Name: Barbara Banda
Jersey No: 11
D.O.B: 20/03/2000
Club: Shanghai Shengli (China)
Previous Club(s) : Bauleni United Sports Academy, Green Buffaloes Women FC
Favourite Team: USA National Team
Favourite Club: PSG
Nickname: Bex
Favourite Player: Clatous Chota Chama
Easily the best female football player in the World at the moment.
Banda was the first player on earth to score back-to-back hat-tricks in the Olympic Games.
She became the first Zambian to move to Europe in 2018 when she joined EDF Logrono who she helped move from relegation strugglers to title contenders within a single season ( She scored a hat-trick against Real Madrid Femenina )
She won the golden boot on her first season in the Chinese Taiping Women’s Super League with 18 goals
She is the second highest goalscorer of the current Chinese Taiping Women’s Super League with 9 goals ( it is on a break, resumes after the World Cup)
She was a boxer who made debut on 2015-11-28 against Kudakwashe Chiwandire and won on unanimous decision.
Her last fight was on 2017-07-02 against Joyce Chileshe and won on technical knockout. In total she had five fights in the bantam weight category and she won everything.
She was the top goalscorer of the 2022 COSAFA Championship with 10 goals and was also named the player of the tournament.
Banda is the all time top goalscorer of the Copper Queens with 38 goals in 42 games.
