Yamikani Chester

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Yamikani Chester
Personal information
Date of birth (1994-12-20) 20 December 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth Blantyre, Malawi
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position Winger
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2012–2017 Azam Tigers
2017–2018 BE FORWARD Wanderers
2018–2019 MFK Vyškov 0 (0)
2019 → North Carolina FC (loan) 21 (5)
2020 Las Vegas Lights 10 (4)
International career‡
Malawi U20
2015– Malawi 15 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of May 6, 2021
‡ National team caps and goals as of September 10, 2019

Yamikani Chester (born 20 December 1994) is a Malawian football player who plays as a winger.

He represented the Malawi U20s at the 2011 COSAFA U-20 Cup. [1]

Chester played for North Carolina FC in 2019, while on loan from MFK Vyškov. [2]

In December 2019, Chester joined Las Vegas Lights FC of the USL Championship. [3]

In 2021, it was reported that Chester and MFK Vyškov mutually agreed to terminate his contract, bringing his European spell to an end. [4]

In July 2025, Chester joined Mozambican top-flight club UD Songo, completing a move to the Campeonato Moçambicano de Futebol. The transfer was reported by Times Malawi, which described the deal as part of Chester’s continued professional career in southern African football following previous spells in Europe and North America. [5]

References

  1. ↑ "Malawi crash out of Cosafa U20". Nyasa Times . 8 December 2011. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  2. ↑ "Yami Chester excited with Czech deal and loan to US - Malawi Nyasa Times - News from Malawi about Malawi".
  3. ↑ "African trio reinforces Lights FC". Las Vegas Lights FC. 20 December 2019. Archived from the original on 20 December 2019. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
  4. ↑ Online, Nation (21 April 2021). "Chester aborts deal". Nation Online. Retrieved 15 December 2025.
  5. ↑ "Yamikani Chester seals UD Songo deal". The Times Group. 15 March 2025. Retrieved 15 December 2025.


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