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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 birth Blantyre, Malawi
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1973–1981 Big Bullets
1982–1984 Manzini Wanderers
International career
1973–1981 Malawi[1] 117 (71)
Managerial career
2004–2005 Big Bullets
2006–2007 Malawi (caretaker)
2007–2008 Free State Stars
2008–2013 Malawi
2014 Free State Stars
2014–2015 Free State Stars
2017 Mochudi Centre Chiefs
2017–2020 Jwaneng 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. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 20 January 1974 Curepipe, Mauritius   Mauritius 2–2 Friendly
2 6 July 1974 Blantyre, Malawi   Ivory Coast 5–1 Friendly
3 31 December 1974 Blantyre, Malawi   Tanzania 3–3 Friendly
4
5 31 January 1975 Lilongwe, Malawi   Mauritius 1–1 Friendly
6 2 February 1975 Blantyre, Malawi   Mauritius 3–0 Friendly
7 23 February 1975 Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania   Tanzania 1–3 Friendly
8 27 February 1975 Zanzibar, Tanzania   Zanzibar 7–2 Friendly
9
10
11
12 29 March 1975 Blantyre, Malawi   Zambia 1–6 1976 African Cup of Nations qualification
13 13 April 1975 Lusaka, Zambia   Zambia 3–3 1976 African Cup of Nations qualification
14
15 10 July 1975 Lilongwe, Malawi   Kenya 3–1 Friendly
16
17 31 August 1975 Blantyre, Malawi   Zambia 1–1 Football at the 1976 Summer Olympics
18 1 November 1975 Ndola, Zambia   Tanzania 3–1 1975 CECAFA Cup
19
20
21 7 November 1975 Chingola, Zambia   Uganda 2–1 1975 CECAFA Cup
22 9 November 1975 Lusaka, Zambia   Kenya 2–2 1975 CECAFA Cup
23 28 February 1976 Blantyre, Malawi   Lesotho 4–1 Friendly
24 6 July 1976 Blantyre, Malawi   Kenya 3–0 Friendly
25 7 July 1976 Blantyre, Malawi   Sierra Leone 4–2 Friendly
26 4 September 1976 Blantyre, Malawi   Uganda 1–1 Friendly
27 13 September 1976 Blantyre, Malawi   Botswana 7–1 Friendly
28
29
30
31 15 September 1976 Lilongwe, Malawi   Botswana 3–0 Friendly
32
33 24 October 1976 Blantyre, Malawi   Mauritius 1–1 1978 African Cup of Nations qualification
34 31 October 1976 Curepipe, Mauritius   Mauritius 2–3 1978 African Cup of Nations qualification
35 9 November 1976 Zanzibar, Tanzania   Kenya 2–2 1976 CECAFA Cup
36 27 March 1977 Lusaka, Zambia   Zambia 1–8 Friendly
37 30 September 1977 Gaborone, Botswana   Botswana 2–0 Friendly
38 1 October 1977 Gaborone, Botswana   Botswana 5–1 Friendly
39
40
41
42
43 11 November 1977 Lilongwe, Malawi   Lesotho 3–0 Friendly
44 13 November 1977 Blantyre, Malawi   Lesotho 6–1 Friendly Friendly
45 29 November 1977 Mogadishu, Somalia   Zambia 1–0 1977 CECAFA Cup
46 8 December 1977 Mogadishu Somalia   Kenya 2–1 1977 CECAFA Cup
47 12 December 1977 Nairobi, Kenya   Kenya 1–1 Jamburi Cup
48 18 June 1978 Blantyre, Malawi   Zambia 1–2 Friendly
49 6 July 1978 Blantyre, Malawi   Sierra Leone 5–0 Friendly
50
51 18 July 1978 Alger, Algeria   Egypt 1–4 Football at the 1978 All-Africa Games
52 25 July 1978 Alger, Algeria   Nigeria 2–3 Football at the 1978 All-Africa Games
53
54 22 October 1978 Blantyre, Malawi   Algeria 1–1 Friendly
55 24 October 1978 Lilongwe, Malawi   Algeria 2–1 Friendly
56
57 5 November 1978 Blantyre, Malawi   Somalia 3–1 1978 CECAFA Cup
58 11 November 1978 Blantyre, Malawi   Zambia 2–1 1978 CECAFA Cup
59 17 November 1978 Lilongwe, Malawi   Kenya 2–0 1978 CECAFA Cup
60 19 November 1978 Blantyre, Malawi   Zambia 3–2 1978 CECAFA Cup
61 3 December 1978 Antananarivo, Madagascar   Madagascar 1–2 1978 FIFA World Cup qualification
62 17 December 1978 Blantyre, Malawi   Madagascar 5–1 1978 FIFA World Cup qualification
63
64 6 July 1979 Blantyre, Malawi   Kenya 1–0 Friendly
65 25 August 1979 Maseru, Lesotho   Lesotho 3–0 Friendly
66
67 7 November 1979 Mombasa, Kenya   Sudan 4–0 1979 CECAFA Cup
68 18 April 1981 Gweru, Zimbabwe   Botswana 5–2 Friendly
69
70 19 June 1981 Blantyre, Malawi   Tanzania 4–1 Friendly
71 21 June 1981 Lilongwe, Malawi   Tanzania 3–1 Friendly

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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