Lebogang Ester Ramalepe (also Lebohang; born 3 December 1991) is a South African professional soccer player who plays as a defender for SAFA Women's League club Mamelodi Sundowns and the South Africa women's national team.
She captained Ma-Indies Ladies to a second-place finish at the 2019 Sasol League National Championship and was voted player of the tournament.
Ramalepe was voted the 2024 SAFA Women's League Player's Player of the Season.
Club career She captained Ma-Indies Ladies to a second-place finish at the 2019 Sasol League National Championship and was voted player of the tournament.
Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies In 2023, she joined SAFA Women's League side Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies.
She won the 2023 CAF Women's Champions League, 2023 COSAFA Women's League and the 2023 Hollywoodbets Super league title with Sundowns.
She was named in the Team of the Tournament for the 2023 CAF Women's Champions League. Later in the year, she was nominated for the CAF Inter-Club Player of the Year (Women) award.
She was voted the 2024 SAFA Women's League Player's Player of the Season.
Ramalepe captained the Sundowns team to their third regional title.
International career In September 2014, Ramalepe was named to the roster for the 2014 African Women's Championship in Namibia. She also competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
In 2018, she was part of the squad that lost 4–3 on penalties to Nigeria in the 2018 Women's Africa Cup of nations.
In 2019, she was selected to the Banyana Banyana squad that made their World Cup debut at the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup in France.
In 2022, she was part of the Banyana Banyana squad that won their maiden Women's Africa Cup of Nations title.
In 2023, she was selected for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup, in Australia and New Zealand, team that made it to the last 16.
International goals No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1. 18 July 2015 Dobsonville Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa 1–0 1–0 2015 CAF Women's Olympic qualifying tournament 2. 27 November 2018 Cape Coast Sports Stadium, Cape Coast, Ghana 2–0 2–0 2018 Women's Africa Cup of Nations 3. 1 March 2019 AEK Arena, Larnaca, Cyprus 1–4 1–4 2019 Cyprus Women's Cup 4. 14 July 2025 Honneur Stadium, Oujda, Morocco 1–0 4–0 2024 Women's Africa Cup of Nations
Honours South Africa Women's Africa Cup of Nations: 2022, runners-up: 2018
Ma-Indies Ladies Sasol League National Championship runners-up: 2019
Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies
CAF Women's Champions League: 2023 COSAFA Women's Champions League: 2023, 2026 SAFA Women's League: 2023, 2024, 2025 Individual Sasol League National Championship: 2019 Player of the Tournament CAF Women's Champions League: 2023 Team of the Tournament CAF Team of the Year Women's XI: 2023 2024
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