Barbra Banda impressed yesterday in her first ever Chinese Women’s Super League (CWSL) match as she scored a goal and assisted twice while leading Shanghai Shengli to a 5-0 win against Zhejiang Hangzhou

Banda had an amazing start in China with her new side scoring the opener in a 5-0 emphatic Shanghai victory in their first game of the 2020 season. The Zambian striker showed her quality in the Chinese league as she did two years ago in Spain with EDF Logroño where she played before joining Shanghai earlier this year. She had also managed to bag a goal on her maiden appearance in Liga Iberdrola as Logroño won 2-0 over Sporting Huelva.

Her new club Shengli were runners-up in the 2019 CWSL, eight points behind the champions. They will battle Henan Jianye in their next Chinese top flight fixture on August 26.

LTA Agency congratulate Barbra on her fine debut and wish her good luck for the rest of the season.

Paris St-Germain’s Irene Paredes and Signe Bruun are through to the UEFA Women’s Champions League last-four courtesy a victory over Arsenal

PSG sent out of the competition the only English club still in. They took down Arsenal 2-1 yesterday in their quarter-final clash to book their semi-final ticket.

Irene and Bruun were spectacular for PSG in that qualification. Captain Irene played the full match, up to the 77th minute the score was a draw (1-1) when Bruun came in as a substitute. She netted the second goal just three minutes after she came in the pitch to send her side to the UWCL semi-final for their fourth time in the history.

They will face Lyon next Wednesday for the 2019/20 last-four of UEFA Women’s Champions League. Prior to PSG, the Danish forward Bruun had already taken part in UWCL but never reach this level of the competition and the Spain defender Irene would play her second semi-final with PSG.

We wish good luck to Irene and Bruun for the tournament’s next stage.

LTA Agency will start the 2020/21 Italian season representing nine (9) players in Serie A, and the great work continues

The number of players represented by LTA in Serie A has already grown this season from seven last term, with the two of the Serie A newcomers joining the newly-promoted Napoli CF, as well as Internazionale Milano, with whom we had our first collaboration.

Goalkeepers 02: Emmeline Mainguy (France) – Napoli (new), Alessia Piazza (Italy) – AC Milan

Defender 01: Linda Sembrant (Sweden) – Juventus

Midfielders 03: Adina Giurgiu (Romania) – Sassuolo, Refiloe Jane (South Africa) – AC Milan, Sofie Junge Pedersen (Denmark) – Juventus

Forwards 03: Claudia Ferrato (Italy) – Sassuolo, Caroline Møller Hansen (Denmark) – Inter Milan (new), Deborah Salvatori Rinaldi (Italy) – AC Milan

We thank all of Italian clubs which trust our agency and players, and we hope to continue this collaboration in the future.

The Italian women’s top league matches will start on Saturday, August 22nd, and we wish good luck to all our stars.

LTA Agency is delighted to announce that Italian striker Claudia Ferrato renewed her contract with U.S. Sassuolo until 2022

Claudia, 23, started her youth career back in 2010 in the Italian club Ženský-Padua (2010-2015) after that the club decided to change its name to Padova. (2015-2018)

She is one of the most popular feminine Italian strikers Under-23 national team who has spent most of her career in Italy.

In 2018 she decided to make a new step and continued her professional career selecting the Italian outfit US Sassuolo with which she is currently playing in the prestigious Serie A in Italy.

Now, Claudia decides to move on straying in her current team signing a 2-year contract deal.

Currently, she has made 36 appearances with the team and scored 13 goals.

LTA Agency would like to congratulate Claudia and wish her a lot of success at U.S. Sassuolo.

International midfielder and Banyana Banyana vice-captain Refiloe Jane has extended her contract with Italian Serie A side AC Milan

Refiloe (28) joined AC Milan last season from Canberra United in Australia’s W-League and thus became the first South African woman to play in an Italian top-flight. She has quickly become a key part of AC Milan team.

After impressing in the 15 games she played, netting two goals before the campaign was suspended in March, she has now re-signed with the Italian’s club a new contract that will keep her to AC Milan.

The midfield maestro, who counts not less than 109 appearances and 12 goals scored for South Africa, has represented her country in multiple high international competitions. She was part of the Banyana Banyana squad that reached the final of the 2018 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations in Ghana as well as playing at the 2019 World Cup in France. She represented South Africa at the 2012 London Olympics as well as the 2016 Summer Olympics.

LTA Agency wish Refiloe Jane good luck for the up coming season.

Représentées par LTA Agency la defenseure Irene Paredes (Espagne) et l’attaquante Signe Bruun (Danemark) du Paris Saint-Germain sont finalistes de la Coupe de France 2020

Le Paris Saint-Germain accède à la finale de cette Coupe grâce aux réalisations d’Irene et Signe qui, ont respectivement marqué à la 55eme et 84eme minutes éliminant ainsi Bordeaux de la compétition par 2 buts à 1.

Après s’être imposées en demi-finale face aux Bordelaises, les Parisiennes ont fait face aux lyonnaises dimanche 9 août en finale de la Coupe de France sur la pelouse d’Auxerre devant 4500 spectateurs. Après 90 minutes de jeux sans buts, Paris perd après la séance de tirs au but 3-4. La capitaine Irene Paredes a joué tout le match complet et Signe est entrée en tant que remplaçante.

