# Rachel Sebati

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{{short description|South African soccer player (born 1993) }}
{{Use South African English|date=January 2022}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2022}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name        = Rachel Sebati
| fullname    = Rachel Raesetja Sebati
| image       = RachelSebati (2).jpg
| image_size  = 
| caption     = Rachel Sebati of [Fatih Vatan Spor](/source/Fatih_Vatan_Spor) (May 2022)
| birth_date  = {{birth date and age|1993|02|03|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [Limpopo](/source/Limpopo), South Africa
| height      = {{height|m=1.57}}
| position    = [Midfielder](/source/Midfielder)
| currentclub = [Fatih Vatan Spor](/source/Fatih_Vatan_Spor)
| clubnumber  = 19
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 =
| years1 = 2010
| clubs1 = Mphahlele Ladies
| caps1  = 
| goals1 = 
| years2 = 
| clubs2 = [TUT Ladies](/source/Tshwane_University_of_Technology)
| caps2  = 
| goals2 = 
| years3 = 2019
| clubs3 = [Minsk](/source/FC_Minsk_(women))
| caps3  = 1
| goals3 = 0
| years4 = 2019–2020
| clubs4 = [ALG Spor](/source/ALG_Spor)
| caps4  = 11
| goals4 = 1
| years5 = 2020–
| clubs5 = [Fatih Vatan Spor](/source/Fatih_Vatan_Spor)
| caps5  = 40
| goals5 = 2
| nationalyears1 = 2010
| nationalteam1  = [South Africa U-17](/source/South_Africa_women's_national_under-17_soccer_team)
| nationalcaps1  = 3
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 2017
| nationalteam2  = [South Africa](/source/South_Africa_women's_national_soccer_team)
| nationalcaps2  = 
| nationalgoals2 = 
| club-update    = 5 February 2023
| ntupdate = 
}}

'''Rachel Raesetja Sebati''' (born 3 February 1993) is a South African [soccer](/source/women's_soccer) player who plays as a [midfielder](/source/midfielder) for [Turkish Women's Football Super League](/source/Turkish_Women's_Football_Super_League) club [Fatih Vatan Spor](/source/Fatih_Vatan_Spor). She has represented South Africa at [under-17](/source/South_Africa_women's_national_under-17_soccer_team) and [senior](/source/South_Africa_women's_national_soccer_team) levels.<ref name="g1"/>

== Early life ==
Sebati was born in [Limpopo](/source/Limpopo),<ref name="gs1"/> South Africa on 3 February 1993.<ref name="tff0"/><ref name="g1"/>

== Club career ==
Sebati was a member of Mphahlele Ladies FC in her country.<ref name="fifa0"/> Later, she played for [TUT Ladies](/source/Tshwane_University_of_Technology),<ref name="g1"/> and captained the team.<ref name="fp1"/>

Nadia Kroll, the assistant coach of TUT Ladies, offered Sebati and her teammate [Letago Madiba](/source/Letago_Madiba) to play in Belarus. She had to decide within three days as the Belarusian club was in preparation for a major European tournament.<ref name="ds1"/> She moved to Belarus in July 2019, and signed with [ZFK Minsk](/source/FC_Minsk_(women)) two weeks before their participation at the [2019–20 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round](/source/2019%E2%80%9320_UEFA_Women's_Champions_League_qualifying_round).<ref name="g1"/><ref name="sabc1"/><ref name="ds2"/> She appeared in two matches in August 2019 for the Belarusian team at [Group 4 of the 2019–20 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round](/source/2019%E2%80%9320_UEFA_Women's_Champions_League_qualifying_round).<ref name="fczh1"/><ref name="uefa1"/><ref name="uefa2"/>

