Willie Phiri
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Willie Phiri was a Zambia international
football midfielder and manager.
, Phiri played club football for local side Nchanga Rangers F.C. for nearly fifteen years.
Phiri made several appearances for the senior Zambia national football team
, including eleven FIFA World Cup
qualifying matches, and played at the 1974
and 1978 African Cup of Nations
finals.
After retiring from playing football in 1983, Phiri became a coach. He was appointed manager of Nchanga Rangers F.C. in 1984.
on 2 June 2011.
Zambia national football team
The Zambia national football team represents the country of Zambia in the sport of association football and is governed by the Football Association of Zambia. Before independence they were known as the Northern Rhodesia national football team. The side is nicknamed Chipolopolo as copper is one of...
football midfielder and manager.
Career
Born in Northern RhodesiaNorthern Rhodesia
Northern Rhodesia was a territory in south central Africa, formed in 1911. It became independent in 1964 as Zambia.It was initially administered under charter by the British South Africa Company and formed by it in 1911 by amalgamating North-Western Rhodesia and North-Eastern Rhodesia...
, Phiri played club football for local side Nchanga Rangers F.C. for nearly fifteen years.
Phiri made several appearances for the senior Zambia national football team
Zambia national football team
The Zambia national football team represents the country of Zambia in the sport of association football and is governed by the Football Association of Zambia. Before independence they were known as the Northern Rhodesia national football team. The side is nicknamed Chipolopolo as copper is one of...
, including eleven FIFA World Cup
FIFA World Cup
The FIFA World Cup, often simply the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association , the sport's global governing body...
qualifying matches, and played at the 1974
1974 African Cup of Nations
The 1974 African Cup of Nations was the ninth edition of the African Cup of Nations, the soccer championship of Africa . It was hosted by Egypt....
and 1978 African Cup of Nations
1978 African Cup of Nations
The 1978 African Cup of Nations was the 11th edition of the African Cup of Nations, the football championship of Africa . It was hosted by Accra and Kumasi, Ghana...
finals.
After retiring from playing football in 1983, Phiri became a coach. He was appointed manager of Nchanga Rangers F.C. in 1984.
Personal
Phiri was wheelchair-bound for 18 years following a traffic accident in 1993. He died in a hospital in ChingolaChingola
Chingola is a city in Zambia's Copperbelt Province, the country's copper-mining region, with a population of 157,340 . It is the home of Nchanga Copper Mine, a deep-shaft high-grade content copper mining operation, which subsequently led to the development of two open pit operations, Chingola...
on 2 June 2011.