Lerato Kgasago (born 21 September 1991) is a South African soccer player who plays as a midfielder for SAFA Women's League club Mamelodi Sundowns and the South Africa women's national team.

Club career

IBV Vestmannaeyjar (Women)

In 2010, she signed a three-year contract with Úrvalsdeild kvenna side IBV Vestmannaeyjar. They won the 1. deild kvenna in her maiden season.

Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies

In 2015, she joined

Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies FC is a women's professional soccer club from Pretoria, South Africa. It competes in the SAFA Women's League the top tier women's football league in South Africa. They are the most successful women's team in South A ...

. She won the Diski Queen of the Tournament (player of the tournament) award at the

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helping Sundowns to their second title. She made the best XI team at the

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though her team were runners-up in the tournament.

International career

In 2009, Kgasago was part of the Basetsana team selected to take part in the

2010 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup The 2010 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup was the 5th edition of the tournament. It was held in Germany, who will also host the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup a year later from 13 July to 1 August 2010. Sixteen teams, comprising representatives from all ...

qualifiers. She scored in the 6–0 win over Zambia from a free-kick. She was one of three players called for the U/20 team in 2009 that had already made their

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debut. She competed for the women's senior team at the

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Honours

Club IBV Vestmannaeyjar (Women) * 1. deild kvenna:2010 Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies *

Sasol League National Championship The Sasol Women's League is the second-tier South African Women's association football league, sponsored by Sasol since 2013. It is semi-professional, and operates as a provincial league, with two "streams" of 8-10 teams in each of South Africa ...

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: runners-up:

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Individual *

: Diski Queen of the Tournament:

: Best XI:

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kgasago, Lerato 1991 births Living people Soccer players from Soweto South African women's soccer players South Africa women's international soccer players Women's association football midfielders Expatriate women's footballers in Iceland South African lesbian sportswomen Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies F.C. players SAFA Women's League players