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Ngo Mbeleck signs with Sporting Huelva

LTA Agency have arranged the transfer of Cameroonian international midfielder, Genevieve Ngo Mbeleck, to Sporting Huelva of Spain’s Primera Division.

Ngo Mbeleck (24) comes from Louves Minproff of Yaounde in Cameroon and has previously played for FK Minsk in Belarus where she won the double in 2015, and got a taste of the UEFA Women’s Champions League the following season. Prior to Belarus, she played for Caïman Filles de Douala in her native country.
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Talented creative midfielder, Ngo Mbeleck reached the final of the last CAF Africa Women’s Cup of Nations hosted by Cameroon, where she featured in 3 matches out of 5 and scored a winning goal v South Africa. She also played in 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup in Canada as well as in the 2014 African Women’s Championship held in Namibia. She has earned 8 full caps for Cameroon Women’s National Team so far.

LTA Agency wish Ngo Mbeleck good luck in Spain.

Danish international midfielder, Sofie Junge Pedersen has joined Levante UD of Primera Division

The recent UEFA Women’s Euro finalist comes from Damallsvenskan’s top team FC Rosengård. Sofie (25) joined FC Rosengard in June 2015 from Fortuna Hjørring where she won the Danish Championship. For her first international experience, Sofie won the league and finished as Swedish Cup runner-up in her first full season in Sweden. Last season she was runner-up of the Damallsvenskan and won the Swedish Cup.

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The young milfielder has earned 43 caps and scored 4 goals for Denmark National Team so far. She has featured in the semifinal and the final of the Women’s Euro 2017 in the Netherlands.

She joins Cote D’Ivoire international Ida Rebecca Guehai at Levante who is also represented by LTA Agency.

LTA Agency wish Sofie a very good season and the best of luck at her new club.

29-year-old Romanian international striker, Laura Roxana Rus has joined Cyprus champions Apollon Ladies FC

Best known as Lala, she comes from Spain where she spent one season with Sporting Huelva. Prior to Liga Iberdrola, Lala played in WK League in South Korea for 3 seasons and was League’s best goal scorer in 2015.

The lethal striker is well known to Apollon fans as she had played there from 2010 to 2013 and while there became UEFA Women’s Champions League best goal scorer in the season 2012-2013.

Lala is also a member of Romanian Women’s National Team and most recently scored against Portugal in the Euro 2017 final qualification play-off match.

LTA Agency wish Lala a lot of succes at her new /old club and a very good season.

Sweden’s National Team captain, Caroline Seger has signed with FC Rosengård after three successful years in France

Caroline comes from the French league and brings with her a vast international experience. 2016/17 triple-champion with Lyon, she won the Division Feminine 1, Coupe de France and UEFA Women’s Champions League all in one season having played 26 matches and scoring one goal for the current title holders. Prior to Lyon she spent two seasons with another French powerhouse, Paris Saint-Germain, with whom she reached 2014/15 UEFA Women’s Champions League final and 2015/16 semifinal. She was also D1 runners-up in 2015/2016.

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Caroline played before with LdB FC Malmö former Rosengård and won Damallsvenskan and Swedish Supercupen in 2011. Seger won many other trophies in her native country, one championship in the USA with Western New York Flash before her latest achievements in France.

She has earned 171 caps and scored 24 goals for her national team so far representing her country in the recent UEFA Women’s Euro 2017 in the Netherlands where Sweden reached quarter-finals. Caroline featured in every game and captained the team in two of them at the tournament.

FC Rosengård’s sports director, Therese Sjögran said this: “Caroline is a player who for many years has meant a lot for the Swedish National Team’s successes. Her international experience as a player will bring a lot to our club, and she is also a perfect model for our young players.”

LTA Agency wish Seger a lot of succes at her new /old club and a very good season.

Line Røddik Hansen, Katrine Veje and Sofie Junge Pedersen reached the final of the UEFA Women’s Euro 2017.

The tournament was held in the Netherlands from July 16th to August 6th. Sixteen countries were present organised in four groups of four teams each. Denmark finished as runners-up of Group A to qualify for the quarterfinals where they ended the holders Germany’s bid for a seventh consecutive European title with a 2:1 win.

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In six games played during the tournament, Denmark won 4 (including a semifinal win on penalties against Austria) and lost 2. All three Danish players represented by LTA featured in the final match won by hosts the Netherlands 4:2 in a back-and-forth encounter.

