Leticia Chinyamula (born 12 June 2006) is a Malawian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Ascent Academy and captains the Malawi national (junior) team. In 2026 she led Malawi's under 20s national team to qualify for the 2027 FIFA Women’s Under-20 World Cup African Qualifiers. The only team from the COSAFA area.
Club career Chinyamula has been playing for Ascent Academy. and participated with them in the 2024 COSAFA Women'Champions League.
In February 2025 at the first Football Association Malawi awards she was named 2024 woman player of the year and she won 3m kwacha.
International career Chinyamula is a Malawian youth and senior international. She was named to Malawi's maiden under-17 team to represent the nation on the international stage at the 2022 COSAFA U-17 Women's Championship, played on home soil. In April 2024, she was nominated for the COSAFA Women's Most Promising Player Award, which she went on to win in May 2024.
In September 2023, she received her first call-up to the senior team for the 2023 COSAFA Women's Championship. On 25 September 2023 she scored her debut international goals, a brace in a historic 17–0 victory against Seychelles. She and the team went on to secure the championship, marking Malawi's first women's trophy. in the 2024 edition She was named in the group stage best 11.
By 2026 she was the captain of the "Junior Scorchers" (Malawi's under 20s national) team and they were the only team from the COSAFA area who qualified for the 2027 FIFA Women’s Under-20 World Cup African Qualifiers. This was achieved after their third round win 6:2 over Guinea- Bassau.
She was in Lovemore Fazili's squad who went to Morocco in August 2026. They beat Algeria to qualify for the final. She came on as a substitute with Vanessa Chikupila to replace Asimenye Simwaka and Chikondi Gondwe. By that point both sides were down to ten players but Malawi won the match 3-1.
Career statistics International
+ Appearances and goals by national team and yearNational teamYearAppsGoalsMalawi2023 4 42024 3 3Total 7 7
Scores and results list Malawi's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Chinyamula goal.
+ List of international goals scored by Leticia ChinyamulaNo.DateLocationOpponentScoreResultCompetition1Blantyre, Malawi10–017–0International Friendly216–03Pretoria, South Africa1–04–32023 COSAFA Women's Championship4Johannesburg, South Africa2–03–12023 COSAFA Women's Championship5Gqeberha, South Africa1–09–02024 COSAFA Women's Championship64–076–0
Honors Malawi COSAFA Women's Championship: 2023
Individual Malawi Women's Player of the Year: 2024
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