Mogakolodi Ngele
Mogakolodi Ngele (born 6 October 1990) is a Botswana footballer who currently plays for Botswana Premier League club Township Rollers and the Botswana national football team as a midfielder. He joined Bidvest Wits from Mamelodi Sundowns. He was a participant at the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations. In 2014, he signed a 5-year contract with Mamelodi Sundowns F.C. however, he will stay with his current club until the end of the 2014–15 season. Bidvest Wits then signed him on loan again until the end of the 2016–17 season which Bidvest Wits and Ngele won the Absa Premiership title beating the likes of Cape Town, Mamelodi Sundowns and Kaizer Chiefs.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mogakolodi Tsotso Ngele | ||
| Date of birth | 6 October 1990 | ||
| Place of birth | Gaborone, Botswana | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Township Rollers F.C | ||
| Number | 11 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2007–2011 | Uniao Flamengo Santos | ||
| 2011–2012 | Township Rollers | ||
| 2012–2015 | Platinum Stars | 67 | (19) |
| 2015–2019 | Mamelodi Sundowns | 11 | (1) |
| 2016–2017 | → Bidvest Wits (loan) | 18 | (3) |
| 2018 | → Supersport United (loan) | 8 | (1) |
| 2019–2020 | Black Leopards | 1 | (0) |
| 2020– | Tshakhuma Tsha Madzivhandila | ||
| International career‡ | |||
| 2009– | Botswana | 49 | (5) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:02, 22 September 2019 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21 November 2023 | |||
After returning from his loan spell at Bidvest Wit, in his 2017–18 season he struggled to get playing time, only playing on game in the whole season, with Mamelodi Sundowns coach Pitso Mosimane saying "He needs to prove himself to get into the starting eleven".
On 26 January 2018 he was signed on loan for 6 months by Absa Premiership team Supersport United.
International edit
International goals edit
- Scores and results list Botswana's goal tally first.
| No | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 1 February 2012 | Stade d'Angondjé, Libreville, Gabon | Mali | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2012 Africa Cup of Nations |
| 2. | 15 June 2013 | Lobatse Stadium, Lobatse, Botswana | Central African Republic | 2–2 | 3–2 | 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 3. | 13 October 2015 | Francistown Sports Complex, Francistown, Botswana | Eritrea | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 4. | 3–1 | |||||
| 5. | 16 November 2023 | Obed Itani Chilume Stadium, Francistown, Botswana | Mozambique | 2–3 | 2–3 | 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification |
Honours edit
Individual edit
- Mascom Top 8 Cup Top Goalscorer: 2012[1]
- Telkom knockout winner with Platinum Stars: 2013[2]
- MTN 8 winner with Platinum stars: 2013[3]
Team edit
- Absa Premiership Title 2016/17
References edit
- ^ http://www.mmegi.bw/index.phpsid=8&aid=944&dir=2012/September/Monday3/ [dead link]
- ^ "Platinum Stars land Telkom Knockout Cup". Brand South Africa. 10 December 2013. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
- ^ "Kick Off Magazine". Kick Off. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
External links edit
- Mogakolodi Ngele at Soccerway
- African Cup of Nations – Selolwane to skipper Botswana