End October 2019, Sebati went to Turkey, arranged by her manager Kroll, and joined [ALG Spor](/source/ALG_Spor),<ref name="gs1"/><ref name="fp1"/><ref name="trts1"/><ref name="c1"/> a club in [Gaziantep](/source/Gaziantep), which would play the second season in  the Women's First League after their promotion.<ref name="gs2"/> She scored one goal in eleven matches of the [2019-20 Turkish Women's First Football League](/source/2019-20_Turkish_Women's_First_Football_League) season.<ref name="tff0"/> The 2019–20 league season was stopped due to the [COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey](/source/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Turkey).<ref name="lv1"/><ref name="tff1"/> However, her team was named by the [Turkish Football Federation](/source/Turkish_Football_Federation)  to represent Turkey at the [2020–21 UEFA Women's Champions League](/source/2020%E2%80%9321_UEFA_Women's_Champions_League) as the top-ranking team when the league was stopped.<ref name="gs2"/><ref name="tff1"/>

In the [2020–21 Turkish Women's League](/source/2020-21_Turk_sh_Women's_Football_League) season, she transferred to [Fatih Vatan Spor](/source/Fatih_Vatan_Spor).<ref name="tff2"/>

==International career==
Sebati played as [captain of her national team](/source/2010_FIFA_U-17_Women's_World_Cup_squads) [South Africa girls' U-17](/source/South_Africa_women's_national_under-17_football_team) in all three matches of the [2010 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup – Group B](/source/2010_FIFA_U-17_Women's_World_Cup).<ref name="fifa0"/><ref name="fifa1"/><ref name="fifa2"/><ref name="fifa3"/> She [captained the national U-17 team at the competition](/source/2010_FIFA_U-17_Women's_World_Cup_squads).

Sebati was part of the [South Africa women's national team](/source/South_Africa_women's_national_football_team), nicknamed "Banyana Banyana", and a regular member in 2017.<ref name="ds2"/> She played at the [2017 COSAFA Women's Championship – Group C](/source/2017_COSAFA_Women's_Championship) matches.<ref name="ds2"/><ref name="vssa1"/>

== Career statistics ==
{{updated|5 February 20232}}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!rowspan=2|Club
!rowspan=2|Season
!colspan=3|League
!colspan=2|Continental
!colspan=2|National
!colspan=2|Total
|-
!Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan=2 |[ALG Spor](/source/ALG_Spor)
|[2019–20](/source/2019%E2%80%9320_Turkish_Women's_First_Football_League) ||First League
|11 ||1 || – || – ||0 ||0 ||11 ||1
|-
!colspan=2|Total
!11 !!1 !! – !! – !!0 !!0 !!11 !!1
|-
|rowspan=4 |[Fatih Vatan Spor](/source/Fatih_Vatan_Spor)
|[2020–21](/source/2020%E2%80%9321_Turkish_Women's_Football_League)
|First League
|6 ||2 || – || – ||0 ||0 ||6 ||2
|-
|[2021–22](/source/2021%E2%80%9322_Turkish_Women's_Football_Super_League)
|[Super League](/source/Turkish_Women's_Football_Super_League)
|22 ||0 || – || – ||0 ||0 ||22 ||0

|-
|[2022–23](/source/2022%E2%80%9323_Turkish_Women's_Football_Super_League)
|[Super League](/source/Turkish_Women's_Football_Super_League)
|12 ||0 || – || – ||0 ||0 ||12 ||0
|-
!colspan=2|Total
!40 !!2 !! – !! – !!0 !!0 !!40 !!2
|}

== Honours ==
; Turkish Women's First League
:; Fatih Vatan Spor
:: ''Runners-up'' (1): [2020–21](/source/2020-21_Turkish_Women's_Football_League)

