![]() Chirewa in 2025 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Tawanda Blessing Chirewa [1] | ||
Date of birth | 12 October 2003 | ||
Place of birth | Chelmsford, England | ||
Position(s) | Right winger | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Wolverhampton Wanderers | ||
Number | 23 | ||
Youth career | |||
–2019 | Ipswich Town | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2019–2023 | Ipswich Town | 0 | (0) |
2023– | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 8 | (0) |
2024–2025 | → Derby County (loan) | 7 | (0) |
2025 | → Huddersfield Town (loan) | 13 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2024– | Zimbabwe | 6 | (2) |
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 4 January 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 25 March 2025 |
Tawanda Blessing Chirewa (born 12 October 2003) is a professional footballer who plays as a right winger for Premier League club Wolverhampton Wanderers. Born in England, he represents Zimbabwe internationally.
Chirewa made his debut for Ipswich Town on 12 November 2019, appearing as a second-half substitute in a 1–0 away loss to Colchester United in an EFL Trophy group stage match, he became the second youngest player to make his first-team debut for the club, after Connor Wickham, at 16 years and 31 days old. [2] On 14 July 2020, it was announced that Chirewa had signed a two-year scholarship with Ipswich. [3]
He signed his first professional contract with Ipswich on 2 November 2020, signing a deal until 2022, with the option of an additional year extension. [4]
On 18 September 2023, Chirewa signed for Premier League club Wolverhampton Wanderers, joining the club's Under-21s side. [5]
Chirewa made his debut Wolves First XI appearance, as a second-half substitute, in the FA Cup away to Brentford on 5 January 2024. [6]
Chirewa made his Premier League debut, as a second-half substitute, in a 0–0 draw away to Brighton & Hove Albion on 22 January 2024. [7]
Chirewa made his first appearance in a Black Country derby in the Fourth Round of the F.A. Cup, in a 2–0 victory against West Bromwich Albion at The Hawthorns on 28 January 2024. His appearance came as a second-half substitute after crowd unrest breaking out in sections of the ground designated for West Brom supporters led the game to be suspended for half an hour. [8]
On 26 August 2024, Chirewa signed on loan with Derby County until the end of the season. [9] Chirewa made his debut a day later in the EFL Cup at Barrow. [10] A concussion sustained on international duty would rule him of two games in September. [11] Chirewa made his first start for Derby County at Sunderland on 1 October 2024. [12] After this match, he sustained a "freak" quad injury which is expected to rule him out of action for four to eight weeks. [13] After making only six appearances for Derby, Chirewa's loan was ended early after Derby activated an option to end the loan on 13 January 2025. [14]
On 3 February 2025, Chrewa signed with EFL League One club Huddersfield Town on loan until the end of the season. [15]
In March 2024, Chirewa was called up by the Zimbabwe national team. [16]
Chirewa made his debut for Zimbabwe on 7 June 2024 in a World Cup qualifier against Lesotho at the Orlando Stadium in Johannesburg, South Africa. He started the game and played 68 minutes, as Lesotho won the game 2–0. [17] He scored his first international goal in the next game four days later, a 3–1 loss to South Africa. [18]
Born in England, Chirewa is of Zimbabwean descent. [19]
Club | Season | Division | League | FA Cup | EFL Cup | Other | Total | |||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
Ipswich Town | 2019–20 [20] | League One | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 [a] | 0 | 1 | 0 |
2020–21 [21] | League One | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
2021–22 [22] | League One | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
2022–23 [23] | League One | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 [a] | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
Total | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
Wolverhampton Wanderers | 2023–24 [24] | Premier League | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 10 | 0 | |
2024–25 [25] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
Total | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
Derby County (loan) | 2024–25 [25] | Championship | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | |
Career total | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Zimbabwe | 2024 | 4 | 1 |
2025 | 2 | 1 | |
Total | 6 | 2 |
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 11 June 2024 | Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein, South Africa | ![]() | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification |
2. | 25 March 2025 | Godswill Akpabio International Stadium, Uyo, Nigeria | ![]() | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification |