Patrick Mabedi (born 5 November 1973) is a Malawian football coach and a former player who played as defender. He is the caretaker of the Tanzanian Premier League club Young Africans. He also played for the country's national team for a long time. He is nicknamed Bosti or The General.
Career Under coach Ted Dumitru, Mabedi and Fabian McCarthy formed a solid last line of defence that took the Kaizer Chiefs to its first title in 12 years in breath-taking fashion with six points of second-place Ajax Cape Town with only three defeats the entire season.
Coaching career Mabedi began his coaching career as the head, youth department, for Moroka Swallows from 2011 till 2015 and was later appointed as their assistant coach during the 2014–15 season under Craig Rosslee.Chiefs appoint Mabedi as assistant coach, sportsclub.co.za, 14 June 2017 The following season he left Swallows and joined Mpumalanga Black Aces, and spent the season as their assistant coach to Muhsin Ertuğral when they finished fourth in the Absa Premiership, 24 points behind champions Mamelodi Sundowns. In 2016, he had a brief spell as the assistant coach of the Malawian national team before taking up the role of head coach of Cape Town All Stars guiding them to a ninth-place finish in the 2016-17 National First Division season.
In June 2017, Mabedi was appointed assistant manager of Kaizer Chiefs. On 23 April 2018, he was appointed caretaker manager for the rest of the season. In early December, Chiefs relieved him of his duties as the team's assistant coach after the club had also terminated the contract of the club's head coach. In the summer 2019, he was appointed assistant manager of Black Leopards under Lionel Soccoia.Black Leopards appoint former Kaizer Chiefs captain Patrick Mabedi as Lionel Soccoia's assistant, goal.com, 19 June 2019 The duo was fired on 17 September 2019.Now Black Leopards show Lionel Soccoia the exit, sowetanlive.co.za, 18 September 2019
Managerial record
+ Managerial record by team and tenureTeamNatFromToRecordMalawi2023present Career Total —
Career statistics
International
Scores and results list Malawi's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Mabedi goal.
+ List of international goals scored by Patrick MabediNo.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition1Nyayo National Stadium, Nairobi, Kenya2–22–2Friendly2Mzuzu Stadium, Mzuzu, Malawi?–?2–1Friendly3Silver Stadium, Lilongwe, Malawi?–?2–2Friendly4Chichiri Stadium, Blantyre, Malawi1–01–0Friendly5Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry, Guinea1–11–12002 FIFA World Cup qualification6Chichiri Stadium, Blantyre, Malawi1–21–22002 FIFA World Cup qualification 7Chichiri Stadium, Blantyre, Malawi1–01–02001 COSAFA Cup8Chichiri Stadium, Blantyre, Malawi1–01–32002 COSAFA Cup9Moi International Sports Centre, Nairobi, Kenya2–32–32006 FIFA World Cup qualification
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