Kinnah Phiri

Kinnah Phiri
Personal information
Date of birth	30 October 1954 (age 69)
Place of birth	Blantyre, Malawi
Position(s)	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team
1973–1981	Big Bullets
1982–1984	Manzini Wanderers
International career
1973–1981	Malawi
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.

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

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)^[5]

Career statistics

International

Scores and results Malawi's goal tally first.

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Competition
1.	20-01-1974	Curepipe, Mauritius	Mauritius	2-2	Friendly
2.	06-07-1974	Blantyre, Malawi	Ivory Coast	5-1	Friendly
3.	31-12-1974	Blantyre, Malawi	Tanzania	3-3	Friendly
4.	31-12-1974	Blantyre, Malawi	Tanzania	3-3	Friendly
5.	31-01-1975	Lilongwe, Malawi	Mauritius	1-1	Friendly
6.	02-02-1975	Blantyre, Malawi	Mauritius	3-0	Friendly
7.	23-02-1975	Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania	Tanzania	1-3	Friendly
8.	27-02-1975	Zanzibar, Tanzania	Zanzibar	7-2	Friendly
9.	27-02-1975	Zanzibar, Tanzania	Zanzibar	7-2	Friendly
10.	27-02-1975	Zanzibar, Tanzania	Zanzibar	7-2	Friendly
11.	27-02-1975	Zanzibar, Tanzania	Zanzibar	7-2	Friendly
12.	29-03-1975	Blantyre, Malawi	Zambia	1-6	1976 African Cup of Nations qualification
13.	13-04-1975	Lusaka, Zambia	Zambia	3-3	1976 African Cup of Nations qualification
14.	13-04-1975	Lusaka, Zambia	Zambia	3-3	1976 African Cup of Nations qualification
15.	10-07-1975	Lilongwe, Malawi	Kenya	3-1	Friendly
16.	10-07-1975	Lilongwe, Malawi	Kenya	3-1	Friendly
17.	31-08-1975	Blantyre, Malawi	Zambia	1-1	Football at the 1976 Summer Olympics
18.	01-11-1975	Ndola, Zambia	Tanzania	3-1	1975 CECAFA Cup
19.	01-11-1975	Ndola, Zambia	Tanzania	3-1	1975 CECAFA Cup
20.	01-11-1975	Ndola, Zambia	Tanzania	3-1	1975 CECAFA Cup
21.	07-11-1975	Chingola, Zambia	Uganda	2-1	1975 CECAFA Cup
22.	09-11-1975	Lusaka, Zambia	Kenya	2-2	1975 CECAFA Cup
23.	28-02-1976	Blantyre, Malawi	Lesotho	4-1	Friendly
24.	06-07-1976	Blantyre, Malawi	Kenya	3-0	Friendly
25.	07-07-1976	Blantyre, Malawi	Sierra Leone	4-2	Friendly
26.	04-09-1976	Blantyre, Malawi	Uganda	1-1	Friendly
27.	13-09-1976	Blantyre, Malawi	Botswana	7-1	Friendly
28.	13-09-1976	Blantyre, Malawi	Botswana	7-1	Friendly
29.	13-09-1976	Blantyre, Malawi	Botswana	7-1	Friendly
30.	13-09-1976	Blantyre, Malawi	Botswana	7-1	Friendly
31.	15-09-1976	Lilongwe, Malawi	Botswana	3-0	Friendly
32.	15-09-1976	Lilongwe, Malawi	Botswana	3-0	Friendly
33.	24-10-1976	Blantyre, Malawi	Mauritius	1-1	1978 African Cup of Nations qualification
34.	31-10-1976	Curepipe, Mauritius	Mauritius	2-3	1978 African Cup of Nations qualification
35.	09-11-1976	Zanzibar, Tanzania	Kenya	2-2	1976 CECAFA Cup
36.	27-03-1977	Lusaka, Zambia	Zambia	1-8	Friendly
37.	30-09-1977	Gaborone, Botswana	Botswana	2-0	Friendly
38.	01-10-1977	Gaborone, Botswana	Botswana	5-1	Friendly
39.	01-10-1977	Gaborone, Botswana	Botswana	5-1	Friendly
40.	01-10-1977	Gaborone, Botswana	Botswana	5-1	Friendly
41.	01-10-1977	Gaborone, Botswana	Botswana	5-1	Friendly
42.	01-10-1977	Gaborone, Botswana	Botswana	5-1	Friendly
43.	11-11-1977	Lilongwe, Malawi	Lesotho	3-0	Friendly
44.	13-11-1977	Blantyre, Malawi	Lesotho	6-1	Friendly
45.	29-11-1977	Mogadishu, Somalia	Zambia	1-0	1977 CECAFA Cup
46.	08-12-1977	Mogadishu, Somalia	Kenya	2-1	1977 CECAFA Cup
47.	12-12-1977	Nairobi, Kenya	Kenya	1-1	Jamburi Cup
48.	18-06-1978	Blantyre, Malawi	Zambia	1-2	Friendly
49.	06-07-1978	Blantyre, Malawi	Sierra Leone	5-0	Friendly
50.	06-07-1978	Blantyre, Malawi	Sierra Leone	5-0	Friendly
51.	18-07-1978	Alger, Algeria	Egypt	1-4	Football at the 1978 All-Africa Games
52.	25-07-1978	Alger, Algeria	Nigeria	2-3	Football at the 1978 All-Africa Games
53.	25-07-1978	Alger, Algeria	Nigeria	2-3	Football at the 1978 All-Africa Games
54.	22-10-1978	Blantyre, Malawi	Algeria	1-1	Friendly
55.	24-10-1978	Lilongwe, Malawi	Algeria	2-1	Friendly
56.	24-10-1978	Lilongwe, Malawi	Algeria	2-1	Friendly
57.	05-11-1978	Blantyre, Malawi	Somalia	3-1	1978 CECAFA Cup
58.	11-11-1978	Blantyre, Malawi	Zambia	2-1	1978 CECAFA Cup
59.	17-11-1978	Lilongwe, Malawi	Kenya	2-0	1978 CECAFA Cup
60.	19-11-1978	Blantyre, Malawi	Zambia	3-2	1978 CECAFA Cup
61.	03-12-1978	Antananarivo, Madagascar	Madagascar	1-2	1978 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)
62.	17-12-1978	Blantyre, Malawi	Madagascar	5-1	1978 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)
63.	17-12-1978	Blantyre, Malawi	Madagascar	5-1	1978 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)
64.	06-07-1979	Blantyre, Malawi	Kenya	1-0	Friendly
65.	25-08-1979	Maseru, Lesotho	Lesotho	3-0	Friendly
66.	25-08-1979	Maseru, Lesotho	Lesotho	3-0	Friendly
67.	07-11-1979	Mombasa, Kenya	Sudan	4-0	1979 CECAFA Cup
68.	18-04-1981	Gweru, Zimbabwe	Botswana	5-2	Friendly
69.	18-04-1981	Gweru, Zimbabwe	Botswana	5-2	Friendly
70.	19-06-1981	Blantyre, Malawi	Tanzania	4-1	Friendly
71.	21-06-1981	Lilongwe, Malawi	Tanzania	3-1	Friendly