Victor Nyirenda (born 23 August 1988 in

Blantyre Blantyre () is Malawi's centre of finance and commerce, and its second largest city, with an enumerated 800,264 inhabitants . It is sometimes referred to as the commercial and industrial capital of Malawi as opposed to the political capital, L ...

) is a

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an footballer.

Career

Nyirenda began his career for ESCOM United and joined 2006 to League rival

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. After four years with

signed in January 2010 for Rwandan club APR Kigali.

International career

He played for the

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2010 African Cup of Nations The 2010 Africa Cup of Nations, also known as the Orange Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship reasons, was the 27th Africa Cup of Nations, the biennial football championship of Africa ( CAF). It was held in Angola, where it began on 10 January 2 ...

References

1988 births Living people Sportspeople from Blantyre Malawian men's footballers Malawi men's international footballers 2010 Africa Cup of Nations players Malawian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Rwanda Expatriate men's footballers in Vietnam APR F.C. players Mighty Wanderers FC players ESCOM United FC players V.League 1 players Dong Nai FC players Men's association football forwards {{Malawi-footy-bio-stub