Tlou Segolela

Tlou Segolela
Personal information
Full name	Tlou Mashedi Segolela
Date of birth	1 April 1988 (age 36)
Place of birth	Moletjie, South Africa
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Winger
Youth career
	Seemole FC
–2007	Orlando Pirates
Senior career*
Years	Team
2007–2015	Orlando Pirates
2009–2010	→ Bloemfontein Celtic (loan)
2015–2016	Platinum Stars
2017	Polokwane City
2017–2020	Polokwane City Rovers
International career
2010–2015	South Africa
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Tlou Segolela (born 1 April 1988) is a South African association football midfielder who played as a right-winger.

Segolela was born in Moletjie near Polokwane, Transvaal, and has been nicknamed "Gautrain" and "Riya Vaya", which means "here we go", by fans in recognition of his speed.

He was the part of Orlando pirates team which won Double-Treble titles in two successive seasons (2011–12 & 2010–11), which include two league titles. His most notable contribution was a famous corner kick which resulted in a goal by Isaac Chansa just outside the box in the 85th minute, on the last game-day of the season. Pirates were deadlocked at 1–1 against Arrows at the time, and needed a goal to win the League title for the first time in 7 years. As a result of Chansa's goal, the full-time score was 2–1 to Pirates.

Tlou Segolela collected the Goal of the season award for one he scored against Free States Stars in the Botchabelo Stadium. Taking the ball just inside his own half and without support from teammates, he defeated 4 to 5 defenders. The FS Stars keeper came out of his line and Segolela scored past the keeper. That goal was compared to Maradona's one in 1986 FIFA world cup in Mexico, because of its similarities.^{[citation needed]}

International career[edit]

He made his debut for South Africa in 2010 and has so far been capped four times scoring twice

International goals[edit]

Scores and results list South Africa's goal tally first.

Goal	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	2 June 2013	Setsoto Stadium, Maseru, Lesotho	Lesotho	1–0	2–0	Friendly
2.	2 June 2013	Setsoto Stadium, Maseru, Lesotho	Lesotho	2–0	2–0	Friendly
3.	22 May 2015	Mogwase Stadium, Mogwase, South Africa	Malawi	1–0	2–1	Friendly

External links[edit]

Tlou Segolela at National-Football-Teams.com