Memory Phiri

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Memory Phiri
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-05-12) 12 May 1998 (age 25)
Place of birth Chilubi, Zambia
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2015–2016 Northern Oklahoma Mavericks 39 (31)
2017–2018 Southwestern Oklahoma State Bulldogs
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2013–2014 Green Buffaloes Women's Football Club 30 (42)
International career‡
2013–2014 Zambia U17 7 (5)
2015– Zambia U20 2 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 November 2017
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23 November 2017

Memory Phiri (born 12 May 1998) is a Zambian association football forward who plays for Southwestern Oklahoma State University in the United States of America. [1]

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Club career

After playing for the high school in Lusaka, she joined the Green Buffaloes Women’s Football Team from 2013 to 2014 where she scored 42 goals in 30 appearances. In 2015, she was offered a scholarship to study medicine at Northern Oklahoma College in the United States of America. [2] [3] She played for the college from 2015 to 2016 where she scored 31 goals in 31 appearances.

Southwest Oklahoma State University (SWOSU) named Memory Phiri the Great American Conference Offensive Player of the Week (i.e. week two of October 2018) making it twice in 2018 season. [4]

International

She was invited for the trials for Zambia's inaugural women's Under-17 side and was later selected for a tournament in Sweden where she scored a bicycle kick. [5] From that impressive performance, she received a call-up for the Under-17 World Cup qualifiers. She represented Zambia at the 2014 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Costa Rica, turning out in all three games as Zambia won one game on its tournament debut. [6] [7]

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References

  1. ↑ "Memory Phiri - Player Profile - Football". Eurosport. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
  2. ↑ "U-20 striker gets USA scholarship – Zambia Daily Mail". Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
  3. ↑ "Zambia : U-20 female player gets US college sponsorship". Lusakatimes.com. 30 June 2015. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
  4. ↑ "Memory Phiri Earns Second GAC Offensive Player of the Week Honor".
  5. ↑ "How some lesser-known African footballers are making a career around the world". Bbc.com. 15 November 2017. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
  6. ↑ "FIFA Tournaments - Players & Coaches - Memory PHIRI". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 1 October 2015. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
  7. ↑ "FIFA Tournaments - Players & Coaches - Memory PHIRI". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 1 October 2015. Retrieved 23 November 2017.


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