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.
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]
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.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 13 September 2017 | Barbourfields Stadium, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe | 3–1 | 6–3 | 2017 COSAFA Women's Championship | |
| 2 | 15 September 2017 | Barbourfields Stadium, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2017 COSAFA Women's Championship | |
| 3 | 17 September 2017 | Barbourfields Stadium, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2017 COSAFA Women's Championship | |
| 4 | 2–1 | |||||
| 5 | 21 September 2017 | Barbourfields Stadium, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe | 1–0 | 3–3 | 2017 COSAFA Women's Championship | |
| 6 | 23 September 2017 | Barbourfields Stadium, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2017 COSAFA Women's Championship | |
| 7 | 4 April 2018 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 2018 Africa Women Cup of Nations qualification | ||
| 8 | 3–3 | |||||
| 9 | 10 June 2018 | Rufaro Stadium, Harare, Zimbabwe | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2018 Africa Women Cup of Nations qualification | |
| 10 | 13 September 2018 | Wolfson Stadium, Ibhayi, South Africa | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2018 COSAFA Women's Championship | |
| 11 | 18 September 2018 | Wolfson Stadium, Ibhayi, South Africa | 3–0 | 3–0 | ||
| 12 | 4 November 2020 | Wolfson Stadium, Ibhayi, South Africa | 1–0 | 8–0 | 2020 COSAFA Women's Championship | |
| 13 | 2–0 | |||||
| 14 | 6–0 | |||||
| 15 | 28 November 2020 | 1–1 | 2–1 | Friendly | ||
| 16 | 10 April 2021 | Bidvest Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa | 1–0 | 1–3 | Friendly | |
| 17 | 21 July 2021 | Miyagi Stadium, Rifu, Japan | 1–3 | 3–10 | 2020 Summer Olympics | |
| 18 | 2–10 | |||||
| 19 | 3–10 | |||||
| 20 | 24 July 2021 | Miyagi Stadium, Rifu, Japan | 1–1 | 4–4 | 2020 Summer Olympics | |
| 21 | 3–3 | |||||
| 22 | 4–3 | |||||
| 23 | 11 February 2022 | Nkoloma Stadium, Lusaka, Zambia | 1–0 | 3–0 | Friendly | |
| 24 | 3–0 | |||||
| 25 | 1 September 2022 | Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Gqeberha, South Africa | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2022 COSAFA Women's Championship | |
| 26 | 2–0 | |||||
| 27 | 4 September 2022 | NMU Stadium, Gqeberha, South Africa | 1–0 | 7–0 | 2022 COSAFA Women's Championship | |
| 28 | 2–0 | |||||
| 29 | 4–0 | |||||
| 30 | 5–0 | |||||
| 31 | 6–0 | |||||
| 32 | 6 September 2022 | Wolfson Stadium, Gqeberha, South Africa | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2022 COSAFA Women's Championship | |
| 33 | 9 September 2022 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2022 COSAFA Women's Championship | ||
| 34 | 11 September 2022 | Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Gqeberha, South Africa | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2022 COSAFA Women's Championship | |
| 35 | 21 February 2023 | Miracle Sports Complex, Alanya, Turkey | 4–0 | 4–0 | 2023 Turkish Women's Cup | |
| 36 | 7 April 2023 | Suwon World Cup Stadium, Suwon, South Korea | 2–1 | 2–5 | Friendly | |
| 37 | 30 June 2023 | Tissot Arena, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland | 2–1 | 3–3 | Friendly | |
| 38 | 7 July 2023 | Sportpark Ronhof Thomas Sommer, Fürth, Germany | 1–0 | 3–2 | Friendly | |
| 39 | 3–2 | |||||
