List of international goals scored by Barbra Banda
Barbra Banda is a Zambian professional footballer who has been representing the Zambia national team as a striker since her debut in 2016. Since then, Banda has scored 57 goals in 63 international appearances, making her the country's all-time top scorer. Banda made his debut for Zambia on 6 March 2016, two weeks before her 16th birthday, against Namibia where she came on as a substitute in a 3–1 home win in 2016 Women's Africa Cup of Nations.
Banda captained the Zambian squad at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, the first time Zambia competed at the international tournament.[1][2] During the team's first group stage match, Banda scored a hat trick against the Netherlands. The match ended 3–10, the worst ever loss for the Zambia women's national football team and the highest-scoring women's football match in Olympics history.[3] In their second group match, Banda scored another hat trick against China with the match ending in a 4–4 draw. She became the first woman footballer in Olympic history to score back-to-back hat tricks and the first to score two hat tricks in one tournament.[4] She is Africa's all-time top scorer in Olympic history.[5][6]
Goals
[edit]Scores and results list her team's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Banda goal. Every international goal scored by Banda was for Zambia.
Hat-tricks
[edit]| No. | Opponent | Goals | Score | Venue | Competition | Date | Ref. |
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| 1 |  Lesotho
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3 – (30', 52', 70') | 8–0 | Wolfson Stadium, Ibhayi, South Africa | 2020 COSAFA Women's Championship | 4 November 2020 | [7] |
| 2 |  Netherlands
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3 – (19', 82', 83') | 3–10 | Miyagi Stadium, Rifu, Japan | 2020 Summer Olympics | 21 July 2021 | [8] |
| 3 |  China
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3 – (43', 46', 69') | 4–4 | Miyagi Stadium, Rifu, Japan | 2020 Summer Olympics | 24 July 2021 | [9] |
| 4 | Lesotho
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5 – (11', 30', 48', 52', 56') | 7–0 | NMU Stadium, Gqeberha, South Africa | 2022 COSAFA Women's Championship | 4 September 2022 | [10] |
| 5 |  Morocco
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3 – (5', 24', 89') | 6–2 | Moulay Hassan Stadium, Rabat, Morocco | Friendly | 26 September 2023 | [11] |
| 6 |  Angola
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3 – (44', 45+2', 64') | 6–0 | Estádio 22 de Junho, Luanda, Angola | 2024 Women's Africa Cup of Nations qualification | 29 November 2023 | [12] |
| 7 |  Australia
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3 – (1', 33', 45+2) | 5–6 | Stade de Nice, Nice, France | 2024 Summer Olympics | 28 July 2024 | [13] |
Statistics
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See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Barbra Banda: Zambian woman footballer packing a punch in China". France24. 27 August 2020. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
- ^ "Zambia's Barbra Banda one to watch after stellar Tokyo 2020". DW. 7 July 2021. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
- ^ Young, Ryan (21 July 2021). "Netherlands women's soccer blows out Zambia in historic win to open Olympics". Yahoo! News. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
- ^ "China PR 4–4 Zambia". Fifa.com. 24 July 2021.
- ^ "Zambia's Barbra Banda on breaking Olympic record: I aim to become best in world". ESPN. 24 July 2021. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
- ^ "Nightmare for Germany! World Cup favourites suffer shock warm-up friendly defeat to 77th-ranked Zambia with Barbra Banda netting stunning 102nd-minute winner". Goal.com. 7 July 2023. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
- ^ "EN, FR, PR: Plenty drama at COSAFA Women's Senior and U17 Championships!". 4 November 2020. Retrieved 2 December 2024.
- ^ "Netherlands 10-3 Zambia (Jul 21, 2021) Game Analysis". ESPN. Retrieved 2 December 2024.
- ^ "China 4-4 Zambia (Jul 24, 2021) Game Analysis". ESPN. Retrieved 2 December 2024.
- ^ "EN, FR, PR: Brilliant Banda lifts Zambia to big win". 4 September 2022. Retrieved 2 December 2024.
- ^ "Zambia 6-2 Morocco (26 Sep, 2023) Final Score - ESPN (UK)". ESPN. Retrieved 2 December 2024.
- ^ "TotalEnergies WAFCON Qualifiers: Zambia cruise past Angola while Botswana hold Kenya to a stalemate". TotalEnergies WAFCON Qualifiers: Zambia cruise past Angola while Botswana hold Kenya to a stalemate. Retrieved 2 December 2024.
- ^ "Australia 5–6 Zambia". Fifa.com. 28 July 2024. Retrieved 2 December 2024.
