{{Short description|South African soccer player}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2021}} {{Use South African English|date=May 2012}} {{Infobox football biography | name = George Lebese | image = | image_size = | caption = | fullname = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1989|2|3|df=y}} | birth_place = Mamelodi, South Africa | height = 1.73 m<ref name = "NFT"/> | position = Left winger | currentclub = | clubnumber = | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Jusben | youthyears2 = | youthclubs2 = Khona Lapho | years1 = 2007–2008 | clubs1 = Arcadia Shepherds | caps1 = | goals1 = | years2 = 2008–2017 | clubs2 = Kaizer Chiefs | caps2 = 147 | goals2 = 22 | years3 = 2017–2019 | clubs3 = Sundowns | caps3 = 10 | goals3 = 2 | years4 = 2019 | clubs4 = → SuperSport United (loan) | caps4 = 7 | goals4 = 0 | years5 = 2020 | clubs5 = Colorado Springs Switchbacks | caps5 = 16 | goals5 = 2 | nationalyears1 = 2011–2015 | nationalteam1 = South Africa | nationalcaps1 = 6 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | club-update = 12:34, 25 March 2021 (UTC) }}
'''George Lebese''' (born 3 February 1989) is a South African international footballer who plays as a left winger.
==Club career== Born in Mamelodi, Lebese spent his early career with Jusben, Khona Lapho and Arcadia Shepherds.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kaizerchiefs.com/kc_articles.asp?id=347688|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160408041927/http://www.kaizerchiefs.com/kc_articles.asp?id=347688|title=Keeping in touch with favourite player – George Lebese|date=29 April 2010|archive-date=8 April 2016|access-date=17 July 2017|publisher=Kaizer Chiefs F.C.}}</ref> Lebese joined Kaizer Chiefs ahead of the 2008–09 season.<ref name = "NFT">{{NFT player|id=45759|accessdate=17 July 2017}}</ref> He signed for Mamelodi Sundowns in August 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.goal.com/en-za/news/george-lebese-why-i-left-kaizer-chiefs-for-mamelodi-sundowns/nwhusyg2xtjn1jv9pkfwl8oo7|title=George Lebese: Why I left Kaizer Chiefs for Mamelodi Sundowns | Goal.com|website=goal.com}}</ref> He spent time on loan at Supersport United before being released in September 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thesouthafrican.com/news/george-lebese-now-a-free-agent-after-sundowns-exit/|title=George Lebese now a free agent after Sundowns exit|date=3 September 2019}}</ref> He moved to American side Colorado Springs Switchbacks for the 2020 season.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kickoff.com/news/articles/south-africa-news/categories/news/premiership/george-lebese-joins-american-club-colorado-switchbacks/669784|title=George Lebese joins American club Colorado Switchbacks|date=20 December 2019|website=Kick Off}}</ref> In March 2021 it was announced that Lebese had left Colorado by mutual consent following the implementation of a COVID-19 related travel ban in the United States, which prevented him from travelling from South Africa.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Biden travel ban forces ex-Chiefs star George Lebese to cut contract with US club|url=https://www.timeslive.co.za/sport/soccer/2021-03-20-biden-travel-ban-forces-ex-chiefs-star-george-lebese-to-cut-contract-with-us-club/|access-date=25 March 2021|website=TimesLIVE|language=en-ZA}}</ref>
==International career== He received his first call-up to the South African national team in November 2011,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/15572537.stm|title=Tottenham's Steven Pienaar recalled by South Africa|date=3 November 2011|access-date=17 July 2017|work=BBC Sport}}</ref> making his international debut against Ivory Coast on 11 November 2011.<ref name = "NFT"/>
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==External links== *{{Soccerway|george-lebese/62366}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lebese, George}} Category:1989 births Category:Living people Category:People from Mamelodi Category:South African men's soccer players Category:South Africa men's international soccer players Category:Arcadia Shepherds F.C. players Category:Kaizer Chiefs F.C. players Category:South African Premier Division players Category:Men's association football wingers Category:Mamelodi Sundowns F.C. players Category:SuperSport United F.C. players Category:Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC players Category:South African expatriate men's soccer players Category:South African expatriates in the United States Category:Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Category:Soccer players from Gauteng Category:USL Championship players Category:21st-century South African sportsmen