Abram Raselemane

Abram Raselemane
Personal information
Full name Abram Melato Raselemane
Date of birth (1978-03-23)23 March 1978
Place of birth Thaba Nchu, South Africa
Date of death 27 May 2008(2008-05-27) (aged 30)
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–1999 Bloemfontein Young Tigers 25 (11)
1999–2001 Santos Cape Town 62 (13)
2001–2006 Supersport United 104 (42)
2006–2008 Bidvest Wits 24 (2)
National team‡
2001–2006 South Africa 15 (3)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 27 May 2008.

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 27 May 2008

Abram Melato "Fire" Raselemane (23 March 1978 in Thaba Nchu – 27 May 2008 in Bloemfontein) was a South African football striker who last played for Premier Soccer League club Bidvest Wits and South Africa.

Initially rising to prominence in 1999 while playing for Bloemfontein Young Tigers,[1] he later played for Supersport United and Santos Cape Town before joining Wits in 2006. Between 2002 and 2006, he was capped 15 times by South Africa, scoring 3 goals.

Raselmane died on 27 May 2008 of an apparent suicide.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Footballer in apparent suicide". 28 May 2008. Retrieved 2008-05-28.
  2. ↑ "Tragic end for Wits' Raselemane". Football365. 28 May 2008. Retrieved 2008-05-28.


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