Leandra Smeda
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Smeda in 2025 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Leandra Wiloma Smeda | ||
| Date of birth | 22 July 1989 | ||
| Place of birth | Velddrif, South Africa | ||
| Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) | ||
| Position | Winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | TS Galaxy Queens | ||
| Number | 22 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2010 | Ambassadors Ladies | ||
| 2011–2012 | Cape Town Roses | ||
| 2013–2017 | University of the Western Cape | 0 | (0) |
| 2018 | Gintra Universitetas | 2 | (1) |
| 2019 | Vittsjö GIK | 10 | (0) |
| 2020 | Famalicão | 3 | (0) |
| 2021 | University of Western Cape | ||
| 2022 | Dux Logroño | 25 | (0) |
| 2023–2024 | RCD Espanyol | 3 | (0) |
| 2025– | TS Galaxy Queens | 28 | (22) |
| International career | |||
| 2012– | South Africa | 100 | (22) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 1 February 2020 | |||
Leandra Wiloma Smeda (pronounced Schmeda; born 22 July 1989) is a South African soccer player who plays as a winger for TS Galaxy Queens and the South Africa women's national team.
On 10 November 2019, Smeda played her 100th match for South Africa against Japan.[1] She was the 2025 SAFA Women's League player of the season and top scorer.[2]
Career
Smeda played for UWC Ladies in the Western Cape Sasol League before leaving the university in 2017.[3]
In 2018 she joined A Lyga side FC Gintra.[4]
In 2019 she joined Damallsvenskan side Vittsjö GIK.[5]
In 2020 she joined Campeonato Nacional Feminino side F.C. Famalicão.[6]
TS Galaxy Queens
She joined SAFA Women's League side TS Galaxy Queens at the start of the 2025 season.[7] Smeda was voted the player of the season at the 2025 SAFA Women's League awards and was also the top goal scorer scoring 22 goals in 28 appearances in her debut season for the club.[2]
International career
Smeda capped 100 times for the South Africa women's national team.[8] Her 100th match was against Japan. She played in the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup when the women's national team made their world cup debut.[9]
Honours
TS Galaxy Queens
- SAFA Women's League third place: 2025
Individual
- SAFA Women's League player of the season: 2025
- SAFA Women's League top scorer: 2025
References
- ^ "Two errors cost Banyana Banyana against Japan". safa.net. 10 November 2019.
- ^ a b "Leandra Smeda honoured as 2025 HWBSL Player of the Season | soccer". SABC. 2 February 2026. Retrieved 2 February 2026.
- ^ [email protected]. "Boosting Banyana: UWC a bedrock of women's football". www.uwc.ac.za. Retrieved 2 February 2026.
- ^ A17 (25 August 2018). "Living Her Life: Banyana Banyana Midfielder Leandra Smeda in Lithuania". gsport4girls. Retrieved 20 April 2025.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "South Africa women's star Leandra Smeda moves to Sweden". BBC Sport. 22 January 2019. Retrieved 20 April 2025.
- ^ Abrahams, Celine (24 November 2020). "Leandra Smeda Joins Portuguese Giants Famalicao". gsport4girls. Retrieved 20 April 2025.
- ^ "WATCH: Huge signing by TS Galaxy as World Cup star and ex-AC Milan midfielder joins the Rockets after successful spell in Italian Serie A | Goal.com South Africa". www.goal.com. 14 March 2025. Retrieved 20 April 2025.
- ^ A17 (25 August 2018). "Living Her Life: Banyana Banyana Midfielder Leandra Smeda in Lithuania". gsport4girls. Retrieved 2 February 2026.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ SAFA (16 May 2019). "Coach Ellis Names Banyana Banyana Squad for 2019 FIFA World Cup". gsport4girls. Retrieved 2 February 2026.
External links
- Leandra Smeda at Soccerway