 2015–16

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* 1993 births Living people South African men's soccer players South Africa men's international soccer players Men's association football forwards Baroka F.C. players Bloemfontein Celtic F.C. players Royal AM F.C. players Sekhukhune United F.C. players AmaZulu F.C. players National First Division players South African Premier Division players Soccer players from Cape Town {{SouthAfrica-footy-forward-stub