Rachel Raesetja Sebati (born 3 February 1993) is a South African

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player who plays as a

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for

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club

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. She has represented South Africa at under-17 and

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levels.

Early life

Sebati was born in

Limpopo Limpopo () is the northernmost Provinces of South Africa, province of South Africa. It is named after the Limpopo River, which forms the province's western and northern borders. The term Limpopo is derived from Rivombo (Livombo/Lebombo), a ...

, South Africa on 3 February 1993.

Club career

Sebati was a member of Mphahlele Ladies FC in her country. Later, she played for TUT Ladies, and captained the team. Nadia Kroll, the assistant coach of TUT Ladies, offered Sebati and her teammate Letago Madiba to play in Belarus. She had to decide within three days as the Belarusian club was in preparation for a major European tournament. She moved to Belarus in July 2019, and signed with ZFK Minsk two weeks before their participation at the

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. She appeared in two matches in August 2019 for the Belarusian team at Group 4 of the 2019–20 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round. End October 2019, Sebati went to Turkey, arranged by her manager Kroll, and joined

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, a club in

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, which would play the second season in the Women's First League after their promotion. She scored one goal in eleven matches of the 2019-20 Turkish Women's First Football League season. The 2019–20 league season was stopped due to the

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. However, her team was named by the

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to represent Turkey at the

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as the top-ranking team when the league was stopped. In the 2020–21 Turkish Women's League season, she transferred to

International career

Sebati played as captain of her national team South Africa girls' U-17 in all three matches of the 2010 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup – Group B. She captained the national U-17 team at the competition. Sebati was part of the South Africa women's national team, nicknamed "Banyana Banyana", and a regular member in 2017. She played at the 2017 COSAFA Women's Championship – Group C matches.

Career statistics

Honours

; Turkish Women's First League :; Fatih Vatan Spor :: ''Runners-up'' (1):

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sebati, Rachel Raesetja 1993 births Living people Soccer players from Limpopo South African women's soccer players Women's association football midfielders FC Minsk (women) players South Africa women's international soccer players South African expatriate women's soccer players South African expatriate sportspeople in Belarus Expatriate women's footballers in Belarus South African expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Expatriate women's footballers in Turkey Turkish Women's Football Super League players ALG Spor players Fatih Vatan Spor players 21st-century South African sportswomen