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UEFA Women’s Champions League

Twelve players represented by LTA Agency are involved in the 2020/21 UEFA Women’s Champions League as the new European season kicks off with the First Qualifying Round today 3 November

Cameroonians Ajara Njoya and Aboudi Onguene, as well the Romanian Ştefania Vătafu are the players who will start the prestigious tournament in the first qualifying round with their respective clubs on Wednesday, 4 November.

Aboudi Onguene’s CSKA Moskva and Ajara’s Vålerenga Oslo are clubs that will experience their first ever participation in the UEFA Women’s Champions League. CSKA host Estonian Champions – Flora Tallinn, while the Norwegians face Ki Klaksvik from Faroe Islands.

Anderlecht of Ştefania Vătafu overcame this year’s opponents Linfield from Northern Ireland 3-1 in Brussels in last season’s qualifying round.

In the main round billed for December 2020, the rest of the players represented by LTA will enter the competition.

Paris Saint-Germain: Irene Paredes, Signe Bruun
Atlético Madrid: Virginia Torrecilla, Hedvig Lindahl, Alex Chidiac
Juventus FC: Linda Sembrant, Sofie Junge Pedersen
Göteborg: Emma Berglund
Servette Geneva: Léonie Fleury

LTA Agency wish good luck to all our players in the race for the big trophy.

Barbra Banda has been named in the final 20-member squad of Zambia for the COSAFA 2020 Senior Women’s Championship that will be staged in Port Elizabeth, South Africa from the 3-14 November 2020

Shanghai Shengli striker, Barbra, comes off her debut season in the China Women’s Super League with the title of the Best Goal Scorer of the League. The talented player has been key in Zambia’s historic qualification for the 2020 Women’s Olympic Games billed for Tokyo. She also played in the 2019 and 2018 COSAFA Championships, the latter when Zambia were finalists.

Ten countries will participate in the 2020 edition, and Zambia have been drawn in Group B alongside Malawi and Lesotho. The Copper Queens will face Lesotho on 4 November in their opener.

LTA Agency wish Barbra and her teammates good luck in the competition.

Denmark and Sweden have qualified for the finals of the 2022 UEFA Women’s EURO

Denmark of Sofie Junge Pedersen, Signe Bruun and Caroline Møller Hansen and Sweden of Hedvig Lindahl and Linda Sembrant are among the first nations that booked their Women’s EURO finals spots.

UEFA Women’s EURO qualifying is in progress with a record 47 teams competing for 15 places alongside hosts England in the finals planned to be staged from 6 to 31 July 2022.

Denmark, England (hosts), Germany, Netherlands (holders), Norway and Sweden are the teams qualified for the final tournament so far.

Denmark clinched their place on 27 October with a 3-1 win over Italy; they made it nine wins out of nine to ensure their qualification. Sofie featured in six qualifiers scoring a goal, Signe played 4 games scoring a goal, and Caroline played one game. Denmark are Women’s EURO 2017 Runners-up, featuring Sofie and another player represented by LTA – Line Røddik Hansen.

Sweden won 2-0 against Iceland on Tuesday to ensure their finals
place. With the help of Hedvig Lindahl and Linda Sembrant in Women’s EURO 2017, Sweden reached the quarter-finals. In the current campaign, Hedvig played 3 matches while Linda featured in all qualifiers scoring 3 goals. Two other players represented by LTA are in the running to make the final Sweden squad – Marija Banušić and Emma Berglund.

Congratulations to all the players on this achievement!

LTA Agency are delighted to announce that Spain captain Irene Paredes has inked a new contract with our agency

The stellar defender has already amassed 75 caps and netted 9 goals for Spanish National Team. She featured in two FIFA Women’s World Cups (2019, 2015) and two UEFA Women’s Euros (2017, 2013) with her country. She won the 2017 Algarve Cup and bagged the title of the Best Player of the tournament. The same year, she achieved another personal distinction as she was named on the FIFPro World Best XI 2017 team.

Irene is in her fifth season with the French powerhouse Paris Saint-Germain and has the honour and responsibility of being the team captain. The no-nonsense skipper has played 70 matches and scored eight goals in the Feminine Division 1 with Paris Saint-Germain so far. She reached the 2017 UEFA Women’s Champions League final, won the 2018 French Cup, and has been two-time runner up of the French League (2018/19, 2017/18).

The entire organization and everyone connected with LTA Agency are thrilled to continue our collaboration with Irene with whom we have been working for years. She is undoubtedly one of Spain’s best female players and one of the best defenders in the world.

We wish Irene continued success in her future career for both club and country.

La reconocida capitana del club francés Paris Saint – Germain y de la Selección Española Irene Paredes renueva contrato con la agencia LTA

Irene de 29 años, empezó su carrera juvenil como defensora en España, jugando para clubes como Real Sociedad, Athletic Bilbao y CD Zarauz.

