Lelona Daweti
Personal information
Full name Lelona Daweti
Date of birth 8 September 1999
Height 1.52 m (5 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Attacking Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Mamelodi Sundowns
Number 21
Youth career
2017-2021 Cape Town Roses
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2022- Mamelodi Sundowns
International career
2017 South Africa U20
2022- South Africa
Medal record
CAF Women's Champions League
Silver medal – second place2022 Morocco


COSAFA Women's Champions League
Silver medal – second place2022 South Africa
Gold medal – first place2023 South Africa


Representing  South Africa
COSAFA Women's Championship
Silver medal – second place2022 South Africa
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Lelona "Kokota Lelo" Daweti (born 8 September 1999) is a South African soccer player who plays as a forward for SAFA Women's League club Mamelodi Sundowns and the South African women's national team.[1]

Club career

Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies

In 2022, she joined SAFA Women's League side Mamelodi Sundowns in South Africa and was part of the team that were runner's up for the 2022 COSAFA Women's Champions League and the 2022 CAF Women's Champions League[2][3]

She was added to the 2022 CAF Women's Champions League Best XI.[4]Later in the year she won her maiden SAFA Women's League title with Sundowns.[5]

In 2023, she was part of the team that won the 2023 COSAFA Women's Champions League. Daweti was joint top scorer at the tournament with 3 goals.[6] She suffered an injury that ruled her out for the reminder of the season.

International career

In 2017, she was selected in the Basetsana squad for the U/20 World Cup Qualifiers.[7][8]

In 2022, Daweti competed for the South Africa women's national soccer team at the 2022 COSAFA Women's Championship where they were runner's up to Zambia.

Honours

Club

Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies

South Africa

Individual

References

  1. ↑ Ntsoelengoe, Tshepo (2 November 2022). "Daweti helps Sundowns Ladies beat Bayesla". The Citizen. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
  2. ↑ Abrahams, Celine (14 November 2022). "ASFAR Crowned 2022 CAF Women's Champions League Winners". gsport4girls. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
  3. ↑ https://www.sowetanlive.co.za/authors/mahlatse-mphahlele. "Sundowns Ladies crowned inaugural Caf Women's Champions League winners". SowetanLIVE. Retrieved 10 November 2023. {{cite web}}: External link in |last= (help)
  4. ↑ Sithole, Sinethemba (16 November 2022). "Three Sundowns Ladies Make it in Champions League Best XI". This is Football. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
  5. ↑ profseuno, profseuno (27 November 2022). "Sundowns presented with third straight league title". KICK442 Sport News. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
  6. ↑ "Mamelodi Sundowns to represent COSAFA region at CAF Women's Champions League". CAF. 9 August 2023. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
  7. ↑ Oriaku, Peter (23 January 2018). "South Africa's Daweti Confident Basetsana Will Beat Falconets On Aggregate For U-20 W/Cup Ticket". Complete Sports. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
  8. ↑ REPORTER, SUNSPORT. "BASETSANA SQUAD FOR U-20 WC QUALIFIERS". Daily Sun. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
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