Jacob Lekgetho

Date of birth24 March 1974
Place of birthSoweto
NationalitySouth African
Weight85 kg
Height1.71 m
PositionDefender/Midfielder

Lekgetho became the first South African to play in Russia when he left Moloko Swallows for Lokomotiv Moscow for the 2001 season. Born in Soweto, he had be been a great favorite at Swallows. He earned his first international call up for the friendly with Malta in Valletta in May 2002. It was while he was with the B squad that he came to the attention of Lokomotiv though. The South Africans were taking part in a tournament in Portugal in early 2001, while Loko were there in a pre-season training camp. He had been recommended to the club by Swallows Russian-born coach Viktor Bondarenko and was soon snapped up. Despite the obvious cultural and climatic differences, Lekgetho has gone on to provide tremendously consistent performances at left back or left wing back, and was named Russia's top foreign player in 2001. He missed this season's African Nations Cup due to injury, but it was still a surprise that he was left out of South Africa's original 23-man squad for Japan and South Korea. He has since been included following the knee injury to Matthew Booth.

Club stats

Season Team Competition Apps Subs Goals Y R
2001-02 Lokomotiv Moscow UEFA Champions League 8
1
2
2001-02 Lokomotiv Moscow UEFA Cup 1
2002-03 Lokomotiv Moscow UEFA Champions League 2
2003-04 Lokomotiv Moscow UEFA Champions League 3
1


Please note: Career stats are based on performances in the Premier and Football Leagues and (in most cases all) internationals.

Club matches

Date Match Result Competition Round
07 Aug 2001 Lokomotiv Moskva v FC Tirol Milch Innsbruck D 0-0 UEFA Champions League 3rd qualifying round 1st leg
10 Sep 2001 FC Tirol Milch Innsbruck v Lokomotiv Moskva D 0-0
Agg: 0-0
UEFA Champions League 3rd round 2nd leg
11 Sep 2001 Lokomotiv Moskva v Anderlecht D 0-0 UEFA Champions League Group A
19 Sep 2001 Real Madrid v Lokomotiv Moskva D 0-0 UEFA Champions League Group A
26 Sep 2001 AS Roma v Lokomotiv Moskva D 0-0 UEFA Champions League Group A
16 Oct 2001 Lokomotiv Moskva v AS Roma D 0-0 UEFA Champions League Group A
24 Oct 2001 Anderlecht v Lokomotiv Moskva D 0-0 UEFA Champions League Group A
30 Oct 2001 Lokomotiv Moskva v Real Madrid D 0-0 UEFA Champions League Group A
20 Nov 2001 Hapoel Tel Aviv v Lokomotiv Moskva L 2-1 UEFA Cup 3rd round 1st leg
26 Nov 2002 Lokomotiv Moskva v Borussia Dortmund D 0-0 UEFA Champions League Phase 2 group C
12 Mar 2003 Borussia Dortmund v Lokomotiv Moskva D 0-0 UEFA Champions League Phase 2 group C
21 Oct 2003 Lokomotiv Moskva v Inter Milano D 0-0 UEFA Champions League Group B
05 Nov 2003 Inter Milano v Lokomotiv Moskva D 0-0 UEFA Champions League Group B
10 Dec 2003 Arsenal v Lokomotiv Moskva L 2-0 UEFA Champions League Group B


Please note: Match history is complete for the Premier and Football Leagues and (in most cases all) internationals.