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
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

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.
List of international goals scored by Kinnah Phiri
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
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

References
  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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