Maggie Chombo

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Maggie Chombo
Nationality Malawian
Other namesMaggie Chombo-Sadicki
CitizenshipMalawi
Occupation(s)player and coach
Known forpioneer coach of women's football

Maggie Chombo or Maggie Chombo-Sadiki was a footballer. She was the Malawian national football coach from 2016 to 2018. She was the head coach of Blantyre Zero and the Nyasa Big Bullets Women's team.

Life

In 2013 she was a coach and player with Blantyre Zero as women's football was emerging. She complained that women's teams were facing discrimination as the stadium owners would not let women's teams use their venues. Reasons offered for refusals were thought to be invented and the real reason was blamed on superstition as they though the women would bring bad luck. [1]

In 2016 she succeeded Thom Mkorongo as the National Women's Coach. She had a two year contract. In 2018 at the Cosafa Championship her team had mixed results. They were beaten by Botswana 2-0 to Botswana but they beat the Madagascar team. Their match against South Africa ended with a 6-0 defeat. [2] She was succeeded as coach by Stuart Mbolembole and she was one of his deputies until he resigned. [3]

The Football Association of Malawi's General Secretary Alfred Gunda announced her as the Head Coach for the national Under 20 Women’s Football Team in January 2020. She was to prepare the team for the 2020 FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup qualifiers which began with a match against Zimbabwe. [4]

In 2022 she was the head coach of the Nyasa Big Bullets Women's team. In December they had scored 90 goals and they were top of their league. [5]

She has been learning more about coaching from Desiree Ellis in South Africa. At the end of 2023 she went to FIFA's headquarters in Zurich to graduate with a coaching qualification. [6]

Chombo-Sadiki's national under-20 team beat the Central African Republic team in a match played at the Bingu National Stadium in a 3-1 win. [7]

References

  1. ↑ "Women soccer sidelined in Malawi". Nation Online. 2013-08-17. Retrieved 2025-08-09.
  2. ↑ "She-Flames coaches' contracts expire - The Times Group Malawi". times.mw. Archived from the original on 2022-05-17. Retrieved 2025-08-09.
  3. ↑ "She-Flames coach Stuart Mbolembole quits". times.mw. Archived from the original on 2022-05-22. Retrieved 2025-08-09.
  4. ↑ "Maggie Chombo appointed Malawi U-20 women's football team coach". 2020-01-06. Retrieved 2025-08-09.
  5. ↑ Loka, Kimpho (2022-12-09). "Interview | Maggie Chombo ahead of Blantyre Hotspurs encounter". FCB Nyasa Big Bullets FC. Retrieved 2025-08-09.
  6. ↑ "Maggie Chombo-Sadik to add badge in Switzerland". The Times Group. 2023-11-25. Retrieved 2025-08-09.
  7. ↑ Mabuka, Dennis (2025-05-12). "Malawi U20 see off Central African Republic in qualifier - Africa Top Sports" . Retrieved 2025-08-08.
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