Thapelo Tale (born 22 April 1988) is a

Mosotho The Sotho (), also known as the Basotho (), are a Sotho-Tswana peoples, Sotho-Tswana ethnic group indigenous to Southern Africa. They primarily inhabit the regions of Lesotho, South Africa, Botswana and Namibia. The ancestors of the Sotho peo ...

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who plays as a striker for Liphakoe.

Club career

Tale made his senior debut for Likhopo in 2007. During the following seasons he became among the best strikers in the country, and he became a member of the national team. Usually among the strongest domestic teams, Likhopo failed to win the domestic championship during the period Tale was in the club, and it was only in 2010 that they managed to win the Vodacom Soccer Spectacular. That same year, Tale had his first trial with

FK Srem FK Srem () is a football club based in Sremska Mitrovica, Vojvodina, Serbia. They compete in the Srem Intermunicipal League, the sixth tier of the national league system. History The club was founded as Građanski in 1919. They initially compet ...

in Serbia, however Likhopo President only wanted to agree to a loan. The following year, in April 2011, Tale went again to Serbia, this time along his national team teammate Nkau Lerotholi, to trials with a top league Serbian club

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, however both of them did not stayed in the team, and Tale went back to

who still wanted to sign him since his previous trial a year earlier. After confirming his health form and after the agreement between the two clubs was reached, Tale finally joined Srem in late August 2011 making his league debut on September 4 in a match against

RFK Novi Sad RFK Novi Sad 1921 () is a professional football club based in Novi Sad, Vojvodina, Serbia. They compete in the Serbian League Vojvodina, the third tier of the national league system. History Founded in 1921 as NTK, the club was refounded in 1948 ...

, already counting for the 4th round of the

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, the second Serbian tier. At the end of the season Srem got relegated, and Tale returned to FC Likhopo, but soon after he was back in Europe, this time joining

FC Andorra Futbol Club Andorra is a professional football club based in Andorra la Vella, Andorra, that currently competes in , in the Spanish league system. The club was founded in 1942 and currently plays its home fixtures at Estadi Nacional. In spite ...

, an

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n club playing in

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International career

Tale has been a member of the Lesotho U-17 and U-20 teams.Likhopo striker bound to Serbia
at sundayexpress.co.ls In 2008, he made his debut for the

Lesotho national football team The Lesotho national football team, also known as LNFT, represents Lesotho in men's international association football and is governed by the Lesotho Football Association. History Following Lesotho's independence from the United Kingdom in 196 ...

, and since then has made over 40 appearances.

International goals

:''Scores and results list Lesotho's goal tally first.''

Honours

Likhopo * Vodacom Soccer Spectacular: 2010

References

External links

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Serbian First League The Serbian First League (), referred to as the Mozzart Bet First League for sponsorship reasons, is the second tier in professional Serbia's football league. The league was formed in 2005, following a reshuffle of the second tier Serbo-Montenegr ...

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