Tabitha Chawinga: First African Woman To Win Serie A Golden Boot

Tabitha Chawinga is a professional footballer from Malawi. She plays as a forward in Italy for the women's Serie A club, Inter Milan and the women's national team of Malawi.

Although on loan from Wuhan Jianghan University FC of China, she succeeded in making history by becoming the first African female footballer to win the Serie A Golden Boot.

Born 22 May 1996 in Lilangwe, Malawi, the 26 year old emulated Nigeria's Victor Osimhen who won the Golden Boot for the Men's category of the Serie A of the same 2022-23 season.

Osimhen win the Golden Boot with 31 goals for Napoli write while Chawinga scored 23 goals in 23 appearances for Inter Milan to claim the award and the two made history in what has become the first African double.

Chawinga and Osimhen's winners have become the first time African players will claim the Serie A Golden Boots titles for both men and women categories in the same season.

Congrats to Tabitha Chawinga for representing Africa in such height in Italy and Europe as a whole.