Dipsy Selolwane

Dipsy Selolwane

Personal information
Full name	Diphetogo Selolwane
Date of birth	(1978-01-27) 27 January 1978
Place of birth	Gaborone, Botswana
Height
Position(s)	Midfielder, Striker
Team information
Current team	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
International career‡
1999–2012	Botswana	42	(16)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, 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.

Career

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.

International career

Selolwane is also a significant player for the Botswana national football team. On 28 January 2012, Selolwane converted a penalty, which temporarily equalized the score in the 1:6 loss against Guinea. This was the first ever goal scored by the national team in a major international tournament.

International goals

Scores and results list Botswana's goal tally first.

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	1 June 2000	National Staduim, Gaborone, Botswana	Madagascar	1–0	1–0	2002 Africa Cup of Nations Qualification
2	11 October 2003	National Staduim, Gaborone, Botswana	Lesotho	3–0	4–1	2006 FIFA World Cup Qualification
3				4–0
4	5 June 2004	Stade Olympique de Radès, Radès, Tunisia	Tunisia	1–2	1–4	2006 FIFA World Cup Qualification
5	19 June 2004	National Staduim, Gaborone, Botswana	Malawi	1–0	2–0	2006 FIFA World Cup Qualification
6	9 October 2004	National Staduim, Gaborone, Botswana	Kenya	2–1	2–1	2006 FIFA World Cup Qualification
7	18 June 2005	Kamuzu Stadium, Blantyre, Malawi	Malawi	2–0	3–1	2006 FIFA World Cup Qualification
8	16 June 2007	National Staduim, Gaborone, Botswana	Mauritania	2–0	2–1	2008 Africa Cup of Nations Qualification
9	8 June 2008	Estádio da Machava, Maputo, Mozambique	Mozambique	1–0	2–1	2010 FIFA World Cup Qualification
10	14 June 2008	National Staduim, Gaborone, Botswana	Ivory Coast	1–0	1–1	2010 FIFA World Cup Qualification
11	28 January 2012	Stade de Franceville, Franceville, Gabon	Guinea	1–1	1–6	2012 Africa Cup of Nations

External links

• Dipsy Selolwane at National-Football-Teams.com
• Hail 'Dipsy' Selolwane – The Botswana Gazette