Kinnah Phiri
Malawian football player and manager
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
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
Career statistics
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
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