Ireen Lungu (born 6 October 1997) is a Zambian

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who plays as a

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for Sichuan and the Zambia women's national team.

International career

Lungu represented

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at the

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. She was named to the Zambia squad for the

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International goals

''Scores and results list Zambia's goal tally first''

Honours

Zambia * COSAFA Women's Championship:

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References

1997 births Living people Zambian women's footballers 21st-century Zambian sportswomen Zambia women's international footballers Women's association football midfielders Footballers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers for Zambia 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup players {{Zambia-women-footy-bio-stub