Russell Mwafulirwa (born 24 February 1983, in Zomba) is a

Malawi Malawi (; or aláwi Tumbuka: ''Malaŵi''), officially the Republic of Malawi, is a landlocked country in Southeastern Africa that was formerly known as Nyasaland. It is bordered by Zambia to the west, Tanzania to the north and northeast ...

an former

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player who played for Ajax Cape Town and IFK Norrköping. In 2020 went to Sweden for coaching courses.

Career

Mwafulirwa began his career with

Silver Strikers Silver Strikers Football Club is a Malawian professional football club based in Lilongwe, currently playing in the TNM Super League, the top division of Malawian football. The club was founded in 1977 as a social team for Reserve Bank of Malawi ...

. In 2002, he signed for

South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countri ...

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club

Jomo Cosmos Jomo Cosmos are a South African association football club based in Johannesburg that plays in the National First Division. The club is owned and coached by South African football legend Jomo Sono. In the 2021-2022 National First Division sea ...

. After almost four years with

, he joined Ajax Cape Town in January 2006. In June 2008, he transferred to Swedish team IFK Norrköping.

International career

He was part of the

Malawi national football team The Malawi national football team, nicknamed ''The Flames'', represents Malawi in international football and is controlled by the Football Association of Malawi. Before 1966, they were known as the Nyasaland national football team. They have q ...

at the

2010 Africa Cup of Nations The 2010 Africa Cup of Nations, also known as the Orange (telecommunications), Orange Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship reasons, was the 27th Africa Cup of Nations, the biennial association football, football championship of Africa (Confederat ...

scoring two goals in the group stage against

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and

Mali Mali (; ), officially the Republic of Mali,, , ff, 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞥆𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 𞤃𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭, Renndaandi Maali, italics=no, ar, جمهورية مالي, Jumhūriyyāt Mālī is a landlocked country in West Africa. Mali ...

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* 1983 births Living people People from Zomba District Malawian footballers Malawi international footballers 2010 Africa Cup of Nations players South African Premier Division players Allsvenskan players Cape Town Spurs F.C. players Jomo Cosmos F.C. players IFK Norrköping players Association football forwards Silver Strikers FC players Expatriate footballers in Sweden Expatriate soccer players in South Africa Malawian expatriate footballers Malawian expatriate sportspeople in South Africa {{Malawi-footy-bio-stub Nyasa Big Bullets FC players IK Sleipner players