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 her 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. 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. 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. She is Africa's all-time top scorer in Olympic history.
Goals 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. + International goals by date, venue, opponent, score, result and competition 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 1–0 1–1 3 17 September 2017 2–0 2–1 4 2–1 5 21 September 2017 1–0 3–3 6 23 September 2017 1–1 1–1 7 4 April 2018 National Stadium, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania 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 10 13 September 2018 Wolfson Stadium, Ibhayi, South Africa 2–0 2–0 2018 COSAFA Women's Championship 11 18 September 2018 3–0 3–0 12 4 November 2020 1–0 8–0 13 2–0 14 6–0 15 28 November 2020 Estadio San Carlos de Apoquindo, Santiago, Chile 1–1 2–1 Friendly 16 10 April 2021 Bidvest Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa 1–0 1–3 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 1–1 4–4 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 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 33 9 September 2022 1–0 2–1 34 11 September 2022 Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Gqeberha, South Africa 1–0 1–0 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 38 7 July 2023 Sportpark Ronhof Thomas Sommer, Fürth, Germany 1–0 3–2 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 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 50 28 February 2024 1–0 3–3 2024 Summer Olympic qualifiers 51 3–3 52 9 April 2024 Moulay Hassan Stadium, Rabat, Morocco 1–0 2–0 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 58 14 April 2026 Arena Pantanal, Cuiabá, Brazil 1–2 1–6 2026 FIFA Series 59 18 April 2026 1–0 1–1 60 28 July 2026 Rabat Olympic Stadium, Casablanca, Morocco 2–0 6–0 2026 Women's Africa Cup of Nations 61 3–0 62 4–0 63 6–0 64 5 August 2026 Al Medina Stadium, Rabat, Morocco 1–0 2−1
Hat-tricks + OpponentGoalsScoreVenueCompetitionDate13 – (30', 52', 70')8–0Wolfson Stadium, Ibhayi, South Africa2020 COSAFA Women's Championship4 November 202023 – (19', 82', 83')3–10Miyagi Stadium, Rifu, Japan2020 Summer Olympics21 July 202133 – (43', 46', 69')4–4Miyagi Stadium, Rifu, Japan2020 Summer Olympics24 July 202145 – (11', 30', 48', 52', 56')7–0NMU Stadium, Gqeberha, South Africa2022 COSAFA Women's Championship4 September 202253 – (5', 24', 89')6–2Moulay Hassan Stadium, Rabat, MoroccoFriendly26 September 202363 – (44', 45+2', 64')6–0Estádio 22 de Junho, Luanda, Angola2024 Women's Africa Cup of Nations qualification29 November 202373 – (1', 33', 45+2)5–6Stade de Nice, Nice, France2024 Summer Olympics28 July 202484 – (60', 63', 87', 90+6)6–0 Rabat Olympic Stadium, Casablanca, Morocco 2026 Women's Africa Cup of Nations28 July 2026
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+Goals by competitionCompetitionGoalsFIFA World Cup1Summer Olympics10Summer Olympics qualifiers4Africa Cup of Nations 5Africa Cup of Nations qualification7COSAFA Championship21Turkish Cup12026 FIFA Series2Friendlies13Total64
+Goals by opponentOpponentGoals975443333322222211111111Total64
See also List of top international women's football goal scorers by country
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