Bizwell Phiri

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Bizwell Phiri
Personal information
Place of birth Zambia
Date of death 1994
Place of death South Africa
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1988 Jomo Cosmos
International career
1978–1980 Zambia 4 (2)
Managerial career
1992–1994 Bush Bucks
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Bizwell Phiri (died 1994) was a Zambian football player and manager.

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Career

Phiri played as a defender for Zambia in the 1978 African Cup of Nations, where he scored a goal against Upper Volta. [1] He joined South African side Jomo Cosmos F.C. in 1988. [2]

After he retired from playing, Phiri became a football coach. In 1992, he was appointed manager of Bush Bucks F.C., [3] and led the club to the 1993 Coca-Cola Challenge Cup title. [4]

Personal

In 1994, Phiri was killed in an automobile accident in South Africa. [5] [6]

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