Diana Msewa

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Personal information
Full name Diana Lucas Msewa
Date of birth (2001-11-13) 13 November 2001 (age 23)
Place of birth Mbeya, Tanzania
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Trabzonspor
Number 80
Youth career
2010 Ruvuma Queens
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016 Ruvuma Queens 60 (48)
2021–2023 Ausfaz Assa Zag 43 (25)
2023–2024 Amed 25 (8)
2024– Trabzonspor 1 (0)
International career
2018 Tanzania 30 (25)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 September 2024

Diana Lucas Msewa (born 13 November 2001) is a Tanzanian professional women's football forward who plays in the Turkish Super League for Trabzonspor and the Tanzania women's national team.[1]

Club career

In September 2023, Msewa moved to Turkey, and signed with the Diyarbakır-based club Amed to play in the Super League.[2][3] She scored eight goals in 25 matches.[2] The next season, she transferred to Trabzonspor.[2][4]

International career

In 2019, Msewa earned a call up to the Tanzania women's under-20 team for the inaugural 2019 COSAFA U-20 Women's Championship.[5] At the end of the competition they emerged champions after defeating Zambia by 2–1 in the final.[6] During the 2020 African U-20 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament, Msewa scored both first goals in the first and second legs of the preliminary round qualifiers against Uganda leading to the 4–2 victory on aggregate to advance to the first round.[7][8][9]

In 2019, she was promoted to the senior team and made the squad for the 2019 CECAFA Women's Championship. She later named in the 2021 COSAFA Women's Championship squad list.[10] She played four matches during the competition as Tanzania emerged champions for the first time in history.[1][11]

Honours

References

  1. ^ a b "Diana Msewa". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
  2. ^ a b c "Diana Lucas Msewa" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
  3. ^ "Amed Sportif 9 maç sonra kazandı". Amatörün Dünyası (in Turkish). 11 March 2024. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
  4. ^ "Trabzonspor yeni forvet transferini resmen açıkladı!". Haber 61 (in Turkish). 18 September 2024. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
  5. ^ Ahmadu, Samuel (27 July 2019). "Twiga Stars news: Aisha Masaka and Irene Kisisa named in Cosafa U20 Women's Championship squad". Goal. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
  6. ^ "Botswana, Zambia draw, meet in semis". Zambia Daily Mail. 7 August 2019. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
  7. ^ "Tanzania ejects Uganda in 2020 FIFA U-20 women's world cup qualifiers". The Independent Uganda. 2 February 2020. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
  8. ^ Mabuka, Dennis (20 January 2020). "U20 World Cup: Tanzania claim slim advantage after comeback against Uganda". Goal. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
  9. ^ Dozie, Uche (1 February 2020). "🇹🇿U20 WWC:Qualifiers: Zimbabwe, Tanzania advance ahead of Malawi and Uganda". KICK442. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
  10. ^ "Tanzania go for youth at 2021 COSAFA Women's Championship". COSAFA. 20 September 2021.
  11. ^ a b "Tanzania stop Malawi to win COSAFA Women's Championship 2021 title". CAFOnline. CAF-Confedération Africaine du Football. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
  12. ^ "South Africa claim COSAFA Women's Championship title, Tanzania clinch Under-20 gold". Council of Southern Africa Football Associations. Retrieved 3 November 2020.


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