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Fridah Mukoma

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Fridah Mukoma
Personal information
Date of birth (2006-10-13) 13 October 2006 (age 18)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
ZESCO Ndola Girls
Number 71
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2023– ZESCO Ndola Girls 38 (9)
International career
–2023 Zambia U17 2 (0)
2024– Zambia 4 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 2 November 2024

Fridah Mukoma (born 13 October 2006) is a Zambian footballer who plays a forward for ZPL Women's Super League club ZESCO Ndola Girls and the Zambia national team.

Club career

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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

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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

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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

References

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  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ "Kanyemba trims Zambia U17 squad ahead of Uganda battle". africatopsports.com. 30 April 2024. Retrieved 1 November 2024. Fridah Mukoma (ZESCO Ndola Girls)
  3. ^ "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
  4. ^ "Katongo and Belemu headline Copper Queens' COSAFA squad". zambianfootball.co.zm. 17 October 2024. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
  5. ^ "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
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