Après voir raté ce trophée, Irene et Signe ont maintenant le regard tourné vers leur prochain rendez-vous à Saint-Sébastien contre Arsenal en quart de finale de la Ligue des champions le 22 août prochain.

Félicitations les filles et bonne chance pour la Ligue des Champions.

The 26-year-old Namibian international striker Zenatha Coleman has decided to stay in Spain’s Primera Division with Sevilla FC for the upcoming season

Zenatha moved to Spanish Primera Iberdrola 3 years ago following two success-laden years with the Lithuanian champions Gintra-Universitetas. The exciting forward firstly played half-season with Zaragoza before being snapped up by Valencia CF for the following two seasons. She played a total of 47 league matches and scored 11 goals in Valencia shirt.

She is a reference for her country and has experience in the UEFA Women’s Champions League, a competition in which she scored six goals in seven matches in 2016-17 season for Gintra. As a key member of Namibian Women’s National Team, the Brave Gladiator has already amassed 49 caps scoring 20 goals for her country, with whom she recently played the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games qualifiers.

Zenatha is a fast, technical, goal-oriented player who can perform both in the centre of the attack and on the wings. She becomes the first player represented by LTA Agency to sign a contract with a historic Spanish club – Sevilla FC.

LTA Agency wish Zenatha a lot of success at her new club.

Australian Matildas midfielder Aivi Luik has joined Spanish side Sevilla FC on a one-year deal

The well-travelled midfielder returned to Spain’s Liga Iberdrola after a fifth Westfield W-League title won with Melbourne City FC earlier this year. Aivi’s first Spanish adventure was with Levante UD in the 2018/19 season. That season, she had played 26 league matches for the Valencia-based outfit before leaving for Norway’s Avaldsnes from where she returned to Melbourne City.

The 35-year-old playmaker brings with her a vast international experience to her new club as she has played in many different top clubs in Australia, the United States and Europe.

As one of Australian football’s most decorated players with five Westfield W-League Championship medals, Luik has also clinched a League title in Denmark, a Danish Cup Winner medal, three League and Cup titles in the USA, and was a runner-up of Norway’s Women’s Cup.

The Westfield Matildas veteran has earned 25 caps with Australia so far, helping her home country to qualify for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. She played in the 2019 World Cup in France, won 2019 FFA Cup of Nations, as well as the AFC Asian Cup back in 2010.

Mery (María Ruiz), our Spanish representative accompanied Aivi in Sevilla while she was passing her medical tests and signing the contract.

LTA Agency wish Aivi a good season in Spain and the best of luck at her new club.

LTA Agency have arranged the transfer of the 30-year-old Australian international defender Laura Brock to EA Guingamp of French top flight (Division 1 Feminine) where she will join Malian international Aïssata Traoré represented by our agency

Laura Brock, better known by her maiden name – Alleway, joins Guingamp on a one-year deal from her second stint at Melbourne Victory. Laura has spent most of her professional career in her home country’s top division, W-League. She made her W-League debut with Melbourne Victory, moved to Brisbane Roar two years later, then played for Melbourne City before returning to Melbourne Victory for 2017/18 season.

The three-time W-League champion with Brisbane Roar (2010/11) and Melbourne City (2015/16, 2016/17), Laura has also spent time abroad with former English FAWSL side Notts County (2012) and American NWSL side the Orlando Pride (2016, 2017).

Laura is the Australian Women’s National Team (the Matildas) veteran, for whom she has earned 60 caps and played an important part in major international tournaments. She has represented her country at the 2011 and 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cups. She also played at the Olympic Games in Rio and won the FFA Cup of Nations in 2019.

Her new team Guingamp are still in the running for the 2019/20 Coupe de France féminine. They are set to meet Olympique Lyonnais in the semi-finals on the 9th of August before starting the new League season in September.

LTA Agency wish Laura a lot of success at her new club.

Danish international striker Caroline Møller Hansen has inked her first contract abroad with an Italian side FC Internazionale Milano

Caroline comes after spending five very good seasons with a top club in her home country – Fortuna Hjørring. At just 21 years of age, she is moving to Serie A with three Danish Championships and two Cup titles won with Fortuna under her belt.

The sharp-shooter contributed a lot to the trophies won by Fortuna Hjørring during her period with them. She has been the club’s best goal scorer in 2019/20 and the 2018/19 seasons, and with 14 goals scored, she was the Elitedivisionen second best scorer in both years.

The outstanding striker has also performed well in the most recent UEFA Women’s Champions League campaign this past season, scoring 3 goals in 4 appearances.

Nominated for Denmark Women’s League Player of the Year Award 2019, Caroline has played on all the youth national teams of her country and has already earned two senior caps for Denmark in March 2020 at the Algarve Cup in Portugal.

This contract is a historic signing for both Caroline and the agency as it is Caroline’s first challenge abroad, she becomes the first Danish female player at Inter, and it is the first time that LTA Agency have concluded a deal with the historic club. By now, we have been very pleased as the agency to be able to count on cooperation with both Milan clubs (AC Milan and Inter), the current Serie A champions – Juventus, and a number of other well-respected clubs in Italy, which makes this country very important for LTA and the players represented by the agency.

LTA Agency wish Caroline all the best in this new step of her professional career.