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Italian Cup semis

Italian Cup semis

Juventus’ Linda sembrant and Sofie junge with Refiloe Jane of Milan are our players who have reached Italian Cup semi-finals

Juventus defeated Inter Milan 1-0 on Sunday to qualify for the the last four in the Coppa Italia with a score of 2-1 on aggregate.

Our Swedish defender played her first 90 minutes in this match since she regained the field after her long injury period . Danish midfielder Sofie Junge featured in both legs of the qualification. Juventus has already won one trophy of the coppa italia in 2018/19 season.

Milan reached the final last season. The South African midfielder Refiloe played the full game to help her team to book a place in the semis this season.

Our players will fight together for a place in the final as Juventus will face Milan in the two-legged semi-final on March 11 and April 29.

We congratulate all our players and wish each one the best of luck for the semis.

Levante UD goalkeeper Andreea Părăluță has penned contract extension through to 30 june 2024

Andreea initially joined Levante from Atletico de Madrid in the summer of 2018, and quickly nailed down the No.1 spot in Levante’s starting XI while establishing herself as one of the most consistent shot-stoppers in the Primera Iberdrola. Her saves abilities earned her a first re-signing in 2020 after her first season with the club.

The Romanian international has played a key role in the last three successful seasons in the club’s history as Levante UD finished in 3rd spot since joining the club and qualified for UEFA Women’s Champions League last season. She has also helped them to reach the 2020/21 Spain’s Super Cup grand final.

She has already amassed more than 40 caps for the Romania Women’s National Team, with which she is currently fighting for the FIFA Women’s World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023 qualifications.

Tereza joins LTA

We are delighted to announce the signing of a representation agreement with Kenya striker Tereza Engesha

Kenya women’s national team striker, Engesha made her senior debut with Harambee Starlets in 2018 during the Africa Women Cup of Nations qualifying. Since then, she has already earned 12 caps with five goals.

Tereza Engesha (23), plays in Kenyan Women’s Premier League with Vihiga Queens with whom she has already won three league titles in 2019, 2018 and 2017.

Tereza had a stellar performance in 2018 and 2019, as she was the top scorer of the league during these two years with 36 goals and 23 goals respectively.

She was named Player of the Match during the 2021 Africa Women’s Champions League pitting Asfar Morocco against Vihiga Queens FC.

She joins two fellow Kenya internationals,  Jentrix Milimu Shikangwa and Cynthia Shilwatso, who are also represented by LTA Agency.

LTA Agency are happy to welcome such a promising young player like Teresa and look forward to a long and successful relationship with her.

The 20-year-old Harambee Starlets forward, Jentrix Milimu Shikangwa has sealed her first professional move abroad after signing for the Fatih Karagümrük of Turkish Women’s Football Super League

The Turkish-based outfit secured the brave promising striker from Kenyan Women’s Premier League top-flight side Vihiga Queens FC.

Jentrix is one of Kenya’s hot prospects after her breakthrough with Vihiga Queens FC, whom she helped to three league titles (2019, 2018 and 2017) and played the first edition of Africa Women Champions League 2021. During the CAF WCL CECAFA Zone Qualifiers she emerged as the tournament’s Most Valuable Player (MVP).

On international level, the left footed attacker won the CECAFA Women’s Cup in 2019 with Kenya and was the tournament’s Top Scorer with 10 goals. She was voted the Most Promising Player in the 2019 Safaricom Sports Personality of the Year Awards (Soya). Jentrix was involved in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics qualifiers too.

Jentrix is our fourth player to be transferred to Fatih Karagümrük this season after Ivory coast midfielder Rita Akaffou, Malian forwards Bassira Traore and Saratou Traore.

LTA Agency congratulate Jentrix and wish her good luck for this new chapter of her football career.

Irene Paredes have won the 2021/22 Spanish Women’s Super Cup with FC Barcelona

FC Barcelona have defeated Atletico Madrid in Super Cup final (7-0) at the sports city of Las Rozas on Sunday afternoon to clinch their second Super Cup trophy and secured their first title of the season.

The Spain international has earned her first trophy with the Spanish outfit that she joined in July 2021. It is her second trophy won in her country after a Primera División title won in 2015/16 season with Athletic Bilbao and also the fourth title that the defender has won in her club career.

Paredes played the first 75 min of the cup final match to help Barcelona leads a record of two Super Cup trophies ever won by a Spanish club in the history.

Barcelona are the Primera Division last season champion with the most titles and currently top of the league table. The champions will face Real Madrid in the quarterfinals of the UEFA Women’s Champions League and The Spanish Cup is still available for them to fight for.

LTA Agency congratulate Irene Paredes for this first trophy with Barcelona and wish her to win more others.

L’ attaquante internationale ivoirienne Josée Nahi a signé un nouveau contrat avec Gyeongju Women’s Football Club (KHNP) de la Corée du Sud

Finaliste de la ligue de Corée (WK-League) 2021, Josée a terminé la saison en tant que meilleure buteuse de la ligue avec 15 réalisations en 21 matchs disputés précisément 26 heures et 40 minutes de temps de jeu. Elle a aidé son club à terminer deuxième du championnat pour la seconde fois consécutive et lors du match aller de la finale contre Incheon Hyundai Steel Josée est nommée MVP.

