Prisca Chilufya Explained

Prisca Chilufya
Birth Date:8 June 1999[1]
Birth Place:Kitwe, Zambia[2]
Position:Forward[3]
Currentclub:Juárez
Clubnumber:25
Years1:20??–2020
Clubs1:Red Arrows
Years2:2021
Clubs2:BIIK Kazygurt
Years3:2022
Clubs3:Tomiris-Turan
Years4:2023
Clubs4:Fatih Karagümrük
Caps4:7
Goals4:4
Years5:2023–
Clubs5:Juárez
Caps5:28
Goals5:9
Nationalyears1:2018–
Nationalteam1:Zambia
Nationalcaps1:3
Nationalgoals1:0
Pcupdate:7 May 2023
Ntupdate:6 June 2018

Prisca Chilufya[4] (born 8 June 1999) is a Zambian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Liga MX Femenil side FC Juárez and the Zambia women's national team.

Club career

Chilufya has played for Red Arrows FC.[5] She was signed from Arrows to BIIK Kazygurt on a two-year deal in 2021, where she joined her Zambia teammate Racheal Kundananji.[6] She featured in both of Kazygurt's games versus Bayern Munich in the 2020-1 UEFA Women's Champions League, in which they lost 9–1 on aggregate.[7]

She remained in the Kazakhstan Women's Football Championship for the beginning of the 2022/23 season with Tomiris Turan. She scored a double hat-trick and two assists in a single match in which Tomirus Turan beat Sdyusshor 10–1.[8]

Chilufya then returned to the Red Arrows for the remainder of the 2022/23 season where she scored 10 goals in 16 games.[9] She then had a brief spell at Fatih Karagumruk.

She signed a two-year contract with FC Juarez in summer 2023.

International career

Chilufya has been regularly called up for Zambia at senior level since she featured in the 2018 Women's Africa Cup of Nations and qualifiers for the Tokyo Olympics in 2018.[3]

She played for Zambia at the 2020 COSAFA Women's Championship. She was left out of the Zambia squad's for both the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and 2022 Women's Africa Cup of Nations squad because of gender eligibility rules, due to her testosterone levels.[10]

Chilufya was recalled to the national team for a 2022 friendly against the Netherlands. She appeared in training prior to the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup, the team's first appearance in the tournament, but she did not make the final squad.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Competitions – 11th Edition Women AFCON- GHANA 2018 – Team Details – Player Details. CAF. 11 March 2020.
  2. Web site: PRISCA CHILUFYA – Futbolcu Bilgileri TFF.
  3. Web site: Competitions – 11th Edition Women AFCON- GHANA 2018 – Match Details. CAF. 11 March 2020.
  4. Web site: WULFZ FATİH KARAGÜMRÜK FENERBAHÇE A.Ş. – Maç Detayları TFF.
  5. Web site: Senior Shipolopolo team step up preps for Tanzania. Lusaka Voice. 11 March 2020. 24 February 2018.
  6. Web site: Ahmadu . Samuel . 22 February 2021 . Prisca Chilufya: Zambia striker joins compatriot Kundananji at BIIK Kazygurt from Red Arrows . 24 August 2023 . Goal.com.
  7. Web site: PRISCA CHILUFYA . 24 August 2023 . ESPN.
  8. Web site: Kaumba Chikenge . Calvin . 20 May 2023 . Prisca Chilufya explains why she dresses like a man . 24 August 2023 . Bola News.
  9. Web site: 20 June 2023 . Prisca Chilufya Joins Mexican Club . 24 August 2023 . Bola News.
  10. Web site: 26 September 2022 . A touching story of the Zambian midfielder Prisca Chilufya who could not play for her country because of CAF's 'discriminatory' gender verification rules . 24 August 2023 . Zambian Observer.