Onkabetse Makgantai

Onkabetse Makgantai

Personal information
Date of birth	(1995-07-01) 1 July 1995 (age 29)
Place of birth	Selebi-Phikwe, Botswana
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2013–2015	Nico United
2016	Orapa United
2016–2017	AS Vita Club
2017–2018	Orapa United
2018–2019	Baroka	16	(2)
2019–	Orapa United
International career
2014–	Botswana	27	(10)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Onkabetse Makgantai (born 1 July 1995) is a Motswana footballer who plays for Orapa United and the Botswana national football team.

He moved from Orapa United to AS Vita in 2016 to play for the DRC Super Ligue outfit.

International career

Makgantai has scored eight times for Botswana, the most recent goal coming in a 2–0 win against Swaziland.

In June 2018, Makgantai won the top goalscorer prize of the 2018 COSAFA Cup after he netted five times in his side's six games.[1]

In November 2019 he was one of four Botswana international players dropped from the national team after they had been drinking alcohol.[2]

International goals

As of match played on 5 June 2018. Botswana score listed first; score column indicates score after each Makgantai goal.[3]

International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competition

No.	Date	Venue	Cap	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	14 July 2014	Botswana National Stadium, Gaborone, Botswana	1	Lesotho	2–0	2–0	Friendly
2.	21 May 2016	Serowe Stadium, Serowe, Botswana	6		1–?	2–1
3.					2–?
4.	4 June 2016	Francistown Stadium, Francistown, Botswana	7	Uganda	1–1	1–2	2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
5.	25 June 2016	Sam Nujoma Stadium, Windhoek, Namibia	10	South Africa	1–0	2–3	2016 COSAFA Cup
6.	28 May 2018	Old Peter Mokaba Stadium, Polokwane, South Africa	15	Angola	2–0	2–1	2018 COSAFA Cup
7.	1 June 2018		17	Mauritius	1–0	6–0
8.					6–0
9.	3 June 2018	Peter Mokaba Stadium, Polokwane, South Africa	18	Zimbabwe	1–1	1–1 (1–3 p)
10.	5 June 2018	Old Peter Mokaba Stadium, Polokwane, South Africa	19	Swaziland	1–0	2–0

References

1. "South Africa to face Botswana in COSAFA Cup Plate final". cosafa.com. The Council of Southern Africa Football Associations. 5 June 2018. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
2. "Botswana coach Adel Amrouche omits quartet caught drinking". 11 November 2019 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
3. "Makgantai, Onkabetse". National Football Teams. Retrieved 10 June 2018.