En 2016, Irene decidió dar el salto y firmó contrato con uno de los grandes clubes de Europa, el Paris Saint Germain, seleccionando Francia como su futuro destino.
Este paso le llevó a su primera experiencia internacional dándole la posibilidad de jugar en la prestigiosa Division 1 Féminine.

La talentosa jugadora forma parte de la Selección Española desde 2011. En ese mismo año, en el mes de noviembre debutó con la roja en un partido oficial contra Rumanía.

La estrella española a cosechado numerosos éxitos a lo largo de su carrera, entre ellos podemos mencionar: ganadora de Coupé de France Feminine en 2017-2018, conquistó también Algarve Cup – 2017 con la selección y alcanzó dos veces el  subcampeonato de la Feminine Division 1  – 2018/19, 2017/18.

LTA está muy feliz de continuar la colaboración con Irene y le desea mucha suerte para el fin de la temporada.

LTA Agency est très heureuse d’annoncer la prolongation du contrat de l’internationale ivoirienne Ida Guehai

Guehai a décidé de continuer d’être représentée par notre agence après plusieurs années de collaboration successive.

La milieu de terrain est à sa cinquième saison en Liga Iberdrola d’Espagne. Après deux saisons avec Levante UD, Guehai a rejoint la formation espagnole EDF Logroño où elle évolue actuellement.

Guehai est une joueuse talentueuse dont la carrière internationale a commencé en Suède avec le Kristianstads DFF où elle a passé deux brillantes saisons (2015, 2016). Elle a été la meilleure buteuse du club lors de sa première saison.

Guehai compte plusieurs sélections avec l’équipe nationale féminine de Côte d’Ivoire (les Eléphantes) avec laquelle elle a participé à plusieurs tournois de haut niveau tels que le mondial 2015, Coupe WAFU (West African Football Union) en 2019 et 2018 ainsi que les éliminatoires des J.O. de Tokyo.

Gabrielle Aboudi Onguene’s CSKA Moskva reach 2020 Russian Cup Final after a 2-1 win over Ryazan

CSKA Moscow have sent last year’s National Cup finalists out of the ongoing competition. They beat Ryazan 2-1 away in the Russian Cup semi final match this afternoon to advance to the final.

Cameroon striker Aboudi played the full match. Her side won the Cup title for the first time in 2017, and she played in the final then. They are now only one step away from the second Cup trophy.

The quarter-final match between Zvezda Perm (Holders) and Yenisey has been postponed. The winner of that match will play Lokomotiv Moskva in the second semi final for the right to face CSKA in the final.

LTA Agency wish Aboudi good luck for the final.

Zambia international striker Barbra Banda is China Taiping CFA Women’s Super League best goal scorer with her Shanghai Shengli side that ended third of the championship

Banda, 20, shone brilliantly in her maiden season in China with her 18 impressive goals netted that earned her the title of the best goal scorer this 2020 season.

In only 13 appearances for Shanghai Shengli, Barbra has managed three hat tricks, several braces, and a penalty. With her goals record, the Zambian has thus helped her side to secure a bronze medal this shortened season. She scored nine more goals than the second goalscorer this season in Chinese Women’s Super League.

She joined the Chinese top flight earlier this year from EDF Logroño in Spain and has made her start in the Chinese League in the most memorable of fashions, scoring a brace during her debut against Zhejiang Hangzhou.

LTA Agency congratulate Banda on this very remarkable achievement.

Grace Asantewaa has been nominated for Sport Writers’ Association of Ghana (SWAG) Female Footballer of the Year 2019 award

This is the EDF Logrono midfielder second successive nomination to this event hold in Ghana each year.

Despite joining the Spanish Primera Iberdrola outfit in 2019, the Black Queens was named EDF Logrono’s Most Valuable Player of the club at the end of the year.

The SWAG was originally scheduled for 23rd May, 2020 but was put on hold due to the pandemic.

It has been rescheduled for 10th October, 2020 at Swiss Spirit ALISA Hotel in Accra.

LTA Agency congratulate Asantewaa for that nomination and wish her good luck.

Primera semifinal de la Copa de la Reina entre el EDF Logroño y el Athletic Club

Las riojanas de Gerardo García van a tener su final después de imponerse al equipo de Ángel Villacampa en la tanda de penaltis en el estadio municipal de Las Gaunas. El EDF Logroño ha marcado tres penaltis que dieron el pase a la final a las riojanas.La estrella española Olga García fue la mayor amenaza para el conjunto bilbaíno.Las cuatro grandes futbolistas representadas por nuestra agencia – la capitana de EDF Logroño y pilar Jade Boho, la campeona de Ghana – Grace Asantewaa y las costamarfileñas Rebecca Elloh е Ida Guehai han ayudado mucho al equipo riojano presionando el ataque rival sin descanso.

Deseamos mucha suerte a nuestras chicas para el fin de la temporada.