Mwampule Masule (born 14 August 1991) is a

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professional

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who plays as a

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for the Botswana national team and is currently a

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. He last played for

Botswana Premier League The Botswana Premier League is the highest level Association football, football league in Botswana. Organised by the Botswana Football Association, the league was formed in 1978 to replace the pre-independence Bechuanaland Union African Soccer L ...

club Orapa United. Mwampule began his career with Division One side Ferry Wanderers in 2007 before moving to Kazungula Young Fighters the following season. Soon after he was signed by

giants

Township Rollers Township Rollers Football Club is a football club based in Gaborone, Botswana. Rollers are also known as Popa, The Blues or Tse Tala, the official nicknames of the club. The club is also often referred to as Mapalastina, a nickname that develop ...

, immediately helping them win the

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. Masule stayed nine years with the Gaborone-based club, winning seven league titles, one FA Cup and two Mascom Top 8 cups. He signed for South African outfit

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in the middle of the 2018–19 season but was released less than six months later without making a single appearance for the club. Masule then returned to the

with Orapa United but was again released. He has been without a club since.

International career

Masule made his debut on 5 March 2014 under Peter Butler in a friendly against

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, which Botswana went on to win 3–0.

Honours

Club

; Township Rollers *

:7 :: 2009-10, 2010-11, 2013-14, 2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19 * Botswana FA Cup:1 ::

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

Mascom Top 8 Cup The Mascom Top 8 Cup is a Association football, football cup competition in Botswana. It was created in 2012, and features the top eight finishers from the Botswana Premier League. Since 2013, the winners qualify for the CAF Confederation Cup, as ...

:1 :: 2017-18

Individual

* Botswana Premier League Player of the Season: 2014 * Botswana Premier League Supporters' Player of the Season: 2014 * Mascom Top 8 Cup Goalkeeper of the Tournament: 2014

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Masule, Mwampule 1991 births Living people Botswana men's footballers Botswana men's international footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Township Rollers F.C. players Chippa United F.C. players Orapa United F.C. players Botswana expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's soccer players in South Africa Botswana expatriate sportspeople in South Africa 21st-century Botswana sportsmen