Nomnikelo Veto
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| Born |
3 January 1997 Gqeberha, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Forward | ||||||||||||||||
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| Current club |
CUS Torino ] (Italy) | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||
| 2018-2019 | University of the Witwatersrand | ||||||||||||||||
| 2022-present |
CUS Torino ] | ||||||||||||||||
| National team | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2016 | South Africa U–21 | 5 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019– | South Africa | 18 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Nomnikelo Veto (born 3 January 1997)[1] is a field hockey player from South Africa. In 2020, she was an athlete at the Summer Olympics.[2][3]
Personal life
Nomnikelo Veto was born in
Career
International experience
In the summer of 2021, after the Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Veto went to Italy to play for Cus Torino in Italian Serie A1. She scored the first goal of the season against Butterfly Rome. She scored five other goals in the first part of the season: 3 in Serie A1 and 2 in Coppa Italia.
Under–21
In 2016, Veto made her debut for the South Africa U–21 team at the Junior Africa Cup in Windhoek.[5]
National team
Veto made her senior international debut for
Valencia.[6]
Following her series of international appearances in 2019, Veto was named to the
References
- ^ "Team Details – South African". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
- ^ a b "VETO Nomnikelo". olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
- EuroSport. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
- ^ "Hockey star Veto's journey from Walmer township to Tokyo Games". heraldlive.co.za. The Herald. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
- ^ a b "VETO Nomnikelo". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
- FIH Series Finals. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
- ^ "SA Hockey Squads Selected". sahockey.co.za. South African Hockey Association. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
- ^ "2020 Olympic Games (Women)". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
External links
- Nomnikelo Veto at the International Hockey Federation
- Nomnikelo Veto at the South African Hockey Association
- Nomnikelo Veto at Olympedia
- Nomnikelo Veto at the South African Hockey Association
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