Enekia Kasonga Lunyamila (born 20 April 2002) is a Tanzanian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Liga MX Femenil club Mazatlán and the Tanzania women's national team.[1][2]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Enekia Kasonga Lunyamila | ||
| Date of birth | 20 April 2002 | ||
| Place of birth | Kigoma, Tanzania | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Mazatlán | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Alliance FC | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016 | Alliance FC | 23 | (37) |
| 2018 | Ruvuma Queens | 34 | (27) |
| 2021 | Ausfaz Assa-Zag | 41 | (49) |
| 2023 | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | ||
| 2023–2024 | Eastern Flames | 14 | (7) |
| 2024– | Mazatlán | 3 | (1) |
| International career | |||
| 2019–2020 | Tanzania U20 | ||
| 2018– | Tanzania | 28 | (20) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 September 2024 | |||
International career
editKasonga played for the Tanzania national U-20 team in 2019 and 2020. She played a key role and scored 4 goals en route to the team winning the 2019 COSAFA U-20 Women's Championship. At the end of the competition she was adjudged player of the tournament.[3]
Kasonga capped for the Tanzania women's national team during the 2020 COSAFA Women's Championship and 2021 COSAFA Women's Championship.[4][5][6] She scored the lone goal, the winning goal in the 2021 final against Malawi to help Tanzania win the tournament for the first time in its history.[7][8]
Honours
editTanzania
Individual
- COSAFA U-20 Women's Championship Player of the Tournament: 2019[3]
- Best player of Morocco women's professional first league 2021/22
References
edit- ^ "Enekia Lunyamila". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
- ^ Duret, Sebastien. "COSAFA Women's Cup – La TANZANIE remporte son premier titre". Footofeminin.fr : le football au féminin (in French). Retrieved 1 March 2022.
- ^ a b c "South Africa claim COSAFA Women's Championship title, Tanzania clinch Under-20 gold". Council of Southern Africa Football Associations. 11 August 2019. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
- ^ "Tanzania go for youth at 2021 COSAFA Women's Championship". COSAFA. 20 September 2021.
- ^ Tanzania Football Federation [@Tanfootball] (16 October 2020). "Kikosi cha Timu ya Taifa ya Wanawake @twigastars kilichopo Kambini kujiandaa na mashindano ya COSAFA yatakayoanza Novemba 3-14 Afrika Kusini" [Squad of the National Women's Team @twigastars present at Camp to prepare for the COSAFA tournament which starts on November 3–14 in South Africa] (Tweet) (in Swahili) – via Twitter.
- ^ "Zimbabwe 0-1 Tanzania". COSAFA. 4 November 2020.
- ^ a b Philémon (10 October 2021). "COSAFA Cup (F): Tanzania beats Malawi to win the final". Sport News Africa. Archived from the original on 29 September 2022. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
- ^ "Tanzania stop Malawi to win COSAFA Women's Championship 2021 title". CAFOnline. CAF-Confedération Africaine du Football. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
External links
edit- Enekia Kasonga at Global Sports Archive
- Enekia Kasonga on Instagram
