Zambia and Orlando Pride striker  Barbra Banda has been nominated for the BBC Women’s Footballer of the Year award

Barbra Banda has been shortlisted for the BBC Women’s Footballer of the Year 2024 award.

Building on an outstanding performance with Zambia in the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup, Barbra has had a highly successful 2024 so far highlighted by her immediate impact with Orlando Pride in the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) in the USA, which she joined from Shanghai Shengli in the Chinese Women’s Super League. Despite joining her new club late on in the NWSL regular season,  she is currently second in the NWSL goal scorers’ charts with 13 goals scored but more importantly she has helped fire the Orlando outfit to their first ever NWSL Shield  – Regular Season Championship win with three matches to spare in the regular season and a guaranteed first-ever post season home play-off match.

On the international level, Barbra once again starred at the Olympic Games. She had scored two unprecedented consecutive hat-tricks at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, and she followed this up with another four goals at Paris 2024 final tournament including a first-half hat-trick against Australia.

She is also nominated for the 2024 Women’s Ballon d’Or award.

We are delighted to see Barbra as a candidate on the five-player shortlist for the only 100% publicly voted individual prize in the world of women’s football.

Voting closes at 09:00 GMT on Monday, 28 October 2024 and the winner will be announced on Tuesday, 26 November on BBC World Service and the BBC Sport website and app.

Vote to the following link for Banda: https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/ce81vjlge7vo

Barbra Banda has clinched the 2024 NWSL Regular Season Shield with Orlando Pride

After defeating the Washington Spirit 2–0 on Sunday. Orlando claimed the league’s annual award and playoff spot for the first time. With three games left to play, the club is remaining unbeaten through 23 games.

With her 13 goals netted including three braces from 20 appearances, Banda has contributed a lot to Orlando’s triumph. She is currently second in the NWSL goal scorers’ charts she is one of the key player who help to achieve this historic victory. She was selected the Player of the Month for May.

With the No. 1 seed, Orlando has earned home field advantage for the opening round of the 2024 NWSL Playoffs and will meet the No. 8 seed in the quarterfinals.

Ghanaian young international Jennifer Owusuaa has scored a goal on her debut with ZED FC in the Egypt Women’s Premier League

It was a debut to remember for 20-year-old striker Jennifer Owusuaa. The youngster played the full match and scored her first goal for ZED FC in a 4-0 victory over Al Masry on Friday as the Egyptian club won its first League match of the 2024/25 season.

Jennifer joined ZED FC after participating with Ghana in the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup in Colombia. The 20-year-old striker comes from Ampem Darkoa in her country’s top league; it is her first professional contract.

LTA Agency congratulate Jennifer on this great debut and wish her all the best in Egypt.

L’internationale Malienne Saratou Traoré a remporté le championnat chinois avec Wuhan

Wuhan a conservé le titre de Champion de Chine. En battant Shaanxi (1-0) samedi lors de leur dernier match de championnat, le club de Saratou est couronné champion de Chine 2024.

C’est le premier trophée de la milieu de terrain internationale malienne a l’étranger. Elle a rejoint le club en juillet dernier en provenance de la Turquie.

LTA Agency félicite Saratou pour ce trophée et lui souhaite plusieurs d’autres en Chine.

La jeune internationale malienne Fatou Dembele s’engage avec Costa Adeje Tenerife Egatesa en Liga F

Dembele (23 ans) s’est engagée avec l’équipe de première division du championnat d’Espagne (Liga F), Costa Adeje Tenerife Egatesa en provenance du AS FAR Rabat au Maroc.

L’ancienne joueuse de l’AS FAR Rabat a rejoint l’Espagne après une belle saison au Maroc ou elle a remporté le championnat et la coupe. Elle a disputé 14 matchs la saison dernière, marqué deux buts et délivré 3 passes décisives avec l’AS FAR Rabat.

C’est une joueuse polyvalente qui joue au poste de défenseure centrale droite. Elle peut également jouer comme arrière latérale ou même milieu de terrain. Après son pays natale ou elle a commencé à jouer au ballon, Dembele a joué au Maroc avec Ittihad riadi Tanger et après un passage en Turquie avec Fenerbahçe Petrol Ofisi et FC Kryvbas en Ukraine, elle a encore rejoint le Maroc sous les couleurs de AS FAR Rabat.

