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Odirile Gaolebale

Motswana footballer

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 14, 2026
Entity authorityQ10495436 ↗
Source-derived summary

Odirile Gaolebale (born 14 November 1978) is a Botswana retired footballer who played as goalkeeper. He had three international appearances for the Botswana national football team, including one World Cup Qualifier, coming on as substitute for Phineas Maimela in the 26th minute of a 1–0 loss to Zambia in a World Cup qualifier on 22 April 2000.

Editorial summary

“Odirile Gaolebale” enters the record as motswana footballer. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Odirile, Gaolebale and Motswana can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA productive starting point for separating a subject’s documented career from later reputation and commemoration. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1978, 2000—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1978-11-14. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Odirile, Gaolebale and Motswana.
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Why this record matters

“Odirile Gaolebale” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Odirile, Gaolebale and Motswana provides the most credible route into that argument.

Evidence profile

Chronology provides the most reliable spine for this subject; interpretation should follow only after identities and dates are secure. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 14, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q10495436. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1978 and 2000.

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This entry incorporates text from “Odirile Gaolebale” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.