Fourteen players represented by LTA Agency took part in the Euro finals. Sweden’s Hedvig Lindahl, Caroline Seger, Linda Sembrant, Emma Berglund, Olivia Schough, as well as Spain’s Vicky Losada, Virginia Torrecilla and Irene Paredes exited the competition in the quarterfinals. Iceland’s Glódís Perla Viggósdóttir and Portugal’s Carolina Mendes and Raquel Infante went out following the group stage. Three of LTA players have registered their names in the goal scorers list of this year’s tournament. They are Carolina Mendes with two goals, Vicky Losada and Katrine Veje with one goal each.

LTA Agency congratulate Line, Katrine and Sofie on the remarkable achievement of getting to the final of the 2017 European Championship!

Denmark’s Line Røddik Hansen, Katrine Veje and Sofie Junge Pedersen have reached the last four of Euro 2017

Having finished second in their Group with six points to qualify for the quarter-finals, Denmark knocked holders Germany out of the tournament. The historic 2-1 quarter-finals win last Sunday in Rotterdam was the biggest surprise of the final stages of Euro 2017.

Currently 15th in FIFA ranking, Denmark have 3 victories out of four matches in the Netherlands. Katrine Veje scored one goal and featured in all games while Line played 90 minutes of 2 matches and started the third one.

The 2017 Euros semi-finalists, Denmark will play debutants Austria on August 3rd in Breda. This is Denmark’s second consecutive UEFA Women’s Euros semi-finals.

LTA Agency wish good luck to all three our players in the semi-finals.

Line Røddik Hansen, Katrine Veje, and Sofie Junge Pedersen of Denmark; Hedvig Lindahl, Caroline Seger, Linda Sembrant, Emma Berglund, and Olivia Schough of Sweden; and Virginia Torrecilla, Irene Peredes, and Vicky Losada of Spain, have progressed to the last eight of UEFA Women’s Euro 2017.

Having reached the semis in the last edition in Sweden 2013, Denmark finished second in their group after the hosts the Netherlands, with 2 wins out of 3 matches. Denmark won their last match by defeating the 2013 finalists, Norway, with Katrine Veje’s impressive left-footed strike scored after five minutes of the game the only goal of the game, which earned Denmark qualification. Katrine featured in all the 3 matches, and Line played 90 minutes of 2 games. Denmark will face the holders Germany, winner of the Group B on Saturday 29 July in Rotterdam.

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The 2016 Rio Olympics silver medalists, as well as Euro semi-finalists in 2013, the Swedes finished as runners-up of Group B despite losing 3-2 to Italy on Tuesday. They drew the match against Germans in their opening game and defeated Russians in their second match. Captain Seger and her teammates will play the hosts the Netherlands on Saturday 29 July at Doetinchem for a place in the semi-finals.
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Spain with Irene Paredes, Vicky Losada, and Virginia Torrecilla ended in second spot in Group C thanks to an England’s victory over Portugal 2-1 despite Carolina Mendes’s early equalizer. Spain have qualified with only one win out of three group matches thanks to a superior goal-difference to Portugal and Scotland (also on 3 points). The 2017 Algarve Cup Winners and currently 13th in FIFA ranking, the Spanish will face Austria on Sunday 30 July.

LTA Agency wish good luck to all our players involved in the quarterfinals.

28-year-old Sweden defender Emma Berglund, has signed a two-year contract with Paris Saint-Germain.

Emma comes from the Swedish League, Damallsvenskan, where she played first for Umeå IK (in her native town) for 8 years, and more recently at FC Rosengård where she spent 2 years and featured in every league match, playing 48 games and scoring 3 goals. With those two outfits, she won in total 3 League titles, 2 Swedish Cups and 4 Super Cups, and remarkably served as captain for both teams.
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Emma will join Division 1 Feminine as part of PSG for her first experience outside of her country on 24 August and will wear number 15. She is currently with Sweden’s National Team at the UEFA Women’s EURO in the Netherlands. Emma has represented her country in many other international competitons, such as 2016 Summer Olympic Games where Sweden won Silver Medal. The no-nonsense defender has already amassed 54 caps and 1 goal for Sweden Women’s National Team.
“Emma will bring her great defensive experience to the club, ” said the PSG head coach Patrice Lair.

LTA Agency wish Emma a very good season in France and the best of luck at her new club.

