Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | [1] | 11 June 1997|||||||||||||
Place of birth | Zambia | |||||||||||||
Height | 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) | |||||||||||||
Position(s) | Midfielder, Forward | |||||||||||||
Team information | ||||||||||||||
Current team | Madrid CFF | |||||||||||||
Number | 22 | |||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
2018 | ZESCO United | 26 | (86) | |||||||||||
2022 | BIIK Kazygurt | 2 | (3) | |||||||||||
2022– | Madrid CFF | 26 | (3) | |||||||||||
International career‡ | ||||||||||||||
2014 | Zambia U17 | 3 | (1) | |||||||||||
2018– | Zambia | 31 | (19) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:55, 26 June 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 30 June 2023 |
Grace Chanda (born 11 June 1997) is a Zambian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder and forward for Madrid CFF in Spain's top-division Liga F as well as the Zambia women's national team. She was one of three players shortlisted for African Women's Footballer of the Year in 2022.
Chanda scored 86 goals in 26 games for ZESCO in 2018.[2]
Chanda signed with BIIK Kazygurt and scored a hat-trick in her UEFA Women's Champions League debut to lift the club to a 5–1 against Split on August 18, 2022.[2] She was the first Zambian women's footballer to do so.[2]
In September 3, 2022 Chanda signed with Madrid CFF in Spain's top division Liga F on a two-year contract.[3] She made her debut on September 24 during a 3–1 win against FC Levante Las Planas.[4] In October, she scored a goal and provided an assist to help lift Madrid to a 4-0 win over Real Betis Féminas.[5][6] During the team's match against Atlético Madrid, she scored the equalizer goal after subbing in at the half resulting in a 1–1 draw.[6] She finished the 2022-23 season with three goals and two assists.[7] Madrid finished in fifth place.[8]
Chanda represented Zambia at the 2018 Africa Women Cup of Nations and 2022 Africa Women Cup of Nations.[1][9]
Chanda was the top goalscorer with eight goals at the 2020 CAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament, the Olympic-qualifying tournament for Africa[10] and helped Zambia qualify for their first Olympics.[11]
Chanda was one of three players shortlisted for African Women's Footballer of the Year in 2022.[12]
Chanda notes American striker Alex Morgan as a football idol.[11]
International goals
Scores and results list Zambia's goal tally first
Individual