Kinnah Phiri


Kinnah Phiri is a former Malawian footballer and currently in charge of Jwaneng Galaxy.

Playing career

Born in Blantyre, Kinnah began playing football for local side Big Bullets F.C., 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.
Phiri was the inspiration behind the Malawi national football 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.

International goals

#DateVenueOpponentScoreCompetition
1.20-01-1974Curepipe, Mauritius
2-2
Friendly
2.06-07-1974Blantyre, Malawi
5-1
Friendly
3.31-12-1974Blantyre, Malawi
3-3
Friendly
4.31-12-1974Blantyre, Malawi
3-3
Friendly
5.31-01-1975Lilongwe, Malawi
1-1
Friendly
6.02-02-1975Blantyre, Malawi
3-0
Friendly
7.23-02-1975Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania
1-3
Friendly
8.27-02-1975Zanzibar, Tanzania
7-2
Friendly
9.27-02-1975Zanzibar, Tanzania
7-2
Friendly
10.27-02-1975Zanzibar, Tanzania
7-2
Friendly
11.27-02-1975Zanzibar, Tanzania
7-2
Friendly
12.29-03-1975Blantyre, Malawi
1-6
1976 African Cup of Nations qualification
13.13-04-1975Lusaka, Zambia
3-3
1976 African Cup of Nations qualification
14.13-04-1975Lusaka, Zambia
3-3
1976 African Cup of Nations qualification
15.10-07-1975Lilongwe, Malawi
3-1
Friendly
16.10-07-1975Lilongwe, Malawi
3-1
Friendly
17.31-08-1975Blantyre, Malawi
1-1
Football at the 1976 Summer Olympics
18.01-11-1975Ndola, Zambia
3-1
1975 CECAFA Cup
19.01-11-1975Ndola, Zambia
3-1
1975 CECAFA Cup
20.01-11-1975Ndola, Zambia
3-1
1975 CECAFA Cup
21.07-11-1975Chingola, Zambia
2-1
1975 CECAFA Cup
22.09-11-1975Lusaka, Zambia
2-2
1975 CECAFA Cup
23.28-02-1976Blantyre, Malawi
4-1
Friendly
24.06-07-1976Blantyre, Malawi
3-0
Friendly
25.07-07-1976Blantyre, Malawi
4-2
Friendly
26.04-09-1976Blantyre, Malawi
1-1
Friendly
27.13-09-1976Blantyre, Malawi
7-1
Friendly
28.13-09-1976Blantyre, Malawi
7-1
Friendly
29.13-09-1976Blantyre, Malawi
7-1
Friendly
30.13-09-1976Blantyre, Malawi
7-1
Friendly
31.15-09-1976Lilongwe, Malawi
3-0
Friendly
32.15-09-1976Lilongwe, Malawi
3-0
Friendly
33.24-10-1976Blantyre, Malawi
1-1
1978 African Cup of Nations qualification
34.31-10-1976Curepipe, Mauritius
2-3
1978 African Cup of Nations qualification
35.09-11-1976Zanzibar, Tanzania
2-2
1976 CECAFA Cup
36.27-03-1977Lusaka, Zambia
1-8
Friendly
37.30-09-1977Gaborone, Botswana
2-0
Friendly
38.01-10-1977Gaborone, Botswana
5-1
Friendly
39.01-10-1977Gaborone, Botswana
5-1
Friendly
40.01-10-1977Gaborone, Botswana
5-1
Friendly
41.01-10-1977Gaborone, Botswana
5-1
Friendly
42.01-10-1977Gaborone, Botswana
5-1
Friendly
43.11-11-1977Lilongwe, Malawi
3-0
Friendly
44.13-11-1977Blantyre, Malawi
6-1
Friendly
45.29-11-1977Mogadishu, Somalia
1-0
1977 CECAFA Cup
46.08-12-1977Mogadishu, Somalia
2-1
1977 CECAFA Cup
47.12-12-1977Nairobi, Kenya
1-1
Jamburi Cup
48.18-06-1978Blantyre, Malawi
1-2
Friendly
49.06-07-1978Blantyre, Malawi
5-0
Friendly
50.06-07-1978Blantyre, Malawi
5-0
Friendly
51.18-07-1978Alger, Algeria
1-4
Football at the 1978 All-Africa Games
52.25-07-1978Alger, Algeria
2-3
Football at the 1978 All-Africa Games
53.25-07-1978Alger, Algeria
2-3
Football at the 1978 All-Africa Games
54.22-10-1978Blantyre, Malawi
1-1
Friendly
55.24-10-1978Lilongwe, Malawi
2-1
Friendly
56.24-10-1978Lilongwe, Malawi
2-1
Friendly
57.05-11-1978Blantyre, Malawi
3-1
1978 CECAFA Cup
58.11-11-1978Blantyre, Malawi
2-1
1978 CECAFA Cup
59.17-11-1978Lilongwe, Malawi
2-0
1978 CECAFA Cup
60.19-11-1978Blantyre, Malawi
3-2
1977 CECAFA Cup
61.03-12-1978Antananarivo, Madagascar
1-2
1978 FIFA World Cup qualification
62.17-12-1978Blantyre, Malawi
5-1
1978 FIFA World Cup qualification
63.17-12-1978Blantyre, Malawi
5-1
1978 FIFA World Cup qualification
64.06-07-1979Blantyre, Malawi
1-0
Friendly
65.25-08-1979Maseru, Lesotho
3-0
Friendly
66.25-08-1979Maseru, Lesotho
3-0
Friendly
67.07-11-1979Mombasa, Kenya
4-0
1979 CECAFA Cup
68.18-04-1981Gweru, Zimbabwe
5-2
Friendly
69.18-04-1981Gweru, Zimbabwe
5-2
Friendly
70.19-06-1981Blantyre, Malawi
4-1
Friendly
71.21-06-1981Lilongwe, Malawi
3-1
Friendly

Coaching career