Ivorian internationals, Rebecca Elloh, Fatou Coulibaly, and Rita Akaffou have extended their contracts for 2 more years with Barcelona Football Academy of Limassol in the Cypriot First Division.

Striker Elloh (22), defender Fatou (30), and midfielder Rita (30) joined Barcelona FA in the summer of 2016 and quickly became the main players of the starting eleven. Finalists of Cyprus Cup 2016/17 Barcelona FA finished third in their debut top League campaign. Fatou was named to the best eleven of the season in Cyprus. It’s her first international club experience after playing for years for her home country club Juventus de Yopougon in Abidjan.
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Elloh the youngest of the three players, has joined Barcelona from FF Chenois Geneve in Switzerland while Rita came from another Cyprus outfit – Anorthosis. Prior to that, they both played in Lithuania with Gintra-Universitetas with whom they won Lithuanian Championship in 2015 and played 2015/16 UEFA Women’s Champions League Preliminary Round.
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All three of the Elephants Dames (as Cote D’Ivoire national team players are called),  have represented their country in several international competitions such as the historic first Cote d’Ivoire’s appearance at the group stage of 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup final tournament in Canada, the African Games 2015 held in Congo where they won bronze medals, as well as the 2014 CAF Africa Women’s Championship in Namibia where they won bronze medals, too.

Fatou has earned 48 caps and scored 10 goals for her country; Rita has 40 caps and 5 goals with the National Team, while Elloh has 24 caps and 4 goals so far.

LTA Agency wish Fatou, Elloh, and Rita the best of luck for the upcoming season at Barcelona FA

14 players of 5 different nationalities, represented by LTA Agency, will take part in the 2017 UEFA Women’s EURO.

Netherlands will host the UEFA Women’s EURO 2017 from 16 July to 6 August, where 16 countries will take part, organized in 4 groups of 4 teams each. Among the 16 participants, 5 of them have players represented by LTA Agency in their squad.

DENMARK of Group A
Line Røddik Hansen (29) – defender, currently plays for FC Barcelona with whom she won the Copa de la Reina and reached UEFA Champions League’s Semis this season. She has earned 126 caps and scored 13 goals for the National Team so far.

Katrine Veje (26) – midfielder, has just signed with Montpellier from Brøndby IF with whom she won Danish League and Cup this season. She has earned 96 caps and 8 goals for Denmark.

Sofie Junge Pedersen (25) – midfielder, currently plays for FC Rosengård, she has earned 43 caps and 4 goals for the National Team.

SWEDEN of Group B
Hedvig Lindahl (34) – goalkeeper, has earned 138 caps for her country, currently plays for Chealsea with whom she won FA WSL Spring series this season.

Linda Sembrant (30) – defender who plays for Montpellier team, which ended 2nd in the French league this season. She has earned 85 caps and 8 goals for her country

Emma Berglund (28) – defender who has just signed for Paris Saint-Germain from Rosengård. She has earned 54 caps and 1 goal for Sweden.

Caroline Seger (32) –  midfielder, plays for Lyon with whom she won the League, Cup, and UEFA Champions League this season. She has earned 171 caps and scored 24 goals for her national team.

Olivia Schough (26) – forward who plays for Eskilstuna United in Sweden. She has earned 55 caps and scored 8 goals for her country

ICELAND of Group C
Glodis Perla Viggosdottir (22) – defender who has just signed for Rosengård from Eskilstuna United. She has earned 54 caps and 2 goals for her country so far.

Group D
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Irenes Peredes (26) – defender who plays for PSG with whom she was runner-up of French Cup and UEFA Champions League this season. She has earned 41 caps and 3 goals for her country so far.

Virginia Torecilla  (22) – midfielder who plays for Montpellier, French runners-up this season. She has earned 33 caps and 4 goals for Spain.

Vicky Losada (26) – midfielder who plays for FC Barcelona with whom she won the Copa de la Reina and reached UEFA Champions League’s Semifinals this season. She has earned 44 caps and 12 goals for her country.

PORTUGAL (which is qualified for the first time)
Raquel Infante (26) – defender who plays for Levante team which ended 4th in the Spanish League this season. She has played 13 times for her country.

Carolina Mendes (29) – forward who plays for Grindavik in Iceland top League. She has amassed 61 caps and 9 goals for her country.

In sum, LTA Agency is represented by 1 goalkeeper, 6 defenders, 5 midfielders and 2 forwards in the tournament this year and we wish all of them good luck.