Tlou Segolela
Personal information
Full name Tlou Mashedi Segolela
Date of birth (1988-04-01) 1 April 1988
Place of birth Moletjie, South Africa
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Winger
Youth career
Seemole FC
–2007 Orlando Pirates
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2015 Orlando Pirates 100 (13)
2009–2010 → Bloemfontein Celtic (loan) 38 (7)
2015–2016 Platinum Stars 25 (1)
2017 Polokwane City 6 (0)
2017–2020 Polokwane City Rovers
International career
2010–2015 South Africa 9 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Tlou Segolela (born 1 April 1988) is a South African association football midfielder who played as a right-winger.

Segolela was born in Moletjie near Polokwane, Transvaal, and has been nicknamed "Gautrain" and "Riya Vaya", which means "here we go", by fans in recognition of his speed.

He was the part of Orlando pirates team which won Double-Treble titles in two successive seasons (2011–12 & 2010–11), which include two league titles. His most notable contribution was a famous corner kick which resulted in a goal by Isaac Chansa just outside the box in the 85th minute, on the last game-day of the season. Pirates were deadlocked at 1–1 against Arrows at the time, and needed a goal to win the League title for the first time in 7 years. As a result of Chansa's goal, the full-time score was 2–1 to Pirates.

Tlou Segolela collected the Goal of the season award for one he scored against Free States Stars in the Botchabelo Stadium. Taking the ball just inside his own half and without support from teammates, he defeated 4 to 5 defenders. The FS Stars keeper came out of his line and Segolela scored past the keeper. That goal was compared to Maradona's one in 1986 FIFA world cup in Mexico, because of its similarities.

International career

He made his debut for South Africa in 2010 and has so far been capped four times scoring twice

International goals

Scores and results list South Africa's goal tally first.
GoalDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.2 June 2013Setsoto Stadium, Maseru, Lesotho Lesotho1–02–0Friendly
2.2 June 2013Setsoto Stadium, Maseru, Lesotho Lesotho2–02–0Friendly
3.22 May 2015Mogwase Stadium, Mogwase, South Africa Malawi1–02–1Friendly
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