Fridah Mukoma
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 13 October 2006 | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Beijing (on loan from the Kansas City Current) | ||
| Number | 71 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2023–2025 | Beijing | 38 | (9) |
| 2025– | Kansas City Current | 0 | (0) |
| 2025 | → Beijing (loan) | ||
| International career‡ | |||
| –2023 | Zambia U17 | 2 | (0) |
| 2024– | Zambia | 4 | (4) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals as of 2 November 2024 | |||
Fridah Mukoma (born 13 October 2006) is a Zambian footballer who plays a forward for Chinese Women's Super League club Beijing, on loan from National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) side Kansas City Current and the Zambia national team.
Club career
[edit]She was awarded Young Player of the Year for the 2023/24 ZPL Women's Super League season on 22 June 2024.[1]
International career
[edit]In April 2024, she received a call-up to the under-17 team to play against Uganda in a doubleheader for the 2024 African U-17 Women's World Cup qualification.[2][3]
Eighteen-year-old Mukoma earned her maiden call-up to the Zambia senior national team on 17 October 2024, after being named in the preliminary squad nine days earlier to participate in the 2024 COSAFA Women's Championship.[4] On 29 October 2024, she scored her first goals for the team, scoring a hat-trick in a 7–0 victory over Comoros.[5]
International goals
[edit]| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 29 October 2024 | Madibaz Stadium, Gqeberha, South Africa |  Comoros | 1–0 | 7–0 | 2024 COSAFA Women's Championship |
| 2. | 3–0 | |||||
| 3. | 6–0 | |||||
| 4. | 31 October 2024 | Isaac Wolfson Stadium, Ibhayi, South Africa |  Malawi | 2–0 | 2–0 | |
| 5. | 8 April 2025 | Yongchuan Sports Center, Chongqing, China |  Uzbekistan | 3–0 | 4–3 | 2025 Yongchuan International Tournament |
References
[edit]- ↑ "Fridah Mukoma Named ZPL Women's Young Player of the Year at 2024 Awards Gala". ZESCO Ndola Girls. 22 June 2024. Retrieved 1 November 2024 – via facebook.
- ↑ "Kanyemba trims Zambia U17 squad ahead of Uganda battle". africatopsports.com. 30 April 2024. Retrieved 1 November 2024.
Fridah Mukoma (ZESCO Ndola Girls)
- ↑ "Copper Princesses thrash Pataaki in practice match ahead of Uganda clash". zambianfootball.co.zm. 9 May 2024. Retrieved 1 November 2024.
Fridah with another thunderbolt before she completed her hattrick
- ↑ "Katongo and Belemu headline Copper Queens' COSAFA squad". zambianfootball.co.zm. 17 October 2024. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
- ↑ "COSAFA Women's Championship: Zambia maul Comoros 7-0". africatopsports.com. 29 October 2024. Retrieved 1 November 2024.
Mukoma clinched her hat trick in the 75th minute
External links
[edit]- Fridah Mukoma at Global Sports Archive
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