Dipsy Selolwane’s grass cutters: The streets will never forget

One of the top and decorated players that never played for any of the ‘Big 3’ DStv Premiership teams is Diphetogo “Dipsy” Selolwane.

The midfielder was marvelous to watch and often scored crucial goals against top teams like Mamelodi Sundowns, Orlando Pirates and Kaizer Chiefs.

From grass-cutters to volleys, Selolwane had it all

He is widely considered to be one of Botswana‘s greatest exports having played in the PSL and abroad.

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Dipsy arrived in South Africa in 2005 and he joined Santos FC where he spent two seasons before having a one-year spell with Jomo Cosmos in the 2007/08 campaign playing as a midfielder-cum-striker.

The retired Botswana international played his best football at Ajax Cape Town between 2008 and 2010 – helping the team clinch the Telkom Knockout Cup in his first season. Selolwane also played a crucial role in his second season with the Urban Warriors especially in the MTN 8. He scored against Pirates and then against Chiefs in the first-leg of the semi-final.

Ajax went on to lose the MTN final 6-0 to Golden Arrows.

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In 2012, Selolwane was snapped up by SuperSport United where he won the 2012 Nedbank Cup. He also spent two years with the University of Pretoria, before he hung up his boots in 2014.

Before moving to the PSL, he also played for Chicago Fire and Real Salt Lake.

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For Botswana, Selolwane was capped 68 times and scored 18 times. He scored The Zebras’s first ever goal in a major international tournament at the 2012 African Cup of Nations in a 6-1 defeat to Guinea.

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