== References ==
<references>

<ref name="tff0">{{cite web |url=https://www.tff.org/Default.aspx?pageId=30&kisiId=2239884 |publisher=Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu |title= Oyuncular – Futbolcular: Rachel Raesetja Sebati |language=tr |accessdate=30 November 2019 }}</ref>
<ref name="tff1">{{cite web |url=https://www.tff.org/default.aspx?pageID=687&ftxtID=33450 |publisher=Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu |title=2019–2020 Sezonu Kadın Ligleri Yönetim Kurulu Kararı |date=13 July 2020 |language=tr |accessdate=31 July 2020 }}</ref>
<ref name="tff2">{{cite web |url=https://www.tff.org/Default.aspx?pageID=29&macId=222041 |publisher=Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu |title=Turkcell Kadın Futbol Ligi – Fatih Vatan Spor 3–0 İlkadım Belediyesi Yabamcılar Pazarı Spor |language=tr |accessdate=12 January 2022 }}</ref>
<ref name="trts1">{{cite news |url=https://www.trtspor.com.tr/fifa2018dunyakupasi-haber/futbol/kadinlar-futbol/alg-spordan-rakiplerine-gozdagi-192196.html |newspaper=[TRT Spor](/source/TRT_Spor) |title=ALG Spor'dan rakiplerine gözdağı |date=20 September 2019 |language=tr |accessdate=30 November 2019 |archive-date=5 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191205142340/https://www.trtspor.com.tr/fifa2018dunyakupasi-haber/futbol/kadinlar-futbol/alg-spordan-rakiplerine-gozdagi-192196.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
<ref name="uefa1">{{cite web |url=https://www.uefa.com/womenschampionsleague/match/2027723--minsk-vs-bettembourg/lineups/ |publisher=UEFA |title=Qualifying round – Group 4 – Minsk (BLR) 12–0 Bettembourg (LUX) |access-date=30 November 2019 }}</ref>
<ref name="uefa2">{{cite web |url=https://www.uefa.com/womenschampionsleague/match/2027743--minsk-vs-hajduk-split/lineups/ |publisher=UEFA |title=Qualifying round – Group 4 – Minsk (BLR) 2–1 Split (CRO) |access-date=30 November 2019 }}</ref>
<ref name="fifa0">{{cite web |url=https://www.fifadata.com/document/fu17w/2010/PDF/FU17W_2010_SquadLists_RSA.pdf |publisher=FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup Trinidad and Tobago 2010 2010 |title=List of Players – South Africa |accessdate=1 December 2019 }}{{Dead link|date=July 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
<ref name="fifa1">{{cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/u17womensworldcup/trinidadandtobago2010/matches/round=253559/match=300125760/report.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130704070533/http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/u17womensworldcup/trinidadandtobago2010/matches/round=253559/match=300125760/report.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 4, 2013 |publisher=FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup Trinidad & Tobago 2010 |title=South Africa 1:3 Korea Republic |accessdate=1 December 2019 }}</ref>
<ref name="fifa2">{{cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/u17womensworldcup/trinidadandtobago2010/matches/round=253559/match=300125757/report.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130706204528/http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/u17womensworldcup/trinidadandtobago2010/matches/round=253559/match=300125757/report.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 6, 2013 |publisher=FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup Trinidad & Tobago 2010 |title=Mexico 4:0 South Africa |accessdate=1 December 2019 }}</ref>
<ref name="fifa3">{{cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/u17womensworldcup/trinidadandtobago2010/matches/round=253559/match=300125759/report.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130706055744/http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/u17womensworldcup/trinidadandtobago2010/matches/round=253559/match=300125759/report.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 6, 2013 |publisher=FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup Trinidad & Tobago 2010 |title=Germany 10:1 South Africa |accessdate=1 December 2019 }}</ref>
