Marta Lacho

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Marta Lacho
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Lacho during the 2024 CAF WCL final.
Personal information
Full name Marta Flora Lacho
Date of birth (1999-03-16) 16 March 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth Luanda, Angola
Height 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 TP Mazembe
Number 8
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2024 TP Mazembe
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 December 2024

Marta Flora Lacho (born 16 March 1999) is an Angolan professional football player who plays as a winger for DR Congo club TP Mazembe.

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Club career

Prior to beginning her professional career, Lacho spent time at Congolese side AC Leopards before temporarily quitting football to focus on a career as a coach. In 2024 she would return to the field, joining TP Mazembe on a short-term contract. [ citation needed ]

TP Mazembe

In November 2024, Lacho was named as part of the TP Mazembe squad to take part at the 2024 CAF Women's Champions League. [1] They would go on to win the tournament, becoming the first Congolese side to be crowned African champions. [2]

Lacho earned the unusual distinction of being named Woman of the Match in three separate games at the competition, also scoring in wins over Aigles de la Medina and UWC.

On 15 November 2024, she was named as part of the Best XI of the 2024 CAF Women's Champions League. [3] A week previously she had been named part of the Best XI of the Group Stage. [4]

On 4 December 2024, Lacho was nominated for Interclub Player of the Year (Women) at the 2024 CAF Awards. [5]

Honours

Individual

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References

  1. ↑ "Team Stats". Team Stats. Retrieved 2024-12-09.
  2. ↑ "TP Mazembe win African Women's Champions League after AS FAR upset". BBC Sport. 2024-11-23. Retrieved 2024-12-09.
  3. ↑ "CAF Releases Women's Champions League Morocco 2024 Best XI". CAF Releases Women’s Champions League Morocco 2024 Best XI. Retrieved 2024-12-09.
  4. ↑ "CAF Technical Study Group announces Best 11 of CAF Women's Champions League Group Stages". CAF Technical Study Group announces Best 11 of CAF Women’s Champions League Group Stages. Retrieved 2024-12-09.
  5. ↑ "Banda, Nnadozie, Chawinga sisters and Mssoudy make #CAFAwards24 Women's Player of the Year shortlist". Banda, Nnadozie, Chawinga sisters and Mssoudy make #CAFAwards24 Women’s Player of the Year shortlist. Retrieved 2024-12-09.
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