Kgaogelo Sekgota

Kgaogelo Rathete Sekgota (born 22 June 1997),^[3] nicknamed Kigi, is a South African soccer player who plays as a winger.^[4]

Kgaogelo Sekgota

Personal information
Full name	Kgaogelo Rathete Sekgota
Date of birth	(1997-06-22) 22 June 1997 (age 28)
Place of birth	Seshego, South Africa[1]
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)[2]
Position(s)	Winger
Youth career
2012–2017	Polokwane United
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2017–2019	Stumbras	30	(2)
2019–2020	Vitória	7	(0)
2020–	Bidvest Wits	12	(0)
2020–2021	Moroka Swallows	24	(3)
2021–2023	Kaizer Chiefs	42	(0)
2023–2024	Stellenbosch	12	(0)
2024–2025	Magesi Polokwane	8	(0)
International career‡
2019–	South Africa	4	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 22 March 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 1 August 2023

Former Kaizer Chiefs player enters a rehab alongside former Mamelodi Sundowns player Chabangu and other player.^[5]

Club career

Sekgota is a youth product of the academy of Polokwane United, having joined in 2012.^[6] Sekgota began his senior career with the Lithuanian club Stumbras in 2017, and moved to Vitória in January 2019.^[7] Sekgota made his professional debut for Vitória in a 2-0 Primeira Liga loss to FC Porto on 16 February 2019.

Sekgota returned to South Africa and joined Bidvest Wits on 17 January 2020.^[8] He was announced as new Kaizer Chiefs player following the upliftment of the team transfer ban on 9 July 2021.^[9]

Kaizer Chiefs confirmed the release on Kgaogelo on 1 August 2023 to Stellenbosch FC.^[10]

International

He made his South Africa national football team debut on 4 June 2019, in a 2019 COSAFA Cup plate semi-final against Uganda, as a 73rd-minute substitute for Kamohelo Mahlatsi.^[11]

Honours

Stumbras

• Lithuanian Football Cup (1): 2017

Individual

• A Lyga Young Player of the Month: May 2018^[12]