Kinnah Phiri

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Kinnah Phiri
Personal information
Date of birth (1954-10-30) 30 October 1954 (age 69)
Place of birth Blantyre, Malawi
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1973–1981 Big Bullets
1982–1984 Manzini Wanderers
International career
1973–1981 Malawi [1] 117 (71)
Managerial career
2004–2005 Big Bullets
2006–2007 Malawi (caretaker)
2007–2008 Free State Stars
2008–2013 Malawi
2014 Free State Stars
2014–2015 Free State Stars
2017 Mochudi Centre Chiefs
2017–2020 Jwaneng Galaxy
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Kinnah Phiri (born 30 October 1954) is a Malawian football coach and former player who most recently coached Jwaneng Galaxy. He is the Deputy Director of Sports in the Ministry of Youth and Sports.

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He is the all-time top goalscorer for the Malawi national team, having scored 71 goals in 117 games. [2]

Playing career

Born in Blantyre, Kinnah began playing football for local side Big Bullets, and in 1982 was offered a contract by UAE club Sharjah SC. He was not allowed to leave the country, but he moved to Swaziland to play for Manzini Wanderers where he would finish his playing career. [3]

Phiri was the inspiration behind the Malawi national team's finest hours in the late 1970s when Malawi twice won the East and Central Africa Challenge Cup. He scored 71 goals in 115 games. [4]

In his club career, he stated that he had scored over 700 goals. [5]

Coaching career

Career statistics

Scores and results list Malawi's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Phiri goal.
List of international goals scored by Kinnah Phiri
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
120 January 1974 Curepipe, MauritiusFlag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius 2–2 Friendly
26 July 1974 Blantyre, MalawiFlag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast 5–1Friendly
331 December 1974Blantyre, MalawiFlag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania 3–3Friendly
4
531 January 1975 Lilongwe, MalawiFlag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius 1–1Friendly
62 February 1975Blantyre, MalawiFlag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius 3–0Friendly
723 February 1975 Dar-es-Salaam, TanzaniaFlag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania 1–3Friendly
827 February 1975 Zanzibar, TanzaniaFlag of Zanzibar.svg  Zanzibar 7–2Friendly
9
10
11
1229 March 1975Blantyre, MalawiFlag of Zambia (1964-1996).svg  Zambia 1–6 1976 African Cup of Nations qualification
1313 April 1975 Lusaka, ZambiaFlag of Zambia (1964-1996).svg  Zambia 3–31976 African Cup of Nations qualification
14
1510 July 1975Lilongwe, MalawiFlag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 3–1Friendly
16
1731 August 1975Blantyre, MalawiFlag of Zambia (1964-1996).svg  Zambia 1–1 Football at the 1976 Summer Olympics
181 November 1975 Ndola, ZambiaFlag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania 3–1 1975 CECAFA Cup
19
20
217 November 1975 Chingola, ZambiaFlag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 2–11975 CECAFA Cup
229 November 1975Lusaka, ZambiaFlag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 2–21975 CECAFA Cup
2328 February 1976Blantyre, MalawiFlag of Lesotho (1966-1987).svg  Lesotho 4–1Friendly
246 July 1976Blantyre, MalawiFlag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 3–0Friendly
257 July 1976Blantyre, MalawiFlag of Sierra Leone.svg  Sierra Leone 4–2Friendly
264 September 1976Blantyre, MalawiFlag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 1–1Friendly
2713 September 1976Blantyre, MalawiFlag of Botswana.svg  Botswana 7–1Friendly
28
29
30
3115 September 1976Lilongwe, MalawiFlag of Botswana.svg  Botswana 3–0Friendly
32
3324 October 1976Blantyre, MalawiFlag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius 1–1 1978 African Cup of Nations qualification
3431 October 1976Curepipe, MauritiusFlag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius 2–31978 African Cup of Nations qualification
359 November 1976Zanzibar, TanzaniaFlag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 2–2 1976 CECAFA Cup
3627 March 1977Lusaka, ZambiaFlag of Zambia (1964-1996).svg  Zambia 1–8Friendly
3730 September 1977 Gaborone, BotswanaFlag of Botswana.svg  Botswana 2–0Friendly
381 October 1977Gaborone, BotswanaFlag of Botswana.svg  Botswana 5–1Friendly
39
40
41
42
4311 November 1977Lilongwe, MalawiFlag of Lesotho (1966-1987).svg  Lesotho 3–0Friendly
4413 November 1977Blantyre, MalawiFlag of Lesotho (1966-1987).svg  Lesotho 6–1Friendly Friendly
4529 November 1977 Mogadishu, SomaliaFlag of Zambia (1964-1996).svg  Zambia 1–0 1977 CECAFA Cup
468 December 1977Mogadishu SomaliaFlag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 2–11977 CECAFA Cup
4712 December 1977 Nairobi, KenyaFlag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 1–1 Jamburi Cup
4818 June 1978Blantyre, MalawiFlag of Zambia (1964-1996).svg  Zambia 1–2Friendly
496 July 1978Blantyre, MalawiFlag of Sierra Leone.svg  Sierra Leone 5–0Friendly
50
5118 July 1978 Alger, AlgeriaFlag of Egypt (1972-1984).svg  Egypt 1–4 Football at the 1978 All-Africa Games
5225 July 1978Alger, AlgeriaFlag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 2–3 Football at the 1978 All-Africa Games
53
5422 October 1978Blantyre, MalawiFlag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 1–1Friendly
5524 October 1978Lilongwe, MalawiFlag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 2–1Friendly
56
575 November 1978Blantyre, MalawiFlag of Somalia.svg  Somalia 3–1 1978 CECAFA Cup
5811 November 1978Blantyre, MalawiFlag of Zambia (1964-1996).svg  Zambia 2–11978 CECAFA Cup
5917 November 1978Lilongwe, MalawiFlag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 2–01978 CECAFA Cup
6019 November 1978Blantyre, MalawiFlag of Zambia (1964-1996).svg  Zambia 3–21978 CECAFA Cup
613 December 1978 Antananarivo, MadagascarFlag of Madagascar.svg  Madagascar 1–2 1978 FIFA World Cup qualification
6217 December 1978Blantyre, MalawiFlag of Madagascar.svg  Madagascar 5–11978 FIFA World Cup qualification
63
646 July 1979Blantyre, MalawiFlag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 1–0Friendly
6525 August 1979 Maseru, LesothoFlag of Lesotho (1966-1987).svg  Lesotho 3–0Friendly
66
677 November 1979 Mombasa, KenyaFlag of Sudan.svg  Sudan 4–0 1979 CECAFA Cup
6818 April 1981 Gweru, ZimbabweFlag of Botswana.svg  Botswana 5–2Friendly
69
7019 June 1981Blantyre, MalawiFlag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania 4–1Friendly
7121 June 1981Lilongwe, MalawiFlag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania 3–1Friendly

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References

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  2. ↑ "How a village boy became Malawi's legend". The Herald (Zimbabwe) . 3 February 2021. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
  3. ↑ "Malawi football back on the map". Africa News. 25 November 2008. Archived from the original on 2 December 2008.
  4. ↑ Andrews, Crispin (3 April 2017). "The 12 players who've scored more international goals than Cristiano Ronaldo". FourFourTwo . Archived from the original on 29 June 2018. Retrieved 3 April 2017.
  5. ↑ "How Kinnah Phiri rose from village boy to Malawi's greatest legend – Panafricanfootball". Archived from the original on 8 March 2022. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
  6. ↑ "Kinnah promises Malawians race to Angola will go right down to the wire". Archived from the original on 15 January 2010. Retrieved 29 June 2009.


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