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Smeda joins RCD Espanyol

South African international mifielder Leandra Smeda has signed with Spanish football club RCD Espanyol de Barcelona in the second division of Spain

Smeda will play with RCD Espanyol for the current season after a first season spent with another Primera Federación club, Dux Logrono.

Smeda is an international top and well-experienced player for the South African national team she has obtained 100 caps in 2019.

Claudia Ferrato has inked a contract with Genoa CF in Serie B Italy

The Italian striker has joined Genoa for the 2023–2024 season. The prolific striker comes from another Serie B club, Chievo Verona, where she played one season. Prior to Verona, she spent four seasons with Sassuolo in Serie A.

LTA Agency wish Claudia Ferrato the best of luck at her new club.

Tereza Engesha and Ines N’Rehy are through the 2023 WK League final with Incheon Red Angels

Incheon Red Angels will face the winner of the semi-final which will be played on the 07 and 11 November 2023.

The semi-final will be played between Hwacheon KSPO and Suwon FMC. It is the playoffs where the second and third-placed teams of the regular season face each other in a one-leg. The winner will face the first-placed team in a two-leg final.

Incheon Red Angels were first in the league table in the regular season, winning their last match 6-0 against Seoul. Both of our strikers, Tereza and Ines, featured in this last game and are constant players for the team. The Ivory Coast Ines joined Incheon Red Angels from another WK League team, Gyeongju and the Kenyan Teresa won the league last year with Incheon Red Angels.

Incheon Red Angels are the reigning Korea champions  with 10 consecutive titles. 

LTA Agency wish Ines and Tereza good luck in the final.

Tanzania striker Clara Luvanga has signed her first professional contract in Spain with DUX Logroño

Luvanga, 18, is a promising striker who joins the Spanish second division from Tanzanian Women’s Premier League side Yanga Princess.

The 2022 Tanzanian best female football player has joined DUX Logroño as her first experience abroad. She is the first Tanzanian player to play professional in Spain.

The talented Tanzania national team player was awarded the Best Young Player of the 2021/22 Women’s Premier League Season and was nominated for the award of Best Young Player of CAF 2022.

Luvanda is a young footballer with a lot of technical skills. She has a good overview of the game and has a good pass in the legs. 

LTA Agency wish Luvanga the best of luck in her new home.

L’internationale Ivoirienne Kpaho Zote Nina a prolongé son contrat avec le club Turc de première  division Fenerbahçe SK

La défenseuse ivoirienne, vice-championne de Turquie la saison  dernière avec Fenerbahçe, Kpaho a décidé de continuer avec son club qu’elle a rejoint en 2021.

Depuis son arrivée dans le club, elle a joué un rôle clé dans le succès de l’ équipe, étant une joueuse constante de la défense de Fenerbahçe. Kpaho a aidé à atteindre la finale du championnat de Turquie 2022/23 avec 4 buts marqués et 18 matchs joués. Le club a atteint la demi-finale saison 2021-2022. 

Spain centre-back Irene Paredes has won the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup

Spain lifted the final of the 2023 Women’s World Cup. They reached the pinnacle in Sydney on Sunday August 20 as they defeated England 1-0 to win the Women’s World Cup for the first time.

The Barcelona defender was remarkable with brilliant performances. She was impressive in central defence to help Spain reach the final. She played  every minute of Spain’s Australia & New Zealand 2023 campaign.

It was an historic and special year for Paredes who, in addition to the World Cup, also won the UEFA Champions League and the Spain championship with FC Barcelona. The is first of our players to ever achieve such a feat.

LTA Agency congratulate Irene  Paredes on these great achievements of her career.

Defender and Spanish captain, Irene Paredes is the first player represented by LTA Agency to reach the Women World Cup final

Spain will face England in the 2023 final of the World Cup on Sunday, August 20.

Spain have reached the Women’s World Cup final for the first time after beating Sweden 2-1 in a dramatic semi-final in front of more than 43,000 spectators at Auckland’s Eden Park.

Since the debut of the tournament, Irene Paredes has played every minute of all six of Spain’s games, and they have lost only one. It’s Irene and Spain’s first time reaching the final since their first participation in the 2015 World Cup in Canada. A historic final for Irene, Spain, and LTA Agency.

It is only the second time Spain has reached a final after their first-ever major tournament appearance at Euro 1997.

She is the first player represented by us who will play in the Women’s World Cup final.

LTA Agency congratulate Irene and wish her good luck for the final.

Sporting Huelva goalkeeper, Chelsea Ashurst, has sealed her continuity for another season with the club

Chelsea has extended her contract with the Liga F club for one more season. The goalkeeper appeared in 16 league games last season.

During the two previous seasons with Sporting Huelva,2021/2022 and 2020-2021, she played the most Primera División Femenina games with the club, featuring in 23 league games for each season across their 34 fixtures. She has been selected in the starting XI in all 23 of these appearances.

She reached the Spain Cup final in 2020–22 and ensured Sporting Huelva stay in the top division since her arrival in 2019.

Two players represented by LTA Agency, Spanish defender Irene Paredes and Australian midfielder Aivi Luik, are involved in their first-ever last four of the FIFA Women’s World Cup

Both veteran players have reached this tournament stage for the first time with their countries.

Spain was the first country to qualify for the semi-final after their 2-1 victory over the Netherlands, the runner-up of the 2019 World Cup.
Irene’s country will play their first ever semi-final tomorrow against Sweden in Auckland for a spot in the final. It was also Irene’s first time to reach the quarterfinals after her debut in the FIFA Women’s World Cup in Canada in 2015.

Aivi, with Australia, will face England for their first historic semi-final encounter on Wdnesday in Sydney. The co-host booked their place in the semi-final after their win over France in a dramatic penalty shootout in the quarterfinal.

LTA Agency congratulate Irene and Aivi and wish them good luck in the semis.

Spain and Irene Paredes have made history as they have reached the World Cup semi-finals for the first time

Spain sent the finalists of the last edition of the Women World Cup 2019 out of the competition. They reached their first Women’s World Cup semi-final after beating the Netherlands 2-1 after extra time in Wellington.

Irene played the full match to help her nation get to a semi-final of a World Cup for the first time in just three participations, with Irene taking part in each of those.

Since its debut in Canada 2015, Spain team had never won a knock-out match at a World Cup before defeating Switzerland in the round of 16 to set up the meeting with the Netherlands.

Spain and Irene will play the 2023 Women World Cup semi-final first match on Tuesday, August 15th, against Sweden.