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Kinnah Phiri

Kinnah Phiri (born 30 October 1954) is a Malawian football coach and former player who most recently coached Jwaneng Galaxy.

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

Playing career edit

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.[2]

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.[3]

In his club career, he stated that he had scored over 700 goals.[4]

Coaching career edit

Career statistics edit

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 1974Curepipe, Mauritius  Mauritius2–2Friendly
26 July 1974Blantyre, Malawi  Ivory Coast5–1Friendly
331 December 1974Blantyre, Malawi  Tanzania3–3Friendly
4
531 January 1975Lilongwe, Malawi  Mauritius1–1Friendly
62 February 1975Blantyre, Malawi  Mauritius3–0Friendly
723 February 1975Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania  Tanzania1–3Friendly
827 February 1975Zanzibar, Tanzania  Zanzibar7–2Friendly
9
10
11
1229 March 1975Blantyre, Malawi  Zambia1–61976 African Cup of Nations qualification
1313 April 1975Lusaka, Zambia  Zambia3–31976 African Cup of Nations qualification
14
1510 July 1975Lilongwe, Malawi  Kenya3–1Friendly
16
1731 August 1975Blantyre, Malawi  Zambia1–1Football at the 1976 Summer Olympics
181 November 1975Ndola, Zambia  Tanzania3–11975 CECAFA Cup
19
20
217 November 1975Chingola, Zambia  Uganda2–11975 CECAFA Cup
229 November 1975Lusaka, Zambia  Kenya2–21975 CECAFA Cup
2328 February 1976Blantyre, Malawi  Lesotho4–1Friendly
246 July 1976Blantyre, Malawi  Kenya3–0Friendly
257 July 1976Blantyre, Malawi  Sierra Leone4–2Friendly
264 September 1976Blantyre, Malawi  Uganda1–1Friendly
2713 September 1976Blantyre, Malawi  Botswana7–1Friendly
28
29
30
3115 September 1976Lilongwe, Malawi  Botswana3–0Friendly
32
3324 October 1976Blantyre, Malawi  Mauritius1–11978 African Cup of Nations qualification
3431 October 1976Curepipe, Mauritius  Mauritius2–31978 African Cup of Nations qualification
359 November 1976Zanzibar, Tanzania  Kenya2–21976 CECAFA Cup
3627 March 1977Lusaka, Zambia  Zambia1–8Friendly
3730 September 1977Gaborone, Botswana  Botswana2–0Friendly
381 October 1977Gaborone, Botswana  Botswana5–1Friendly
39
40
41
42
4311 November 1977Lilongwe, Malawi  Lesotho3–0Friendly
4413 November 1977Blantyre, Malawi  Lesotho6–1Friendly Friendly
4529 November 1977Mogadishu, Somalia  Zambia1–01977 CECAFA Cup
468 December 1977Mogadishu Somalia  Kenya2–11977 CECAFA Cup
4712 December 1977Nairobi, Kenya  Kenya1–1Jamburi Cup
4818 June 1978Blantyre, Malawi  Zambia1–2Friendly
496 July 1978Blantyre, Malawi  Sierra Leone5–0Friendly
50
5118 July 1978Alger, Algeria  Egypt1–4Football at the 1978 All-Africa Games
5225 July 1978Alger, Algeria  Nigeria2–3Football at the 1978 All-Africa Games
53
5422 October 1978Blantyre, Malawi  Algeria1–1Friendly
5524 October 1978Lilongwe, Malawi  Algeria2–1Friendly
56
575 November 1978Blantyre, Malawi  Somalia3–11978 CECAFA Cup
5811 November 1978Blantyre, Malawi  Zambia2–11978 CECAFA Cup
5917 November 1978Lilongwe, Malawi  Kenya2–01978 CECAFA Cup
6019 November 1978Blantyre, Malawi  Zambia3–21978 CECAFA Cup
613 December 1978Antananarivo, Madagascar  Madagascar1–21978 FIFA World Cup qualification
6217 December 1978Blantyre, Malawi  Madagascar5–11978 FIFA World Cup qualification
63
646 July 1979Blantyre, Malawi  Kenya1–0Friendly
6525 August 1979Maseru, Lesotho  Lesotho3–0Friendly
66
677 November 1979Mombasa, Kenya  Sudan4–01979 CECAFA Cup
6818 April 1981Gweru, Zimbabwe  Botswana5–2Friendly
69
7019 June 1981Blantyre, Malawi  Tanzania4–1Friendly
7121 June 1981Lilongwe, Malawi  Tanzania3–1Friendly

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Mamrud, Roberto. "Kinnah Phiri". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 17 March 2019. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
  2. ^ "Malawi football back on the map". Africa News. 25 November 2008. Archived from the original on 2 December 2008.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ "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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