<ref name="fczh1">{{cite news |url=http://fczh1.com/news/?id_news=300 |newspaper=fczh1.com |title=ЖФК "Мінськ" прибув до Харкова(+ВІДЕО)  |date=5 August 2019 |language=be |accessdate=1 December 2019 }}</ref>
<ref name="g1">{{cite news |url=https://www.goal.com/en/news/rachel-sebati-and-letago-madiba-join-belarusian-champions/120mz1dbne86r1lblvgg0s5ptd |newspaper=Goal |title=Rachel Sebati and Letago Madiba join Belarusian champions Minsk |author=Ahmadu, Samuel   |date=23 July 2019 |accessdate=31 July 2020 }}</ref>
<ref name="ds1">{{cite news |url=https://www.dailysun.co.za/Sport/uefa-here-comes-sas-soccer-stars-20190723 |newspaper=[Daily Sun](/source/Daily_Sun) |title=UEFA:Here Comes SA^s Soccer Stars |author=Mkhonza, Mthokozisi |date=24 July 2019 |accessdate=31 July 2020 }}</ref>
<ref name="ds2">{{cite news |url=https://www.dailysun.co.za/Sport/rachel-sebati-counts-her-blessings-20190801 |newspaper=[Daily Sun](/source/Daily_Sun) |title=Rachel Sebati Counts Her Blessings |author=Mkhonza, Mthokozisi |date=1 August 2019 |accessdate=31 July 2020 }}</ref>
<ref name="fp1">{{cite news |url=https://www.farpost.co.za/exclusive-sa-duo-madiba-and-sebati-sets-turkey-alight/ |newspaper=FARPost |title=SA duo Madiba and Sebati sets Turkey alight |author=Mokhesi, Tokelo Martin |date=3 February 2020 |accessdate=31 July 2020 |archive-date=27 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211027023645/https://www.farpost.co.za/exclusive-sa-duo-madiba-and-sebati-sets-turkey-alight/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
<ref name="sabc1">{{cite news |url=https://www.sabcnews.com/sabcnews/more-sa-women-footballers-plying-their-trade-abroad/ |newspaper=[SABC](/source/South_African_Broadcasting_Corporation) |title=More SA women footballers plying their trade abroad  |date=19 March 2020 |accessdate=31 July 2020 }}</ref>
<ref name="gs1">{{cite news |url=https://gsport.co.za/south-african-duo-flying-the-flag-high-in-europe/ |newspaper=G Sport |title=South African Duo Flying the Flag High in Europe |date=28 December 2019 |accessdate=31 July 2020 }}</ref>
<ref name="gs2">{{cite news |url=https://gsport.co.za/letago-madiba-continues-to-dominate-on-the-european-stage/ |newspaper=G Sport |title=Letago Madiba Continues to Dominate on the European Stage |author=Abrahams, Celine |date=15 July 2020 |accessdate=31 July 2020 }}</ref>
<ref name="c1">{{cite web |url=https://www.cosafa.com/banyana-star-delighted-with-spain-move/ |publisher=[COSAFA](/source/Council_of_Southern_Africa_Football_Associations) |title=Banyana star delighted with Spain move  |date=31 July 2020 |accessdate=26 July 2020 }}</ref>
<ref name="lv1">{{cite news |url=https://lowvelder.co.za/629614/mpumalanga-soccer-star-shines-bright-in-europe/ |newspaper=Lowvelder |title=Mpumalanga soccer star shines bright in Europe |date=25 July 2020 |accessdate=31 July 2020 }}</ref>
<ref name="vssa1">{{cite news |url=http://varsitysportssa.com/tut-ladies-defend-title |newspaper=Varsity Sports SA |title=TUT ladies to defend their title |date=6 September 2017 |accessdate=31 July 2020 |archive-date=26 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200726123255/http://varsitysportssa.com/tut-ladies-defend-title/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

</references>

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Sebati, Rachel Raesetja}}
Category:1993 births
Category:Living people
Category:Soccer players from Limpopo
Category:South African women's soccer players
Category:Women's association football midfielders
Category:FC Minsk (women) players
Category:South Africa women's international soccer players
Category:South African expatriate women's soccer players
Category:South African expatriate sportspeople in Belarus
Category:Expatriate women's footballers in Belarus
Category:South African expatriate sportspeople in Turkey
Category:Expatriate women's footballers in Turkey
Category:Turkish Women's Football Super League players
Category:ALG Spor players
Category:Fatih Vatan Spor players
Category:21st-century South African sportswomen
Category:Yüksekova S.K. players
Category:South Africa women's youth international soccer players

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