Orlando Pride ve Zambiya milliyetinden Banda, geçen yıl içindeki başarısını göstererek 2023 Women's Ballon d'Or ödülünün beş adayından biri oldu. BBC Sport, genç oyuncunun kariyerine ve şu anki durumuna bakıyor.
Orlando Pride and Zambia striker Banda was one of five contenders shortlisted for the accolade for their achievements over the last 12 months, chosen by a panel of experts including coaches, players, administrators and journalists.But who is Banda ? BBC Spor t takes a look at the 24-year-old's career and her story so far.
Three years later in Paris, the Zambia captain scored four goals, including a first-half hat-trick against Australia, to become Africa's all-time top scorer - male or female - in Olympic football history with 10 goals. In 10 years of the BBC Women's Footballer of the Year award, Banda is one of only three Africans to have been nominated, and is the second to win it after NigerianIn 2022, despite being named in Zambia's original squad for the Women's Africa Cup of Nations , Banda was not selected for the tournament on gender eligibility grounds. The details of that decision have never been made fully clear.
Two sources have since told BBC Sport that Banda did not take a gender eligibility test in the lead-up to the tournament - despite the Zambian FA president's public statements saying so at the time. In 2022, Fifa announced it was reviewing its gender eligibility regulations "in consultation with expert stakeholders".At the time, the rules of African football's governing body, the Confederation of African Football , stipulated that all female players must undergo a pre-tournament gender verification test.
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