Kinnah Phiri


Kinnah Phiri 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 association football|football team|Malawi national team], having scored 71 goals in 117 games.

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.
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.
In his club career, he stated that he had scored over 700 goals.

Coaching career

Career statistics

No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
120 January 1974Curepipe, Mauritius2–2Friendly
26 July 1974Blantyre, Malawi5–1Friendly
331 December 1974Blantyre, Malawi3–3Friendly
431 December 1974Blantyre, Malawi3–3Friendly
531 January 1975Lilongwe, Malawi1–1Friendly
62 February 1975Blantyre, Malawi3–0Friendly
723 February 1975Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania1–3Friendly
827 February 1975Zanzibar, Tanzania7–2Friendly
927 February 1975Zanzibar, Tanzania7–2Friendly
1027 February 1975Zanzibar, Tanzania7–2Friendly
1127 February 1975Zanzibar, Tanzania7–2Friendly
1229 March 1975Blantyre, Malawi1–61976 African Cup of Nations qualification
1313 April 1975Lusaka, Zambia3–31976 African Cup of Nations qualification
1413 April 1975Lusaka, Zambia3–31976 African Cup of Nations qualification
1510 July 1975Lilongwe, Malawi3–1Friendly
1610 July 1975Lilongwe, Malawi3–1Friendly
1731 August 1975Blantyre, Malawi1–1Football at the 1976 Summer Olympics
181 November 1975Ndola, Zambia3–11975 CECAFA Cup
191 November 1975Ndola, Zambia3–11975 CECAFA Cup
201 November 1975Ndola, Zambia3–11975 CECAFA Cup
217 November 1975Chingola, Zambia2–11975 CECAFA Cup
229 November 1975Lusaka, Zambia2–21975 CECAFA Cup
2328 February 1976Blantyre, Malawi4–1Friendly
246 July 1976Blantyre, Malawi3–0Friendly
257 July 1976Blantyre, Malawi4–2Friendly
264 September 1976Blantyre, Malawi1–1Friendly
2713 September 1976Blantyre, Malawi7–1Friendly
2813 September 1976Blantyre, Malawi7–1Friendly
2913 September 1976Blantyre, Malawi7–1Friendly
3013 September 1976Blantyre, Malawi7–1Friendly
3115 September 1976Lilongwe, Malawi3–0Friendly
3215 September 1976Lilongwe, Malawi3–0Friendly
3324 October 1976Blantyre, Malawi1–11978 African Cup of Nations qualification
3431 October 1976Curepipe, Mauritius2–31978 African Cup of Nations qualification
359 November 1976Zanzibar, Tanzania2–21976 CECAFA Cup
3627 March 1977Lusaka, Zambia1–8Friendly
3730 September 1977Gaborone, Botswana2–0Friendly
381 October 1977Gaborone, Botswana5–1Friendly
391 October 1977Gaborone, Botswana5–1Friendly
401 October 1977Gaborone, Botswana5–1Friendly
411 October 1977Gaborone, Botswana5–1Friendly
421 October 1977Gaborone, Botswana5–1Friendly
4311 November 1977Lilongwe, Malawi3–0Friendly
4413 November 1977Blantyre, Malawi6–1Friendly Friendly
4529 November 1977Mogadishu, Somalia1–01977 CECAFA Cup
468 December 1977Mogadishu Somalia2–11977 CECAFA Cup
4712 December 1977Nairobi, Kenya1–1Jamburi Cup
4818 June 1978Blantyre, Malawi1–2Friendly
496 July 1978Blantyre, Malawi5–0Friendly
506 July 1978Blantyre, Malawi5–0Friendly
5118 July 1978Alger, Algeria1–4Football at the 1978 All-Africa Games
5225 July 1978Alger, Algeria2–3Football at the 1978 All-Africa Games
5325 July 1978Alger, Algeria2–3Football at the 1978 All-Africa Games
5422 October 1978Blantyre, Malawi1–1Friendly
5524 October 1978Lilongwe, Malawi2–1Friendly
5624 October 1978Lilongwe, Malawi2–1Friendly
575 November 1978Blantyre, Malawi3–11978 CECAFA Cup
5811 November 1978Blantyre, Malawi2–11978 CECAFA Cup
5917 November 1978Lilongwe, Malawi2–01978 CECAFA Cup
6019 November 1978Blantyre, Malawi3–21978 CECAFA Cup
613 December 1978Antananarivo, Madagascar1–21978 FIFA World Cup qualification
6217 December 1978Blantyre, Malawi5–11978 FIFA World Cup qualification
6317 December 1978Blantyre, Malawi5–11978 FIFA World Cup qualification
646 July 1979Blantyre, Malawi1–0Friendly
6525 August 1979Maseru, Lesotho3–0Friendly
6625 August 1979Maseru, Lesotho3–0Friendly
677 November 1979Mombasa, Kenya4–01979 CECAFA Cup
6818 April 1981Gweru, Zimbabwe5–2Friendly
6918 April 1981Gweru, Zimbabwe5–2Friendly
7019 June 1981Blantyre, Malawi4–1Friendly
7121 June 1981Lilongwe, Malawi3–1Friendly