Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 20 April 2002 | ||
Place of birth | Kigoma, Tanzania | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Youth career | |||
Alliance FC | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2016 | Alliance FC | 23 | (37) |
2018 | Ruvuma Queens | 34 | (27) |
2021 | Ausfaz assa Zag | 41 | (49) |
International career | |||
2018 | Tanzania | 28 | (20) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Enekia KasongaLunyamila (born 20 April 2002) is a Tanzanian professional footballer who plays as a striker for the Tanzania women's national team. [1] [2]
Lunyamila played for the Tanzania national U-20 team in 2019 and 2020. She played a key role and scored 4 goals en route to the team winning the 2019 COSAFA U-20 Women's Championship. At the end of the competition she was adjudged player of the tournament. [3]
Kasonga capped for the Tanzania women's national team during the 2020 COSAFA Women's Championship and 2021 COSAFA Women's Championship. [4] [5] [6] She scored the lone goal, the winning goal in the 2021 final against Malawi to help Tanzania win the tournament for the first time in its history. [7] [8]
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