Malawi women’s football poster girl Tabitha Chawinga scored a brace in back-to-back matches as Paris Saint-Germain Féminine thrashed Bordeaux 8-1 in the French Division 1 on Saturday.
The brace means Tabitha has nine goals in the league and is the joint top goal scorer alongside Ader Hegerberg of Olympique Lyonnais.
Tabitha’s teammate Marie Antoinette Katoto and Kadidiatou Diani are second joint top goal scorers with eight goals each.
The Malawian is also second on the list of assists in the league with six, two behind Diani.
She came on as a second half substitute in the 68th minute and it took only three minutes for her to register her name on the score sheet when she tapped in a rebound in the 71st minute.
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Tabitha completed her brace two minutes to full time with a fine strike.
Grace Geroyo opened the scoring for PSG in the 28th minute.
But Armalie Vangsgaard and Katoto scored a brace each whereas Sandy Baltimore scored one goal.
Tabitha was excited with the performance of the team.
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“Nine goals and six assists, still counting,” she wrote on her Facebook page.
Following the victory, PSG Women are second on the log table with 31 points from 12 matches, five points behind leaders Lyon.
Malawi Women’s National Football Team Coach Lovemore Fazili hailed the forward for her exploits and also paid tribute to all foreign country-based players.
“It is good that all players are working hard at their respective clubs. For Tabitha, she is a true leader on and off the pitch,” Fazili said.
Tabitha made history last season when she won the Italian Serie A Golden Boot award with 23 goals in 21 matches for Inter Milan Women while on loan from Chinese side Wuhan Jiangda.
She is also on a season-long loan deal at PSG from Wuhan.
Tabitha has a good history of winning golden boot awards in her debut season in all countries she has played since 2014 in Sweden.
In China, she won the same award with 17 goals in 2017.
