France-based Malawian women’s football star Tabitha Chawinga registered her name on the scoresheet as Olympique Lyonnais Women defeated Paris Saint-Germain 1-0 on Sunday.
Tabitha netted the only goal of the match in the 23rd minute when she outpaced two PSG defenders before firing into the top corner of the net.
It was her seventh goal of the campaign.
Tabitha is third on the top goal scorers’ chart and is three goals behind the leading goal scorer Romee Leuchter of PSG.
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Mervielle Kanjinga Nagunji and Aude Gbedjissi are joint-second leading goal scorers with eight goals.
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Tabitha said she was delighted with her performance against her former club.
“Some goals just mean more,” she wrote on her Facebook page.
She equalled her goal tally in the league in her Lyon debut season last year.
Prior to her move to Lyon, the Malawian spent one season at PSG on loan from Chinese side Wuhan Jiangda.
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She had a good season with PSG, having won the D1 Arkema Feminine top goal scorer award with 19 goals and 11 assists in 2024.
In addition, Tabitha was named Player of the Season in France during the same year.
Following her impressive performance, Tabitha was named the seventh best female footballer in the world in 2024.
In 2023, she made history when she became the first female African player to win the golden boot award in Italy, where she scored 23 goals for Inter Milan Women.
In China, she won several accolades and four titles with two Chinese sides Wuhan and Jiangsu Sunning.
