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"She would encourage me. She told me to focus on school but also play football because I like it. So, she understood me so well and it really gave me the zeal to keep on going"
Hazel NaliThe development is very great and I feel everyone now is focused to sa — Hazel Nali
"The development is very great and I feel everyone now is focused to say we can go further - even to those people that were doubting themselves are now encouraged"
Hazel Nali
Hazel Nali
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Hazel Natasha Nali is a Zambian professional women's footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for ZESCO Ndola Girls in the FAZ Super Division and the Zambia women's national team. She played for the senior national team at the 2014 African Women's Championship at the 2018 Africa Women Cup of Nations, at the 2020 COSAFA Women's Championship, and at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
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