Abram Raselemane

Football player infobox
playername = Abram Raselemane


fullname = Abram Melato Raselemane
height = height|m=1.80
dateofbirth = birth date|1978|3|23
cityofbirth = Thaba Nchu
countryofbirth = South Africa
dateofdeath = death date and age|2008|5|27|1978|3|23|mf=y
position = Striker
youthyears =
clubs = Bloemfontein Young Tigers
Santos Cape Town
Supersport United
Bidvest Wits
years = 1998-1999
1999-2001
2001-2006
2006-2008
caps(goals) =
24 (2)
nationalyears = 2001-2006
nationalteam = South Africa
nationalcaps(goals) = 15 (3)
pcupdate = May 27, 2008
ntupdate = May 27, 2008

Abram Melato "Fire" Raselemane (March 23, 1978 in Thaba Nchu – May 27, 2008 in Bloemfontein) was a South African football striker for Premier Soccer League club Bidvest Wits and South Africa.

Initially rising to prominence in 1999 while playing for Bloemfontein Young Tigers [cite news|url=http://www.thestar.co.za/index.php?fArticleId=4425877|title=Footballer in apparent suicide|date=2008-05-28|accessdate=2008-05-28] , he later played for Supersport United and Santos Cape Town before joining Wits in 2006. Between 2002 and 2006, he was capped 15 times by South Africa, scoring 3 goals.

Raselmane died on May 27, 2008 of an apparent suicide. [cite news|url=http://www.football365.co.za/story/0,22162,14287_3620834,00.html|title=Tragic end for Wits' Raselemane|date=2008-05-28|work=Football365|accessdate=2008-05-28]

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