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Shilwatso nets hat-trick in debut with Kryvbas 

Cynthia Shilwatso scored a hat-trick and provided assists on her full Ukrainian league debut for FC Kryvbas.

The 23-year-old Kenyan striker started her career at FC Krivbas in the best possible way. She scored three goals yesterday to help her team demolish EMS-Podillia 13-0 in her league debut. The heroine also provided two assists during that league match day 20, played away. FC Kryvbas earned second place in the league and they have guaranteed their participation in the Champions League for the next season. They still have two games to play before the end of the 2022–2023 season.

Coming from a Tanzanian top-flight club Fountain Gate Princess, where she was the league’s highest goal scorer before her move to FC Krivbas, Shilwatso who joined her new club only last week after her contract was signed last March brings with her dynamism and experience. She has also spent time in Spain with EDF Logroño where she played in the country’s top flight before their relegation two seasons ago.

LTA Agency congratulate Shilwatso on this electrifying start.

LTA Agency are pleased to announce a new representation agreement with Sporting Huelva goalkeeper Chelsea Louise Ashurst

Ashurst is in her fourth season with Sporting Huelva and has already made more than 75 appearances with her club. In their last Liga F game, she has played full 90 minutes to help the club to a 1-1 draw against Villarreal at home. It was her 14th game of the season.  

Ashurst has appeared in a strong number of Sporting Huelva’s Primera División Femenina matches in the two last seasons (2021-2022) and 2020-2021, making 23 appearances for each season.

We are delighted to continue to accompany Chelsea Louise Ashurst in her football career.

Fenerbahçe Petrol Ofisi advanced to the semi-finals of the Turkish Women’s Football Super League with Nina Kpaho, Ngo Mbeleck Genevieve, and Fatou Dembele

Ivorian defender Nina Kpaho, Camerounian midfielder Ngo Mbeleck Genevieve, and Malian defender Fatou Dembele helped Fenerbahçe to secure a place in the Turkish Super League semifinals on Sunday after a 1-1 draw against Fatih Karagümrük in the second leg quarter-finals. Having won the first match 1-0, Fenerbahçe qualified with a 2-1 on aggregate. Nina Kpaho played the two quarter-finals matches while Fatou Dembele feature in the secong leg only.

The semifinal matches will take place over two legs on Saturday, May 13, and Saturday, May 20.

Fenerbahçe will play against Galatasaray while Ankara Buyuksehir Belediyesi will face against Alg Spor.

We wish best of luck to all our players for this semifinal.

Irene Paredes has qualified for the 2022/23 UEFA Women’s Champion League final with FC Barcelone

Barcelona advanced to the Champions League final for the fourth time in the previous five seasons thanks to their strong performance against English champions Chelsea in the semi-finals.

In front of a crowd of 72,262 at Camp Nou, the third-largest attendance in the competition’s history, FC Barcelona drew 1-1 in the second leg after a 1-0 victory in the first leg to progress to the final of the UEFA Women’s Champions. Irene Paredes featured in the two-leg match, playing 90 minutes.

FC Barcelona will face german side Wolfsburg in the final of the UEFA Champions Women’s League which will take place at the Eindhoven’s PSV Stadium in the Dutch city, on Saturday June 3 at 4 p.m.

Wolfsburg is currently ranked second in the Frauen-Bundesliga, while FC Barcelona is leading in the Primera Division standings.

Defender Michelle Colson and Romanian midfielder Ştefania Vătafu have bagged the 2023 Belgian Women’s Super League title with RSC Anderlecht

Colson and Vătafu have once more assisted their team in adding another title to their list of accomplishments. They both played the entire game as RSC Anderlecht defeated OH Leuven 2-1 to lift a historic trophy.

They have won their sixth title in a row and the tenth overall. With two games left to play and a seven-point gap from the team in second place in the league standings. Anderlecht has registered 23 victories and one tie in 28 games in total.

Colson and Vătafu are key players; they were always in the first eleven of the club. This title is the fifth for Vatafu and the fourth for Closon with the club.

LTA Agency congratulates Michelle Colson and Ştefania Vătafu for this achievement.

LTA Agency are pleased to announce signing a new representation contract with Tanzanian striker Aisha Masaka

BK Häcken striker Aisha Masaka has decided to extend her contract with our agency. The young player plays in Sweden’s top league since last season. Before her transfer to Sweden, she began playing football in her home country, where she was noticed very young for her talent and her exceptional quality of games.

