Kinnah Phiri
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 30 October 1954 | ||
| 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 | |||
Kinnah Phiri (born 30 October 1954) is a Malawian football coach and former player who most recently coached Jwaneng Galaxy. He is the Deputy Director of Sports in the Ministry of Youth and Sports.
He is the all-time top goalscorer for the Malawi national team, having scored 71 goals in 117 games.[2]
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.[3]
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.[4]
In his club career, he stated that he had scored over 700 goals.[5]
Coaching career
[edit]- Bakili Bullets, Malawi (head coach)[citation needed]
- Free State Stars, South African Premier Soccer League (head coach)[citation needed]
- Malawi U23 (head coach)[citation needed]
- Malawi (head coach)[6]
Career statistics
[edit]- Scores and results list Malawi's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Phiri goal.
| 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]- List of top international men's football goalscorers by country
- List of men's footballers with 100 or more international caps
- List of men's footballers with 50 or more international goals
References
[edit]- ^ Mamrud, Roberto. "Kinnah Phiri". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 17 March 2019. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
- ^ "How a village boy became Malawi's legend". The Herald (Zimbabwe). 3 February 2021. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
- ^ "Malawi football back on the map". Africa News. 25 November 2008. Archived from the original on 2 December 2008.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
External links
[edit]- Kinnah Phiri – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Kinnah Phiri at WorldFootball.net
|  | |
| International | |
|---|---|
| National | |
  | This biographical article related to Malawian association football is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
Categories:
- 1954 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Blantyre
- Malawi men's international footballers
- Nyasa Big Bullets FC players
- Manzini Wanderers F.C. players
- Free State Stars F.C. managers
- Malawi national football team managers
- Malawian expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Eswatini
- Malawian expatriate sportspeople in Eswatini
- Malawian men's footballers
- Malawian football managers
- Expatriate soccer managers in South Africa
- 2010 Africa Cup of Nations managers
- FIFA Men's Century Club
- Men's association football forwards
- Malawian football biography stubs