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Africa-Press – Mozambique. <\/strong><\/span>The Orlando Pride of the National Women’s Soccer League have acquired Zambian forward Barbra Banda for a club-record transfer fee.<\/b><\/p>\n

Banda signed a four-year deal with the Pride, who paid $740,000 to Chinese Women\u2019s Super League club Shanghai Shengli FC, the team said Thursday night.<\/p>\n

It is the second-highest transfer fee in women’s soccer, after NWSL expansion team Bay FC paid Real Madrid $788,000 for Zambia forward Racheal Kundananji last month.<\/p>\n

Banda became a breakout international star after becoming the first player to have back-to-back hat tricks in an Olympics, scoring three goals against both the Netherlands and China at the Tokyo Games.<\/p>\n

\u201cBarbra is a natural-born goal scorer and one of the most physically imposing forwards in the world,” Pride general manager Haley Carter said in a statement. \u201cTurning only 24 years old this month, we have every confidence she will be an impact player in our attack for years to come.\u201d<\/p>\n

Banda had 16 goals and five assists with Shanghai Shengli last year. In 2020, she won the Chinese league’s Golden Boot with 18 goals in 13 matches.<\/p>\n

Banda, who made her international debut in 2016, scored in Zambia’s first-ever Women’s World Cup victory, a 3-1 group stage win over Costa Rica last summer in New Zealand. It was the 1,000th goal scored in the tournament’s history.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Mozambique. The Orlando Pride of the National Women’s Soccer League have acquired Zambian forward Barbra Banda for a club-record transfer fee. Banda signed a four-year deal with the Pride, who paid $740,000 to Chinese Women\u2019s Super League club Shanghai Shengli FC, the team said Thursday night. 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