Margaret Belemu

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Margaret Belemu
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Personal information
Date of birth (1997-02-24) 24 February 1997 (age 27) [1]
Place of birth Lusaka, Zambia [2]
Height 1.45 m (4 ft 9 in) [2]
Position(s) Right-back [2]
Team information
Current team
 Shanghai Shengli
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
National Assembly F.C.
Lusaka Foundation
Yacha Girls
Red Arrows F.C.
2022 Hakkarigücü Spor 13 (2)
2023– Shanghai Shengli
International career‡
2014 Zambia U17 3 (0)
Zambia 32 [2] (0)
Medal record
Representing Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia
Women's Africa Cup of Nations
Bronze medal icon.svg 2022 Morocco
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 5 February 2023

Margaret Belemu (born 24 February 1997) is a Zambian international footballer who plays as a right-back for Chinese Women's Super League club Shanghai Shengli and the Zambia women's national team.

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Club career

In September 2022, Belemu moved to Turkey and joined Hakkarigücü Spor to play in the 2022–23 Super League. [3] [4]

International career

Belemu competed for Zambia at the 2018 Africa Women Cup of Nations, playing in three matches. [1] [5]

Honours

Zambia

Individual

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References

  1. 1 2 "Player Details: Margaret Belemu". Total Women's Africa Cup of Nations. Confederation of African Football . Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Margaret Belemu". LTA Agency.
  3. ↑ "Oyuncular – Futbolcular: Margaret Belemu" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
  4. ↑ "Hakkarigücü, kadrosuna 4 Afrikalı kadın futbolcu daha kattı". Cumhuriyet (in Turkish). 24 September 2022. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
  5. ↑ "M. Belemu". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  6. ↑ "CAF announces TotalEnergies Women's AFCON 2022 Best XI". CAF. 26 July 2022. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  7. ↑ "IFFHS Women's CAF Team 2022". The International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS). 31 January 2023. Retrieved 7 August 2023.


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