Avec les « Aigles Dames du Mali », l’équipe nationale du Mali, elle compte déjà 25 matchs avec un but marqué et sept passes décisives.

Zambia captain and Orlando Pride striker, Barbra Banda has been nominated for the 2024 Women’s Ballon d’Or award

Banda has made history as the first Zambian player nominated for the FIFA Women’s Ballon d’Or award.

She is the first African player represented by LTA Agency in the history to be nominated for this prestigious award.

The Copper Queens captain is coming off incredible years for both clubs and the national team as one of the most prolific goalscorers in the game.

Since joining the Orlando Pride in March, Banda already counts 12 goals in 14 National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) games. She is currently second-best in the NWSL goalscoring record. She was the first player in NWSL history to score 10 goals in 10 matches. Her performance has helped Orlando Pride maintain their undefeated run through the first 18 NWSL matches, a record for Orlando. 

The 24-year-old star has marked her second consecutive participation in the recent 2024 Olympics with four goals scored and an assist, including a hat trick against Australia. With this treble, Banda became the first woman player to score three hat tricks at the Olympic games. Her career Olympic goal total currently sits at 10 all-time, tied for fourth in career Olympic goal-scoring history.

Before her current club, Banda played with Shanghai Shengli with that, she netted 16 goals and five assists in 2023. In total, Banda scored 41 career goals across 52 career games in Shanghai. 

The winner of the award will be unveiled on Monday, October 28 during the awards gala at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris.

Banda is the fourth player that we are representing to be nominated for the Ballon d’Or award after Veronica Boquete, Irene Paredes, and Caroline Seger (represented before).

LTA Agency congratulate Banda on this historic nomination and wish her good luck.

LTA Agency are pleased to announce signing a representation agreement with Ghana’s young international Jennifer Owusuaa

Jennifer, 20, is the Ampem Darkoa shining star who got nominated as one of the 2023 CAF Women’s Champions League best forwards. She was featured in the tournament’s Best Xl as the club earned fourth place.

She was crowned champions of the women’s football tournament at the 13th African Games with the Ghana U20 in March 2024.

Ampem Darkoa vice captain will play in the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup, which will be held in Colombia from August 31 to September 22, 2024.

LTA Agency are delighted to welcome such a talented player as Jennifer and look forward to a long and successful relationship.

LTA Agency are delighted to announce the signing of a representation agreement with the young Cameroon goalkeeper Chelsea Ngole

After being capped by the Cameroon national team under 17 and 23, the young international Ngole will represent her country in the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup, which will be held in Colombia from August 31 to September 22, 2024

Born in Cameroon in 2007, Ngole, who currently plays with Authentic FC in the Cameroon Super League, started playing football at a very young age. Before Authentic FC, she played with AS Awa FC. 

Ngole was named the league’s youngest goalkeeper in 2023 and featured in the Cameroon Super League’s best team of the season.

We are happy to welcome such a promising young player as Ngole and look forward to helping her continue her development.

La milieu de terrain ivoirienne a prolongé son contrat avec Al Qadsiah. Emmanuella Aby est désormais liée au club saoudien jusqu’en  2026

Aby avait rejoint le club en octobre dernier en provenance de Deportivo Alavés en première division d’Espagne. Elle a décidé de continuer sa carrière en Arabie Saoudite et fera partie de Al Qadsiah, club de première division pour les deux saisons à venir.

Le club a occupé la quatrième place du championnat la saison dernière.

LTA Agency souhaite a Aby bonne chance pour ses futures saisons avec le club.

La star camerounaise Nchout Ajara Njoya a prolongé son contrat avec le club saoudien Al Qadsiah pour deux saisons supplémentaires

L’attaquante internationale camerounaise est désormais liée avec le club de première division jusqu’en 2026.

Arrivée en Janvier dernier à Al Qadsiah en provenance de l’Inter Milan, Ajara a décidé de continuer l’aventure en Arabie Saoudite.