Top South African Athlete Thembi Kgatlana Moves to Madrid Club in Massive 3-Year Deal
Banyana Banyana women’s football star Thembi Kgatlana is moving from Eibar to Atletico Madrid Fememino after scoring a massive three-year deal with the Madrid club. The sensational striker has already spent one year with Eibar in Spain where she proved a big hit. The 25-year old sports woman has been playing in big leagues around […]
Banyana Banyana women’s football star Thembi Kgatlana is moving from Eibar to Atletico Madrid Fememino after scoring a massive three-year deal with the Madrid club.
The sensational striker has already spent one year with Eibar in Spain where she proved a big hit.
The 25-year old sports woman has been playing in big leagues around the world and says she is determined to put South African women’s football on the international map. Her latest move to Atletico Madrid is another addition to her ever growing stature, SAFA said in a statement.
The 2018 Africa Women’s Footballer of the Year, has now played for Spanish side Eibar, Portuguese champions SL Benfica, Houston Dash and Beijing BG Phoenix. In 2019 she became the first South African player to score at the FIFA WWC when she scored a historic goal against Spain… the country she now plays in.
Banyana Banyana coach Desiree Ellis says: “She had a fantastic season at Eibar but I am super excited and looking forward to the next stage of Thembi’s growth. She knows exactly what her next steps are to make her one of the best players around the world.”
The Banyana Banyana coach said the good thing with Kgatlana’s latest move was that she would be playing with other African stars.
“She has joined a top team and will be playing alongside Rasheedat (Nigeria) and Ajara (Cameroon) which will make for an exciting strike force in trying to bring back the glory to the club whose men’s team has just won the league and hopefully they can follow that success in the next season. We are super proud and may God continue to elevate her,” said Ellis.
Earlier this month Thembi launched her book ‘Strike a Rock’. She said: “It is not easy to have a dream and the talent, and still face a world that wants you to have neither. This is a book about difficult odds, about cruelty, about broken families, and about addiction. Mostly however, this is a soaring tale of hope.”
Her soaring tale continues!
MY BOOK IS FINALLY HERE!
It is not easy to have a dream and the talent, and still face a world that wants you to have neither. This is a book about difficult odds, about cruelty, about broken families, and about addiction. Mostly however, this is a soaring tale of hope. pic.twitter.com/8WdTv3cyjQ— GIRLS DON’T DO THAT (@Kgatlanathe1st) July 1, 2021