Mwila Phiri (born 29 August 1994) is a

Zambian Zambia (), officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of Central, Southern and East Africa, although it is typically referred to as being in Southern Africa at its most central point. Its neighbours are th ...

footballer who plays as a

midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...

for

ZESCO United F.C. ZESCO United Football Club (simply often known as ZESCO) is a Zambian professional football club based in Ndola in Zambia, that competes in the Zambia Super League, Founded in 1974. The team plays its home matches at the Levy Mwanawasa Stadium. ...

and the

Zambia national football team The Zambia national football team represents Zambia in men's international association football and it is governed by the Football Association of Zambia (FAZ). During the 1980s, they were known as the KK 11, after founding president Dr. Kenneth ...

Career

International

Phiri made his senior international debut on 7 November 2015, coming on as an 84th-minute substitute for Conlyde Luchanga in a 4-3 penalty defeat to

Namibia Namibia (, ), officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in Southern Africa. Its western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Zambia and Angola to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and ea ...

. He notched his first international goal two months later, scoring the winner in a 2-1 victory over

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Career statistics

International

International Goals

:''Scores and results list Zambia's goal tally first.''

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* 1994 births Living people Zambian footballers Zambia men's international footballers Green Eagles F.C. players Lusaka Dynamos F.C. players ZESCO United F.C. players Men's association football midfielders Zambia men's A' international footballers 2016 African Nations Championship players {{Zambia-footy-bio-stub