Racheal Nachula

{{short description|Zambian sprinter and footballer (born 1986)}}

{{BLP sources|date=November 2018}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2018}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Racheal Nachula

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1986|1|14}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.olympic.org/racheal-nachula|title=Racheal NACHULA|website=Olympic|accessdate=27 June 2020}}

| birth_place = Lusaka, Zambia

| height = 1.69 m{{Cite web|url=https://zaragozacff.es/r-nachula-nueva-incorporacion-para-el-zaragoza-cff/|title=R NACHULA nueva incorporación para el Zaragoza CFF|language=es|website=Zaragoza CFF|date=22 June 2020|accessdate=27 June 2020}}

| position = Forward

| currentclub = Hapoel Katamon Jerusalem

| clubnumber = 21

| years1 = 20??–2020

| clubs1 = Green Buffaloes

| years2 = 2020–2023

| clubs2 = Zaragoza CFF

| caps2 = 42

| goals2 = 12

| clubs3 = Hapoel Katamon Jerusalem

| caps3 = 2

| goals3 = 2

| nationalyears1 =

| nationalteam1 = Zambia

| nationalcaps1 =

| nationalgoals1 =

| pcupdate = 12 September 2023

| years3 = 2023–

}}

Racheal Nachula (born 14 January 1986) is a Zambian footballer and former sprinter who plays as a forward for Israeli Premier League club Hapoel Katamon Jerusalem and the Zambia women's national team.{{Cite web|url=https://allafrica.com/stories/201503131128.html|title=Zambia: Nachula Dropped From Shepolopolo|website=allAfrica.com|date=12 March 2015|accessdate=11 March 2020}}

Athletics

Specialized in the 400 metres,{{Cite web|url=https://www.cosafa.com/nachula-entra-para-o-guinness-do-cosafa-eswatini-surpreende-mocambique-e-botswana-triunfa/|title=Nachula entra para o "Guinness do COSAFA", Eswatini surpreende Moçambique e Botswana triunfa|language=pt|accessdate=11 March 2020|website=COSAFA|date=1 August 2019}} Nachula won the bronze medal at the 2008 African Championships, in a personal best time of 51.39 seconds. She competed at the 2006 Commonwealth Games, the 2006 World Junior Championships, the 2008 World Indoor Championships, and the 2008 Summer Olympics without qualifying for the final round. She won the silver medal in the 400 m at the 2009 African Junior Athletics Championships, recording a time of 53.34 seconds.[http://www.africanathletics.org/?p=245 2009 Africa Junior Athletics Championships – Full results]. African Athletics (2009-08-02). Retrieved on 2009-09-30.

She also has 23.42 seconds in the 200 metres, achieved in May 2007 in Gaborone.{{citation needed|date=July 2022}}

Football

=International career=

On 3 July 2024, Nachula was called up to the Zambia squad for the 2024 Summer Olympics.{{cite tweet|number=1808448140476911849|user=Copper_Queens|title=COPPER QUEENS FINAL SQUAD FOR OLYMPICS|author=Zambia WNT|date=3 July 2024|access-date=7 July 2024}}

=International goals=

:''Scores and results list Zambia's goal tally first.

class="wikitable"
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.13 September 2017rowspan=2| Barbourfields Stadium, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe{{fbw|MWI}}align=center|6–3align=center| 6–3rowspan=2| 2017 COSAFA Women's Championship
2.17 September 2017{{fbw|MAD}}align=center|7–1align=center| 7–1
3.18 September 2018rowspan=11| Wolfson Stadium, KwaZakele, South Africa{{fbw|MOZ}}align=center|1–0align=center| 3–02018 COSAFA Women's Championship
4.rowspan=8| 1 August 2019rowspan=8| {{fbw|MRI}}align=center|1–0rowspan=8 align=center| 15–0rowspan=10| 2019 COSAFA Women's Championship
5.align=center|3–0
6.align=center|5–0
7.align=center|8–0
8.align=center|9–0
9.align=center|10–0
10.align=center|12–0
11.align=center|15–0
12.rowspan=2| 8 August 2019rowspan=2| {{fbw|BOT}}align=center|1–0rowspan=2 align=center| 4–0
13.align=center|4–0
14.21 February 2023Miracle Sports Complex, Alanya, Turkey{{fbw|UZB}}align=center|2–0align=center| 4–02023 Turkish Women's Cup
15.25 February 2025REIZ Stadium, Lusaka, Zambia{{fbw|MWI}}align=center|2–3align=center| 2–3Friendly
16.5 April 2025Yongchuan Sports Center, Chongqing, China{{fbw|THA}}align=center|1–1align=center| 2–32025 Yongchuan International Tournament

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