Racheal Nachula

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Racheal Nachula
Personal information
Date of birth (1986-01-14) 14 January 1986 (age 39) [1]
Place of birth Lusaka, Zambia
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) [2]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Hapoel Katamon Jerusalem
Number 21
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
20??–2020 Green Buffaloes
2020–2023 Zaragoza CFF 42 (12)
2023– Hapoel Katamon Jerusalem 2 (2)
International career
Zambia
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 12 September 2023

Racheal Nachula (born 14 January 1986) is a Zambian footballer and former sprinter who plays as a forward for Israeli Premier League club Hapoel Katamon Jerusalem and the Zambia women's national team. [3]

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Athletics

Specialized in the 400 metres, [4] Nachula won the bronze medal at the 2008 African Championships, in a personal best time of 51.39 seconds. She competed at the 2006 Commonwealth Games, the 2006 World Junior Championships, the 2008 World Indoor Championships, and the 2008 Summer Olympics without qualifying for the final round. She won the silver medal in the 400 m at the 2009 African Junior Athletics Championships, recording a time of 53.34 seconds. [5]

She also has 23.42 seconds in the 200 metres, achieved in May 2007 in Gaborone.[ citation needed ]

Football

International career

On 3 July 2024, Nachula was called up to the Zambia squad for the 2024 Summer Olympics. [6]

International goals

Scores and results list Zambia's goal tally first.
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.13 September 2017 Barbourfields Stadium, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe Flag of Malawi.svg  Malawi 6–36–3 2017 COSAFA Women's Championship
2.17 September 2017Flag of Madagascar.svg  Madagascar 7–17–1
3.18 September 2018 Wolfson Stadium, KwaZakele, South Africa Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique 1–03–0 2018 COSAFA Women's Championship
4.1 August 2019Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius 1–015–0 2019 COSAFA Women's Championship
5.3–0
6.5–0
7.8–0
8.9–0
9.10–0
10.12–0
11.15–0
12.8 August 2019Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana 1–04–0
13.4–0
14.21 February 2023Miracle Sports Complex, Alanya, Turkey Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan 2–04–0 2023 Turkish Women's Cup
15.25 February 2025 REIZ Stadium, Lusaka, ZambiaFlag of Malawi.svg  Malawi 2–32–3 Friendly
16.5 April 2025 Yongchuan Sports Center, Chongqing, China Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 1–12–3 2025 Yongchuan International Tournament

References

  1. ↑ "Racheal NACHULA". Olympic. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
  2. ↑ "R NACHULA nueva incorporación para el Zaragoza CFF". Zaragoza CFF (in Spanish). 22 June 2020. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
  3. ↑ "Zambia: Nachula Dropped From Shepolopolo". allAfrica.com. 12 March 2015. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
  4. ↑ "Nachula entra para o "Guinness do COSAFA", Eswatini surpreende Moçambique e Botswana triunfa". COSAFA (in Portuguese). 1 August 2019. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
  5. ↑ 2009 Africa Junior Athletics Championships – Full results. African Athletics (2009-08-02). Retrieved on 2009-09-30.
  6. ↑ Zambia WNT [@Copper_Queens] (3 July 2024). "COPPER QUEENS FINAL SQUAD FOR OLYMPICS" (Tweet). Retrieved 7 July 2024– via Twitter.


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