List of international goals scored by Barbra Banda

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Banda playing for Zambia in 2023; she scored 57 goals in 63 appearances for Zambia

Barbra Banda is a Zambian professional footballer who has been representing the Zambia national team as a striker since her debut in 2016. Since then, Banda has scored 57 goals in 63 international appearances, making her the country's all-time top scorer. Banda made his debut for Zambia on 6 March 2016, two weeks before her 16th birthday, against Namibia where she came on as a substitute in a 3–1 home win in 2016 Women's Africa Cup of Nations.

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Banda captained the Zambian squad at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, the first time Zambia competed at the international tournament. [1] [2] During the team's first group stage match, Banda scored a hat trick against the Netherlands. The match ended 3–10, the worst ever loss for the Zambia women's national football team and the highest-scoring women's football match in Olympics history. [3] In their second group match, Banda scored another hat trick against China with the match ending in a 4–4 draw. She became the first woman footballer in Olympic history to score back-to-back hat tricks and the first to score two hat tricks in one tournament. [4] She is Africa's all-time top scorer in Olympic history. [5] [6]

Goals

Scores and results list her team's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Banda goal.Every international goal scored by Banda was for Zambia.

International goals by date, venue, opponent, score, result and competition
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
113 September 2017 Barbourfields Stadium, Bulawayo, ZimbabweFlag of Malawi.svg  Malawi 3–16–3 2017 COSAFA Women's Championship
215 September 2017 Barbourfields Stadium, Bulawayo, ZimbabweFlag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 1–01–1 2017 COSAFA Women's Championship
317 September 2017 Barbourfields Stadium, Bulawayo, ZimbabweFlag of Madagascar.svg  Madagascar 2–02–1 2017 COSAFA Women's Championship
42–1
521 September 2017 Barbourfields Stadium, Bulawayo, ZimbabweFlag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1–03–3 2017 COSAFA Women's Championship
623 September 2017 Barbourfields Stadium, Bulawayo, ZimbabweFlag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 1–11–1 2017 COSAFA Women's Championship
74 April 2018 National Stadium, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania 1–23–3 2018 Africa Women Cup of Nations qualification
83–3
910 June 2018 Rufaro Stadium, Harare, ZimbabweFlag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 2–12–1 2018 Africa Women Cup of Nations qualification
1013 September 2018 Wolfson Stadium, Ibhayi, South AfricaFlag of Lesotho.svg  Lesotho 2–02–0 2018 COSAFA Women's Championship
1118 September 2018 Wolfson Stadium, Ibhayi, South AfricaFlag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique 3–03–0
124 November 2020 Wolfson Stadium, Ibhayi, South AfricaFlag of Lesotho.svg  Lesotho 1–08–0 2020 COSAFA Women's Championship
132–0
146–0
1528 November 2020 Estadio San Carlos de Apoquindo, Santiago, Chile Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 1–12–1 Friendly
1610 April 2021 Bidvest Stadium, Johannesburg, South AfricaFlag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1–01–3 Friendly
1721 July 2021 Miyagi Stadium, Rifu, JapanFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 1–33–10 2020 Summer Olympics
182–10
193–10
2024 July 2021 Miyagi Stadium, Rifu, JapanFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1–14–4 2020 Summer Olympics
213–3
224–3
2311 February 2022 Nkoloma Stadium, Lusaka, ZambiaFlag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1–03–0 Friendly
243–0
251 September 2022 Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Gqeberha, South AfricaFlag of Namibia.svg  Namibia 1–02–0 2022 COSAFA Women's Championship
262–0
274 September 2022 NMU Stadium, Gqeberha, South AfricaFlag of Lesotho.svg  Lesotho 1–07–0 2022 COSAFA Women's Championship
282–0
294–0
305–0
316–0
326 September 2022 Wolfson Stadium, Gqeberha, South AfricaFlag of Eswatini.svg  Eswatini 2–02–0 2022 COSAFA Women's Championship
339 September 2022Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania 1–02–1 2022 COSAFA Women's Championship
3411 September 2022 Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Gqeberha, South AfricaFlag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1–01–0 ( a.e.t. ) 2022 COSAFA Women's Championship
3521 February 2023Miracle Sports Complex, Alanya, TurkeyFlag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan 4–04–0 2023 Turkish Women's Cup
367 April 2023 Suwon World Cup Stadium, Suwon, South KoreaFlag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 2–12–5 Friendly
3730 June 2023 Tissot Arena, Biel/Bienne, SwitzerlandFlag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 2–13–3 Friendly
387 July 2023 Sportpark Ronhof Thomas Sommer, Fürth, GermanyFlag of Germany.svg  Germany 1–03–2 Friendly
393–2
4031 July 2023 Waikato Stadium, Hamilton, New ZealandFlag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica 2–03–1 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup
4122 September 2023 Père Jégo Stadium, Casablanca, MoroccoFlag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 1–02–0 Friendly
422–0
4326 September 2023 Moulay Hassan Stadium, Rabat, MoroccoFlag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 3–16–2 Friendly
444–1
455–1
4629 November 2023 Estádio 22 de Junho, Luanda, AngolaFlag of Angola.svg  Angola 2–06–0 2024 Women's Africa Cup of Nations qualification
473–0
485–0
495 December 2023 Levy Mwanawasa Stadium, Ndola, ZambiaFlag of Angola.svg  Angola 2–06–0 2024 Women's Africa Cup of Nations qualification
5028 February 2024 Levy Mwanawasa Stadium, Ndola, ZambiaFlag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 1–03–3 2024 Summer Olympic qualifiers
513–3
529 April 2024 Moulay Hassan Stadium, Rabat, MoroccoFlag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 1–02–0 ( a.e.t. ) 2024 Summer Olympic qualifiers
532–0
5428 July 2024 Stade de Nice, Nice, FranceFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 1–05–6 2024 Summer Olympics
553–1
564–2
5731 July 2024 Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne, FranceFlag of Germany.svg  Germany 1–21–4 2024 Summer Olympics

Hat-tricks

List of international hat-tricks scored by Kelly Smith
No.OpponentGoalsScoreVenueCompetitionDateRef.
1Flag of Lesotho.svg  Lesotho 3 – (30', 52', 70')8–0 Wolfson Stadium, Ibhayi, South Africa 2020 COSAFA Women's Championship 4 November 2020 [7]
2Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 3 – (19', 82', 83')3–10 Miyagi Stadium, Rifu, Japan 2020 Summer Olympics 21 July 2021 [8]
3Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 3 – (43', 46', 69')4–4 Miyagi Stadium, Rifu, Japan 2020 Summer Olympics 24 July 2021 [9]
4Flag of Lesotho.svg  Lesotho 5 – (11', 30', 48', 52', 56')7–0 NMU Stadium, Gqeberha, South Africa 2022 COSAFA Women's Championship 4 September 2022 [10]
5Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 3 – (5', 24', 89')6–2 Moulay Hassan Stadium, Rabat, Morocco Friendly 26 September 2023 [11]
6Flag of Angola.svg  Angola 3 – (44', 45+2', 64')6–0 Estádio 22 de Junho, Luanda, Angola 2024 Women's Africa Cup of Nations qualification 29 November 2023 [12]
7Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 3 – (1', 33', 45+2)5–6 Stade de Nice, Nice, France 2024 Summer Olympics 28 July 2024 [13]

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