Arrivée à Gyeongju en 2018 en provenance du club d’Arna-Bjornar (Norvège), Josée Nahi prolonge, à 32 ans, pour la 2ème fois son contrat avec Gyeongju après 2020.

l’attaquante internationale comptabilise plusieurs sélections pour l’équipe de Côte d’ivoire pour laquelle elle a déjà été capitaine à plusieurs occasions.

LTA Agency félicite Nahi Josée pour ce renouvellement et souhaite bonne chance pour la future saison.

Juventus ‘Swedish defender Linda Sembrant and Danish midfielder Sofie Junge have clinched a third consecutive Italian Super Cup (Supercoppa Italiana)

The ‘Bianconeri’ claimed the 2021/22 Italian women’s Super Cup by beating AC Milan 2-1 in the final played at ‘Benito Stirpe’ in Frosinone in front of three thousand spectators yesterday.

Sofie played 90 minutes in the final and the entire semifinal where she scored a penalty. Linda did not play due to her injury.
Juventus currently sit first in the league with eight points difference from the second team on the table.

We congratulate our champions, Linda and Sofie, on this great success to start 2022 and wish them good luck for the League.

We are delighted to announce the appointment of Mohamed Gamal’s led Z-Hub Sports Management as the new LTA Agency representative in Egypt and the Arab States of the Gulf

With the aim to continue our expansion in the domain of women’s football across the world and more particularly in Africa, LTA Agency who have a wide network of representatives already, have now named a sixth representative in Africa: this time in Egypt.

As the official representative of LTA, Z-HUB will be focusing on scouting exceptional female players in Egypt and Gulf countries, promoting LTA signed players from Africa in the Egyptian women’s league, potentially creating LTA annual tournaments in the Middle East for real scouting, establishing a brand LTA academies for girls, being a role model Academy under LTA’s management team supervision in addition to expanding the LTA Brand in Egypt and the Gulf countries.

Mohamed Gamal, Z- HUB Sports Management CEO and Founder, has years of experience as a top business and sport executive in Egypt and the Gulf Cooperation Council countries. He has been committed to developing and promoting male and female football in his country for years with a special focus on higher education in addition to sports. Apart from Z-Hub, he runs the IFA football academies in Cairo and is also involved with KoraStats, a ‘new-kid-on-the-block’ in the high level performance analysis sphere.

With the signing of the new representative, LTA Agency carry on developing the exciting and ambitious team of professionals world-wide.

LTA Agency would like to welcome Mohamed and Z-HUB to the agency and wish them the best in this new cooperation project.

Spain international star, Verónica Boquete has joined Italian Serie A side Fiorentina

Vero Boquete’s stint at AC Milan has come to an end while she has decided to stay in Italy with Florence’s storied outfit. The 34-year-old Galician arrived at AC Milan from Utah Royals in the USA in November 2020.

The Spanish midfielder has made 14 appearances with Milan in Serie A, four in Coppa Italia (scoring two decisive goals in the second leg of the Coppa Italia semi-final against Inter Milan) and one in the Supercoppa. She was instrumental for the side last season in helping them achieve second place in the League and the Cup, and eventually gaining the first historic UEFA Women’s Champions League qualification.

This current season 2021-22, Vero has played in six league matches (two goals, three assists) and two others in the UEFA Champions League against Zürich and Hoffenheim.

Fiorentina is Vero’s second team in Italy and her fifteenth team in her life-long sports career. A complete midfielder, Vero is a versatile player who is capable of playing in a variety of roles, chiefly in the attacking third of the field. The experienced player can boast of having a bevy of accolades, including the fact that she was Spain’s all-time leading goal scorer until only recently despite not playing for Spain in the last 4 years, the first Spanish player ever to lift a UEFA Women’s Champions League Winners’ trophy with 1. FFC Frankfurt, and captaining her country in the Euros and the World Cup final tournaments.

One of the greatest players of all time, she has won international trophies with La Roja at the senior and youth level and has won trophies while playing for teams in Spain, Sweden, Germany, and the USA. She has also won the hearts and minds of fans in those countries, and in Russia, France, China, and Italy, as well.

LTA Agency wish Vero a very successful second half of the season in Italy and the best of luck at her new club.

Three LTA players qualify for women’s Champions League quarter-final Irene Paredes of Barcelona; Linda Sembrant and Sofie Junge of Juventus

Barça is going into the next round as group C winners after winning all the six games played in the group stage. Irene played all these matches and score one goal. They will meet a Spanish rival Real Madrid in the quarter-finals on 22 and 30 March 2022.

FC Barcelona are the defending champions. They have been the first Spanish team to win the Champions League in the 2020/21 season. Irene who joined the club this season is an experienced defender used to champion league competitions, she has already reached the Champions League final with her former club PSG in 2016/17 season and the semis last year as well as quarter-final many times.

Juventus of Sembrant and Sofie has secured their first-ever UWCL quarter-finals qualification. They beat 4-0 Servette last week to finish second behind Wolfsburg in their competitive group A. They will face Lyon for their first-ever appearance in quarters.

Actually on top of the Italian league, Juventus will play their first quarter-final with experienced players as Sembrant and Sofie who have already played champions league final stages with their former clubs. Sweden defender Sembrant even already has won one Champions League title. Denmark midfielder Sofie played in all 6 group stages games to help her club to this historic qualification.

The first legs will be played on March 22 and 23 next year, with the return games on March 30 and 31.

Quarter-final draw in full
Bayern Munich vs. Paris Saint-Germain
Juventus vs. Lyon
Arsenal vs. Wolfsburg
Barcelona vs. Real Madrid