Faith Chinzimu (born 21 February 2007) is a Malawian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Damallsvenskan club BK Häcken FF and the Malawi national team.
Club career Chinzimu started playing football with Lilongwe-based Ascent Academy, where she played a key role in securing the club's first domestic title in 2024. She also represented the team in the 2024 COSAFA Women's Champions League, her group stage tally of two goals secured her a place in the Group Stage Best XI. She played a key role in Ascent's title defence the following season, which resulted in a third-place finish.
By the spring of 2025, at the age of 18, Chinzimu underwent professional trials in Europe with Denmark's FC Nordsjælland, Sweden's UEFA Women's Champions League side Häcken, and Italy's AS Roma. In late July 2025, she officially joined Gothenburg-based club on a contract valid until 2028.
In 2026 her youth club Ascent Academy's teams were in Sweden and she arranged for them to play matches against her new club.
International career Chinzimu began her international career with Malawi at the under-17 level, featuring in the nation's first-ever team in that category during the 2022 COSAFA U-17 Women's Championship held on home soil. She scored seven goals throughout the tournament, finishing as the competition's second-highest goalscorer. In September 2023, She got her maiden call-up to the senior team for friendly matches against Seychelles. and made her debut on 25 September 2023 as a starter, in a 17–0 win in the first match. On 23 October 2024, She scored her first international goal against Botswana in the 2024 COSAFA Women's Championship opener. Chinzimu made her first appearance for the under-20 side in the second leg of the qualifiers against the Central African Republic.
The team were ranked 153rd and they were the rank outsiders at the 2026 Women's Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) in Rabat. The team's performance at WAFCON was described as the most "remarkable by an international team in a major tournament ever". Rose Kadzere was given a red card at the Women's Africa Cup of Nations when they were playing Algeria. Her role was taken up by Chinzumu for the final with Cameroon. They were defeated 3:0 by Cameroon who became the champions at their fourth try in the WAFCON final.
Career statistics International
+ Appearances and goals by national team and yearNational teamYearAppsGoalsMalawi202340202441202521Total102:Scores and results list Malawi's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Chinzimu goal. + List of international goals scored by Faith ChinzimuNo.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition1 23 October 2024 Isaac Wolfson Stadium, iBhayi, South Africa 1–0 1–1 2024 COSAFA Women's Championship2 25 February 2025 REIZ Arena, Lusaka, Zambia 2–1 3–2 Friendly31 August 2026Moulay El Hassan Stadium, Rabat, Morocco2-03-12026 Women's Africa Cup of Nations
Honors
BK Häcken Damallsvenskan: 2025 UEFA Women's Europa Cup: 2025–26
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