Celia Beatrice Seerane (née Evans, born 18 June 1990) is a South African female

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player who plays for the

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Career

She made her senior international debut in 2012. She received her debut

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call during the

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, where South Africa finished at ninth position. She was also part of the national team which emerged as runners-up to

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2–1 in the final of the 2014 Women's Hockey Investec Cup. Celia also featured in the 2015 Women's Indoor Hockey World Cup where South Africa finished at ninth position. She was also a key member of the South African team which won the 2017 Hockey Africa Cup of Nations for the record seventh time. She narrowly missed out an opportunity to represent the national team at the

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due to a knee injury. She has also competed at the

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with the national team in

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and

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. In 2017, she was awarded for the country's best women's hockey player for the year 2016 during the SA Hockey Awards.

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* 1990 births Living people South African female field hockey players South African female indoor hockey players Field hockey players at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Field hockey players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games field hockey players for South Africa Field hockey players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic field hockey players for South Africa North-West University alumni 21st-century South African sportswomen {{SouthAfrica-fieldhockey-bio-stub