Personal information | |||
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Full name | Diphetogo Selolwane | ||
Date of birth | 27 January 1978 | ||
Place of birth | Gaborone, Botswana | ||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Playing position | Midfielder, Striker | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Pretoria University | ||
Number | 8 | ||
Youth career | |||
2000 | Harris–Stowe State University | ||
2001 | Saint Louis University | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1997–2000 | Gaborone United | ||
2001–2002 | Vejle BK | 5 | (0) |
2002–2005 | Chicago Fire | 27 | (3) |
2005 | Real Salt Lake | 8 | (0) |
2005–2007 | Santos | 45 | (13) |
2007 | Jomo Cosmos | 2 | (0) |
2008–2010 | Ajax Cape Town | 61 | (8) |
2010–2012 | Supersport United | 39 | (2) |
2012– | Pretoria University | ||
National team‡ | |||
1999–2012 | Botswana | 42 | (16) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of May 25, 2011. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of January 28, 2012 |
Diphetogo "Dipsy" Selolwane (born January 27, 1978 in Gaborone) is a Botswana football (soccer) midfielder for South African Premier Soccer League club University of Pretoria. He has played as a striker in Major League Soccer.
Selolwane first played for Gaborone United in the Botswana Premier League. After playing college soccer at St. Louis University and being named first-team All-American in 2001, Selolwane was drafted 36th overall in the 2002 MLS Superdraft by the Chicago Fire. Selolwane was traded to Real Salt Lake after the 2004 MLS season but failed to make an impact and was released during the 2005 season. In four years of limited action in MLS, he scored three goals.
He returned to Africa, first to Botswana and then to the South African Premier Soccer League. His first PSL club was Santos, before moving to Jomo Cosmos, after having a very disappointing 2006-07 season. He signed with Ezenkosi for the 2007-08 season, but made only two appearances and joined Ajax Cape Town in early 2008. His PSL career flourished at Ajax, where he was converted to a midfielder and earned a July 2010 move to league champions Supersport United.