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
| 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.
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No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 13 September 2017 | rowspan=2| Barbourfields Stadium, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe | {{fbw|MWI}} | align=center|6–3 | align=center| 6–3 | rowspan=2| 2017 COSAFA Women's Championship |
2. | 17 September 2017 | {{fbw|MAD}} | align=center|7–1 | align=center| 7–1 | ||
3. | 18 September 2018 | rowspan=11| Wolfson Stadium, KwaZakele, South Africa | {{fbw|MOZ}} | align=center|1–0 | align=center| 3–0 | 2018 COSAFA Women's Championship |
4. | rowspan=8| 1 August 2019 | rowspan=8| {{fbw|MRI}} | align=center|1–0 | rowspan=8 align=center| 15–0 | rowspan=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 2019 | rowspan=2| {{fbw|BOT}} | align=center|1–0 | rowspan=2 align=center| 4–0 | ||
13. | align=center|4–0 | |||||
14. | 21 February 2023 | Miracle Sports Complex, Alanya, Turkey | {{fbw|UZB}} | align=center|2–0 | align=center| 4–0 | 2023 Turkish Women's Cup |
15. | 25 February 2025 | REIZ Stadium, Lusaka, Zambia | {{fbw|MWI}} | align=center|2–3 | align=center| 2–3 | Friendly |
16. | 5 April 2025 | Yongchuan Sports Center, Chongqing, China | {{fbw|THA}} | align=center|1–1 | align=center| 2–3 | 2025 Yongchuan International Tournament |
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/c/jugador.html?id=27433 Racheal Nachula] at BDFútbol
- {{World Athletics}}
- {{GSA player|id=rachael-nachula/435801}}
{{Zambia women's football squad 2024 Summer Olympics}}
{{COSAFA Women's Championship Golden Boot}}
{{Authority control}}
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Category:Sportspeople from Lusaka
Category:Zambian women's footballers
Category:21st-century Zambian sportswomen
Category:Women's association football forwards
Category:Green Buffaloes F.C. players
Category:Segunda Federación (women) players
Category:Zambia women's international footballers
Category:Zambian expatriate women's footballers
Category:Zambian expatriate sportspeople in Spain
Category:Expatriate women's footballers in Spain
Category:Zambian female sprinters
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
Category:Commonwealth Games competitors for Zambia
Category:Olympic athletes for Zambia
Category:Olympic footballers for Zambia
Category:Footballers at the 2024 Summer Olympics
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