She started catching attention at 15 years old; In the 2018–19 and 2019–20 seasons with Alliance Girls FC, the teenager was the third-best scorer and second-best goals in the Tanzanian Premier League, respectively. Additionally, she helped Yanga Princess finish second in the Tanzanian Premier League in the 2020–21 season just before her move to BK Häcken.

Masaka played with the under-17 and under-20 teams, winning the COSAFA Cup U17 and U20 in 2018 and 2020, respectively, and was the competition’s top goal scorer in both of those years. She has already played four times for Tanzania’s women’s national team, scoring twice.

LTA Agency is proud to continue to accompany Aisha Masaka in her professional career, and we wish her an exciting future.

LTA’s players qualified for the Turkish Super League play-offs with Fatih Karagümrük and Fenerbahçe

Saratou Traoré, Rita Akaffou, Madinatou Rouamba, Tatiana Matveeva and Augustine Ejangue of Fatih Karagümrük. Nina Kpaho, Ngo Mbeleck Genevieve, and Fatou Dembele of Fenerbahçe are our players who helped their sides to qualify for the play-offs of the Turkish Women’s Super League. The league started with two groups, A and B. Fatih Karagümrük featured in group A with eight other teams and finished the group stage in the second spot while Fenerbahçe have managed to end up in the third position of group B, which had ten teams.

Saratou Traoré scored ten goals in the group stage. She is playing her second season in the Turkish League with Rita and Nina, while Madinatou Rouamba, Augustine Ejangue, Ngo Mbeleck Genevieve, and Fatou Dembele have joined the league during the season.

The play-offs, which have already been postponed due to the earthquake, will start tomorrow, May 25th, for the first legs, and the second legs will be played on 29th.

Fatih Karagümrük will play against Konak Belediyespor, and Fenerbahçe will face Hatayspor.

We wish good luck to all our players.

We are delighted to announce that Sweden international forward Marija Banusic has inked a new contract with LTA Agency

Marija Banusic is in her first season with Parma in the Italian Serie A. It is her third season in Italy after playing with Pomigliano and Roma. She joined the Serie A after three seasons with Montpellier in French Division One.

The Sweden striker, who counts seven caps with the senior national team has already won trophies in three of the five top leagues she has played in. She won the 2020/2021 Italian Cup,  the 2017 Damallsvenskan, the 2015 Women’s Super League and the Women’s FA Cup in the 2014/2015 season. She has also been Swedish Cup runner-up three times in 2017/2018, 2016/2017, and 2013/2014 seasons.

LTA Agency are delighted to continue collaboration with Marija and wish her good luck for the current season.

LTA Agency are delighted to announce signing a representation agreement with the young forward Clara Luvanga from Tanzania

Clara is an exciting young striker who has huge potential. The 18-year-old player currently plays with Yanga Princess SC, where she is gaining more experience and honing her abilities. Yanga Princess is ranked fourth in the ongoing Tanzanian Women’s Premier League 2022–23 .

At the international level, Clara competed for the under-17 and under-20 women’s national teams. She was instrumental in Tanzania’s first-ever qualification to the Women’s U17 World Cup – India 2022. She was the highest goal scorer in the African Qualifiers for the FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup after an incredible 10 goals in just six games.

She has already won individual distinctions. On the 17th of last month, Clara received the award of the 2022 best female football player organized by the National Sports Council of Tanzania. She was the  Best Young Player of the 2021/22 Women’s Premier League Season and had been nominated for the award of the Best Young Player of CAF 2022.

Clara now shares the same agent as her compatriot international striker Aisha Masaka who is also represented by LTA Agency.

We are pleased to welcome Clara Luvanga and hope to help further expand her young and promising career.

Irene Paredes’FC Barcelona has booked it spot in the final four of the UEFA Women’s Champions League

Victory over Roma in the quarter-finals saw Irene’side qualify for the semi-finals where they will battle against Chelsea for a place in the final of the competition. FC Barcelona will be away in the first leg on 22th April and will host their opponent on 26.

FC Barcelona has stormed into the semi-finals of the UEFA Champions League with a massive 5-1(6-1on aggregate) victory over Roma on Wednesday, march 29th. Irene played 90 minutes of both quarter-final matches. Last season, FC Barcelona reached the final of the competition.

LTA Agency wish Irene and her club good luck for the qualification to the final.