Copper Queens forward Grace Chanda was in her unstoppable form scoring three times as BIIK Kazygurt thrashed Croatian side ZNK Split 5-1 at the Gradski Stadion Varazdin.
Chanda scored the opener in the 18th minute, the second goal in the 49th minute and the third in the 64th minute.
Chanda becomes the first Zambian female football player to achieve this feet in Europe’s elite Women’s Football competition.
Georgia forward Gulnaria Gabelia and Yakaterina Babshuk scored the other two goals.
The goals take Chanda straight to second on the top goalscorer chart with only FC Twente forward Kalma Fenna (7) having scored more.
Next up for Chanda and BIIK Kazygurt is Zhilstroy-2 Women on Sunday at 17:00hrs. BIIK eliminated the Ukrainian side back in 2020 on goal aggregate.
Last month, Chanda helped the Copper Queens clinch bronze at the 2022 Women’s Africa Cup in Morocco with three goals to her name and was the top goalscorer in the 2021 Women’s National League season with 35 goals.
Chanda is synonymous with scoring goals and was the top goalscorer in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics qualifiers for Africa with eight goals. She also scored 86 goals in 26 games for ZESCO Ndola Girls in 2018.
