Jermaine Seoposenwe

Jermaine Seoposenwe (born 12 October 1993) is a South African soccer player who plays as a forward for Mexican Liga MX Femenil club Monterrey. She previously played for the South Africa national team.

Club career

Gintra Universitetas On 16 April 2019, it was announced that Seoposenwe had signed her first professional contract with Gintra Universitetas in Lithuania, joining them to play in the 2019-20 UEFA Women's Champions League season. She joined alongside South Africa teammate Nothando Vilakazi.

Seoposenwe made two Champions League appearances for Gintra, besides helping the side win the 2019 A Lyga Women and Amber Cup titles.

Real Betis Seoposenwe signed for Spanish side Real Betis Balompie on 8 February 2020, making her debut in a 2–1 victory over RC Espanyol the following weekend.

The season would be called to an end early due to the COVID-19 global pandemic with Seoposenwe having made three appearances across all competitions.

SC Braga On 6 July 2020, Seoposenwe was announced as a new player of SC Braga. She made an immediate impact at the club in her first campaign, scoring twice on 13 January 2021 against rivals SL Benfica in the final of the Taça de Portugal in a 3–1 victory.

In her second season at the club Seoposenwe scored 8 goals and provided 7 assists in 19 league appearances as the club finished third in the Campeonato Nacional. On 23 March 2022, SC Braga won the Taca da Liga on penalties against SL Benfica with Seoposenwe playing the entire 120 minutes.

FC Juarez

On 24 August 2022, Seoposenwe signed for Liga MX Femenil side FC Juarez on a free transfer. She revealed shortly after that she had previously agreed a pre-contract with French side FC Girondins de Bordeaux only for the relegation of the club's men's side to cause a change of direction.

Just a month after joining she set a new league record for fastest goal in a match, scoring after nine seconds in a 3-0 win over Necaxa.

In total she scored seven goals in 24 appearances for the club, helping Juarez reach the league's playoffs for the first time in their history during the 2023 Clausura.

C.F. Monterrey Following the end of her Juarez contract, Seoposenwe moved to fellow Liga MX side C.F. Monterrey. On 28 May 2024 she scored in a 2-1 victory over Club America as her side were crowned 2024 Clausura champions.

On 26 November 2024, she helped her side to a second consecutive league title winning the 2024 Apertura in a penalty shootout against rivals Tigres UANL.

International career On 18 October 2015, Seoposenwe scored the winning goal against Equatorial Guinea which secured South Africa's qualification to the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. At the tournament she started all three of South Africa's matches as they exited at the Group Stage.

Seoposenwe was a key player for South Africa at the 2018 CAF Africa Women Cup of Nations with Banyana Banyana reaching the final only to lose to Nigeria in a penalty shootout. The result qualified South Africa for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup for their first appearance at the competition, with Seoposenwe part of the 23 player squad for the tournament in France. At the competition, she featured in matches with China and Spain.

On 4 July 2022, Seoposenwe scored Banyana Banyana's first goal in their 2–1 win against Nigeria at the 2022 Africa Women Cup of Nations.

In 2025 she announced her retirement after the 2024 Women's Africa Cup of Nations. She scored her 24th and last goal for the national team against Ghana. She retired having amassed 112 caps.

International goals

Scores and results list South Africa's goal tally first No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 11 March 2013 Tasos Markou, Paralimni, Cyprus 2–0 2–1 2013 Cyprus Women's Cup 6 March 2015 Paralimni Stadium, Paralimni, Cyprus 1–0 1–0 2015 Cyprus Women's Cup 11 March 2015 GSP Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus 1–2 1–2 23 May 2015 Stade Augustin Monédan de Sibang, Libreville, Gabon 3–2 2015 CAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament 31 May 2015 Dobsonville Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa 5–0 18 October 2015 Estadio de Bata, Bata, Equatorial Guinea 28 July 2016 Estádio Luso Brasileiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 1–3 1–4 Friendly 25 November 2016 Limbe Stadium, Limbe, Cameroon 4–0 5–0 2016 Women's Africa Cup of Nations 6 June 2018 Setsoto Stadium, Maseru, Lesotho 1–0 1–0 2018 Women's Africa Cup of Nations qualification 10 June 2018 Dr. Petrus Molemela Stadium, Bloemfontein, South Africa 1–0 6–0 4–0 6–0 21 November 2018 Cape Coast Sports Stadium, Cape Coast, Ghana 2018 Africa Women Cup of Nations 4 July 2022 Stade Moulay Hassan, Rabat, Morocco 1–0 2–1 2022 Women's Africa Cup of Nations 14 July 2022 18 February 2023 Gold City Sports Complex, Alanya, Turkey 2023 Turkish Women's Cup 10 April 2023 Serbian FA Sports Center, Stara Pazova, Serbia Friendly 23 February 2024 Chamazi Stadium, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania 1–0 3–0 2024 CAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament 28 May 2025 Lucas Moripe Stadium, Pretoria, South Africa 2–0 3–2 Friendly 3–0 3 June 2025 2–0 2–0 7 July 2025 Honneur Stadium, Oujda, Morocco 2–0 2–0 2024 Women's Africa Cup of Nations

Honours Gintra Universitetas A Lyga: 2019 SC Braga Taca de Portugal: 2019–20 Taca da Liga: 2021–22 Monterrey Liga MX Femenil: 2024 Clausura, 2024 Apertura South Africa Women's Africa Cup of Nations: 2022, runner-up: 2012, 2018 Individual Women's Africa Cup of Nations Team of the Tournament: 2022 IFFHS CAF Women's Team of The Year: 2022