Diana Msewa

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Personal information
Full name Diana Lucas Msewa
Date of birth (2001-11-13) 13 November 2001 (age 22)
Place of birth Mbeya, Tanzania
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Trabzonspor
Number 80
Youth career
2010 Ruvuma Queens
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2016 Ruvuma Queens 60 (48)
2021–2023 Ausfaz Assa Zag 43 (25)
2023–2024 Amed 25 (8)
2024– Trabzonspor 1 (0)
International career
2018 Tanzania 30 (25)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 September 2024

Diana Lucas Msewa (born 13 November 2001) is a Tanzanian professional women's football forward who plays in the Turkish Super League for Trabzonspor and the Tanzania women's national team. [1]

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Club career

In September 2023, Msewa moved to Turkey, and signed with the Diyarbakır-based club Amed to play in the Super League. [2] [3] She scored eight goals in 25 matches. [2] The next season, she transferred to Trabzonspor. [2] [4]

International career

In 2019, Msewa earned a call up to the Tanzania women's under-20 team for the inaugural 2019 COSAFA U-20 Women's Championship. [5] At the end of the competition they emerged champions after defeating Zambia by 2–1 in the final. [6] During the 2020 African U-20 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament, Msewa scored both first goals in the first and second legs of the preliminary round qualifiers against Uganda leading to the 4–2 victory on aggregate to advance to the first round. [7] [8] [9]

In 2019, she was promoted to the senior team and made the squad for the 2019 CECAFA Women's Championship. She later named in the 2021 COSAFA Women's Championship squad list. [10] She played four matches during the competition as Tanzania emerged champions for the first time in history. [1] [11]

Honours

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