Lebogang Ramalepe

Lebogang Ramalepe
Ramalepe in 2026
Personal information
Full name Lebogang Ester Ramalepe
Date of birth (1991-12-03) 3 December 1991
Place of birth Ga-Kgapane, Limpopo, South Africa
Height 1.55 m (5 ft 1 in)
Position Defender
Team information
Current team
 Mamelodi Sundowns
Number 4
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Kanatla Ladies
2019 Ma-Indies Ladies
2020–2021 Dinamo Minsk 3 (0)
2023– Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies 56 (12)
International career‡
2014– South Africa 100 (4)
Medal record
Representing  South Africa
Women's Africa Cup of Nations
Second place2018 Ghana
First place2022 Morocco


CAF Women's Champions League
Gold medal – first place2023 Côte d'Ivoire


COSAFA Women's Champions League
Gold medal – first place2023 South Africa
Gold medal – first place2026 Botswana
* Club domestic league appearances and goals
‡ National team caps and goals as of 20 July 2023 (prior the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup)

Lebogang Ester Ramalepe (also Lebohang; born 3 December 1991) is a South African professional soccer player who plays as a defender for SAFA Women's League club Mamelodi Sundowns and the South Africa women's national team.[1][2]

She captained Ma-Indies Ladies to a second-place finish at the 2019 Sasol League National Championship and was voted player of the tournament.[3]

Ramalepe was voted the 2024 SAFA Women's League Player's Player of the Season.[4]

Club career

She captained Ma-Indies Ladies to a second-place finish at the 2019 Sasol League National Championship and was voted player of the tournament.[3]

Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies

In 2023, she joined SAFA Women's League side Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies.[5]

She won the 2023 CAF Women's Champions League, 2023 COSAFA Women's League and the 2023 Hollywoodbets Super league title with Sundowns.[6][7][8]

She was named in the Team of the Tournament for the 2023 CAF Women's Champions League.[9] Later in the year, she was nominated for the CAF Inter-Club Player of the Year (Women) award.[10]

She was voted the 2024 SAFA Women's League Player's Player of the Season.[4]

Ramalepe lifts the 2026 CAF Women's Champions League COSAFA Qualifiers trophy

Ramalepe captained the Sundowns team to their third regional title.

International career

In September 2014, Ramalepe was named to the roster for the 2014 African Women's Championship in Namibia.[11][12] She also competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[13]

In 2018, she was part of the squad that lost 4–3 on penalties to Nigeria in the 2018 Women's Africa Cup of nations.[14]

In 2019, she was selected to the Banyana Banyana squad that made their World Cup debut at the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup in France.

In 2022, she was part of the Banyana Banyana squad that won their maiden Women's Africa Cup of Nations title.[15]

In 2023, she was selected for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup, in Australia and New Zealand, team that made it to the last 16.

International goals

No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.18 July 2015Dobsonville Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa Kenya1–01–02015 CAF Women's Olympic qualifying tournament
2.27 November 2018Cape Coast Sports Stadium, Cape Coast, Ghana Mali2–02–02018 Women's Africa Cup of Nations
3.1 March 2019AEK Arena, Larnaca, Cyprus North Korea1–41–42019 Cyprus Women's Cup
4.14 July 2025Honneur Stadium, Oujda, Morocco Mali1–04–02024 Women's Africa Cup of Nations

Honours

South Africa

Ma-Indies Ladies

Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies

Individual

References

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  1. ↑ "SA women's team to face Ghana". The Citizen. 13 May 2014. Archived from the original on 16 September 2016. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
  2. ↑ "Banyana And Zimbabwe Share The Spoils". Soccer Laduma. 11 July 2014. Archived from the original on 22 October 2014. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
  3. 1 2 Ndumela, Mntungwa (8 December 2019). "JVW Crowned 2019 Sasol League National Champions". Sasol In Sport. Retrieved 1 February 2025.
  4. 1 2 "Lebohang Ramalepe gets a nod from her peers at the 2024 HWBSL Awards | soccer". SABC. 27 January 2025. Retrieved 1 February 2025.
  5. ↑ Raophala, Mauwane (18 March 2023). "WAFCON-winning star joins Sundowns". FARPost. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
  6. ↑ Pillay, Alicia (7 December 2023). "Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies Defend Hollywoodbets Super League Title". gsport4girls. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
  7. ↑ "Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies reclaim continental glory in style". CAF. 19 November 2023. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
  8. ↑ Raophala, Mauwane (8 September 2023). "Sundowns beat Double Action to qualify for CAF Champions League". FARPost. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
  9. 1 2 "CAF Women's Champions League, Cote d'Ivoire Best Xl confirmed". CAF. 22 November 2023. Retrieved 22 November 2023.
  10. ↑ "Tagnaout blazes trail with historic CAF Women's Interclub Player of the Year award (1)". CAF. 12 November 2023. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
  11. ↑ "Pauw Names Banyana Squad For AWC". Soccer Laduma. 30 September 2014. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
  12. ↑ "Pauw names Banyana squad for AWC". Kickoff.com. 30 September 2014. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
  13. ↑ Asa (14 July 2016). "South Africa name squad for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games". Womens Soccer United. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
  14. ↑ News, Eyewitness. "Banyana Banyana lose to Nigeria in Awcon 2018 final". ewn.co.za. Retrieved 21 December 2023. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  15. 1 2 "Magaia brace hands South Africa first TotalEnergies WAFCON trophy". CAF. 29 June 2023. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  16. ↑ Ndumela, Mntungwa (8 December 2019). "JVW Crowned 2019 Sasol League National Champions". Sasol In Sport. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
  17. ↑ "Osimhen, Oshoala named African Men's and Women's Player of the Year at the CAF Awards 2023". CAF. 12 November 2023. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
  18. ↑ Confederation of African Football [@CAF_Online] (16 December 2024). "FLAWLESS. Presenting the 𝐂𝐀𝐅 𝐅𝐈𝐅𝐏𝐫𝐨 𝐖𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧'𝐬 𝐁𝐄𝐒𝐓 𝐗𝐈 and it's as extraordinary as they get!" (Tweet). Retrieved 16 December 2024 – via X (formerly Twitter).
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