Player Details

Name

Barbra Banda

Pronunciation

bar-BRUH ban-DUH

Height

5' 10"

Date of Birth

3.20.2000 (25)

Birthplace

Lusaka, Zambia

National Team

Zambia

Position

Forward

Roster Category

Active

Player Category

International
Career Summary

How Acquired: via transfer from Shanghai Shengli FC on Mar. 7, 2024

Club Highlights

  • 2024 NWSL Championship MVP

  • Scored the game winning goal for the Pride in the 2024 NWSL Championship.

  • Named a finalist for 2024 NWSL MVP.

  • Named to the 2024 Best XI First Team.

  • Named 2024 BBC Women’s Footballer of the Year.

  • Became the first African to ever be named to the FIFPRO Women’s World 11 in 2024.

  • Named a finalist for the Ballon d’Or.

  • Finished second in the Golden Boot race scoring 13 goals in 2024. Added six assists and recorded four braces, tying the single-season league record during the regular season.

  • Scored 41 goals across 52 career games in Shanghai.

International Highlights

  • Represented Zambia in the 2024 Paris Olympics and scored four goals, which was tied for the second-most scored in the tournament, including a hat trick against Australia.

  • Became the first player in women’s football to score three hat tricks at the Olympic Games

  • In 2021, became the first player in Olympic history to score back-to-back hat tricks and the first to total two hat tricks over one tournament – scoring three against both the Netherlands and China.

  • Led Zambia to the COSAFA Women’s Championship, and won the Golden Ball with 10 goals over five matches

  • Helped then No. 79 ranked Zambia knock off No. 2 ranked Germany, scoring a brace, including the stoppage-time game-winner

  • Debuted with Zambia in 2016 and has since represented the side at both the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup.

  • Scored the game-winning goal in Zambia’s for the nation’s first-ever World Cup win and served as the 1000th goal in Women’s world cup history.