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Kinnah Phiri

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.

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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.[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

Career statistics

Scores and results list Malawi's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Phiri goal.
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See also

References

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