Victor Letsoalo
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Sepana Victor Letsoalo | ||
| Date of birth | 1 April 1993 | ||
| Place of birth | Cape Town, South Africa | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | TS Galaxy | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2013–2017 | Baroka | 62 | (18) |
| 2017–2021 | Bloemfontein Celtic | 92 | (22) |
| 2021–2022 | Royal AM | 27 | (15) |
| 2022–2023 | Sekhukhune United | 27 | (4) |
| 2023–2024 | AmaZulu | 18 | (2) |
| 2024– | TS Galaxy | ||
| International career‡ | |||
| 2021– | South Africa | 11 | (4) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 August 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 7 July 2023 | |||
Sepana Victor Letsoalo (born 1 April 1993) is a South African soccer player who plays as a forward for South African Premier Division side TS Galaxy and South African national team.[2]
Club career
[edit]Born in Cape Town,[1] Letsoalo signed for Bloemfontein Celtic from Baroka in 2017.[3]
He moved on to AmaZulu in the summer of 2023.[4]
International career
[edit]He made his debut for South Africa national soccer team on 13 July 2021 in a 2021 COSAFA Cup game against Lesotho 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.[5] 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.[6]
International goals
[edit]- South Africa score listed first, score column indicates score after each Letsoalo goal.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 13 July 2021 | Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth, South Africa |  Lesotho |
1–0 | 4–0 | 2021 COSAFA Cup | [5][7] |
| 2 | 3–0 | ||||||
| 3 | 4–0 | ||||||
| 4 | 16 July 2021 |  Mozambique |
3–0 | 3–0 | [8] |
Honours
[edit]Baroka
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Victor Letsoalo". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
- ^ Victor Letsoalo at Soccerway. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
- ^ "Bloemfontein Celtic confirm the signings of Victor Letsoalo and Sipho Jembula". Kick Off. 20 July 2017. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
- ^ "AmaZulu FC can expect goals from me – Victor Letsoalo | soccer". 6 July 2023.
- ^ a b "Victor Letsoalo makes history with hat-trick as Bafana crush Lesotho in COSAFA Cup". The South African. 13 July 2021.
- ^ "Bafana Bafana striker Victor Letsoalo wins 2021 COSAFA Cup Golden Boot award". Kick Off. 18 July 2021.
- ^ "Bafana Bafana striker Victor Letsoalo wins 2021 COSAFA Cup Golden Boot award". Kick Off. 18 July 2021.
- ^ "Bafana Bafana striker Victor Letsoalo wins 2021 COSAFA Cup Golden Boot award". Kick Off. 18 July 2021.
External links
[edit]- Victor Letsoalo at National-Football-Teams.com
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- Bloemfontein Celtic F.C. players
- Royal AM F.C. players
- Sekhukhune United F.C. players
- AmaZulu F.C. players
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- Soccer players from Cape Town
- 21st-century South African sportsmen
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