Kinnah Phiri (born 30 October 1954) 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 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 Bakili Bullets, Malawi (head coach) Free State Stars, South African Premier Soccer League (head coach) Malawi U23 (head coach) Malawi (head coach)

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 PhiriNo.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition1 20 January 1974 Curepipe, Mauritius 2–2 Friendly2 6 July 1974 Blantyre, Malawi 5–1 Friendly3 31 December 1974 Blantyre, Malawi 3–3 Friendly4 5 31 January 1975 Lilongwe, Malawi 1–1 Friendly6 2 February 1975 Blantyre, Malawi 3–0 Friendly7 23 February 1975 Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania 1–3 Friendly 8 27 February 1975 Zanzibar, Tanzania 7–2 Friendly9 10 11 12 29 March 1975 Blantyre, Malawi 1–6 1976 African Cup of Nations qualification13 13 April 1975 Lusaka, Zambia 3–3 1976 African Cup of Nations qualification14 15 10 July 1975 Lilongwe, Malawi 3–1 Friendly 16 17 31 August 1975 Blantyre, Malawi 1–1 Football at the 1976 Summer Olympics18 1 November 1975 Ndola, Zambia 3–1 1975 CECAFA Cup19 20 21 7 November 1975 Chingola, Zambia 2–1 1975 CECAFA Cup22 9 November 1975 Lusaka, Zambia 2–2 1975 CECAFA Cup23 28 February 1976 Blantyre, Malawi 4–1 Friendly24 6 July 1976 Blantyre, Malawi 3–0 Friendly25 7 July 1976 Blantyre, Malawi 4–2 Friendly26 4 September 1976 Blantyre, Malawi 1–1 Friendly27 13 September 1976 Blantyre, Malawi 7–1 Friendly28 29 30 31 15 September 1976 Lilongwe, Malawi 3–0 Friendly32 33 24 October 1976 Blantyre, Malawi 1–1 1978 African Cup of Nations qualification34 31 October 1976 Curepipe, Mauritius 2–3 1978 African Cup of Nations qualification35 9 November 1976 Zanzibar, Tanzania 2–2 1976 CECAFA Cup36 27 March 1977 Lusaka, Zambia 1–8 Friendly37 30 September 1977 Gaborone, Botswana 2–0 Friendly38 1 October 1977 Gaborone, Botswana 5–1 Friendly39 40 41 42 43 11 November 1977 Lilongwe, Malawi 3–0 Friendly44 13 November 1977 Blantyre, Malawi 6–1 Friendly Friendly45 29 November 1977 Mogadishu, Somalia 1–0 1977 CECAFA Cup46 8 December 1977 Mogadishu Somalia 2–1 1977 CECAFA Cup47 12 December 1977 Nairobi, Kenya 1–1 Jamburi Cup48 18 June 1978 Blantyre, Malawi 1–2 Friendly49 6 July 1978 Blantyre, Malawi 5–0 Friendly 50 51 18 July 1978 Alger, Algeria 1–4 Football at the 1978 All-Africa Games52 25 July 1978 Alger, Algeria 2–3 Football at the 1978 All-Africa Games53 54 22 October 1978 Blantyre, Malawi 1–1 Friendly55 24 October 1978 Lilongwe, Malawi 2–1 Friendly56 57 5 November 1978 Blantyre, Malawi 3–1 1978 CECAFA Cup58 11 November 1978 Blantyre, Malawi 2–1 1978 CECAFA Cup59 17 November 1978 Lilongwe, Malawi 2–0 1978 CECAFA Cup60 19 November 1978 Blantyre, Malawi 3–2 1978 CECAFA Cup61 3 December 1978 Antananarivo, Madagascar 1–2 1978 FIFA World Cup qualification62 17 December 1978 Blantyre, Malawi 5–1 1978 FIFA World Cup qualification 63 64 6 July 1979 Blantyre, Malawi 1–0 Friendly65 25 August 1979 Maseru, Lesotho 3–0 Friendly66 67 7 November 1979 Mombasa, Kenya 4–0 1979 CECAFA Cup68 18 April 1981 Gweru, Zimbabwe 5–2 Friendly 69 70 19 June 1981 Blantyre, Malawi 4–1 Friendly71 21 June 1981 Lilongwe, Malawi 3–1 Friendly

See also List of top international men's football goalscorers by country List of men's footballers with 100 or more international caps List of men's footballers with 50 or more international goals

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