| 40 | 31 July 2023 | Waikato Stadium, Hamilton, New Zealand | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup | |
| 41 | 22 September 2023 | Père Jégo Stadium, Casablanca, Morocco | 1–0 | 2–0 | Friendly | |
| 42 | 2–0 | |||||
| 43 | 26 September 2023 | Moulay Hassan Stadium, Rabat, Morocco | 3–1 | 6–2 | Friendly | |
| 44 | 4–1 | |||||
| 45 | 5–1 | |||||
| 46 | 29 November 2023 | Estádio 22 de Junho, Luanda, Angola | 2–0 | 6–0 | 2024 Women's Africa Cup of Nations qualification | |
| 47 | 3–0 | |||||
| 48 | 5–0 | |||||
| 49 | 5 December 2023 | Levy Mwanawasa Stadium, Ndola, Zambia | 2–0 | 6–0 | 2024 Women's Africa Cup of Nations qualification | |
| 50 | 28 February 2024 | Levy Mwanawasa Stadium, Ndola, Zambia | 1–0 | 3–3 | 2024 Summer Olympic qualifiers | |
| 51 | 3–3 | |||||
| 52 | 9 April 2024 | Moulay Hassan Stadium, Rabat, Morocco | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2024 Summer Olympic qualifiers | |
| 53 | 2–0 | |||||
| 54 | 28 July 2024 | Stade de Nice, Nice, France | 1–0 | 5–6 | 2024 Summer Olympics | |
| 55 | 3–1 | |||||
| 56 | 4–2 | |||||
| 57 | 31 July 2024 | Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne, France | 1–2 | 1–4 | 2024 Summer Olympics | |
| Opponent | scope=col | Goals | scope=col | Score | scope=col | Venue | scope=col | Competition | scope=col | Date | scope=col class="unsortable" | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | data-sort-value="Switzerland" | data-sort-value="15" | 3 – (30', 52', 70') | data-sort-value="2" style="text-align: center" | 8–0 | Wolfson Stadium, Ibhayi, South Africa | 2020 COSAFA Women's Championship | 4 November 2020 | [7] | |||
| 2 | data-sort-value="Brazil" | data-sort-value="29" | 3 – (19', 82', 83') | data-sort-value="1" style="text-align: center" | 3–10 | Miyagi Stadium, Rifu, Japan | 2020 Summer Olympics | 21 July 2021 | [8] | |||
| 3 | data-sort-value="Brazil" | data-sort-value="29" | 3 – (43', 46', 69') | data-sort-value="1" style="text-align: center" | 4–4 | Miyagi Stadium, Rifu, Japan | 2020 Summer Olympics | 24 July 2021 | [9] | |||
| 4 | data-sort-value="Brazil" | data-sort-value="29" | 5 – (11', 30', 48', 52', 56') | data-sort-value="1" style="text-align: center" | 7–0 | NMU Stadium, Gqeberha, South Africa | 2022 COSAFA Women's Championship | 4 September 2022 | [10] | |||
| 5 | data-sort-value="Brazil" | data-sort-value="29" | 3 – (5', 24', 89') | data-sort-value="1" style="text-align: center" | 6–2 | Moulay Hassan Stadium, Rabat, Morocco | Friendly | 26 September 2023 | [11] | |||
| 6 | data-sort-value="Brazil" | data-sort-value="29" | 3 – (44', 45+2', 64') | data-sort-value="1" style="text-align: center" | 6–0 | Estádio 22 de Junho, Luanda, Angola | 2024 Women's Africa Cup of Nations qualification | 29 November 2023 | [12] | |||
| 7 | data-sort-value="Brazil" | data-sort-value="29" | 3 – (1', 33', 45+2) | data-sort-value="1" style="text-align: center" | 5–6 | Stade de Nice, Nice, France | 2024 Summer Olympics | 28 July 2024 | [13] |
| Goals | ||
| FIFA World Cup | 1 | |
| Summer Olympics | 10 | |
| Summer Olympics qualifiers | 4 | |
| Africa Cup of Nations qualification | 7 | |
| COSAFA Championship | 21 | |
| Turkish Cup | 1 | |
| Friendlies | 13 | |
| Total | 57 |
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| Goals | ||
| 9 | ||
| 7 | ||
| 5 | ||
| 4 | ||
| 3 | ||
| 3 | ||
| 3 | ||
| 3 | ||
| 3 | ||
| 2 | ||
| 2 | ||
| 2 | ||
| 2 | ||
| 1 | ||
| 1 | ||
| 1 | ||
| 1 | ||
| 1 | ||
| 1 | ||
| 1 | ||
| 1 | ||
| 1 | ||
| Total | 57 |
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