Walter Nyamilandu Manda (born 11 November 1971) is a Malawian senior executive sports administrator. He is currently the President of the
Football Association of Malawi, retaining the role since 2004, and serves as an Executive Committee Member of the
Confederation of African Football
The Confederation of African Football, or CAF for short (french: link=yes, Confédération Africaine de Football, ar, link=yes, الاتحاد الأفريقي لكرة القدم, al-Ittiḥād al-Afrīqī li-Kurat al-Qadam), is the administ ...
. He previously served as an Executive Member of
FIFA's General Council General council may refer to:
In education:
* General Council (Scottish university), an advisory body to each of the ancient universities of Scotland
* General Council of the University of St Andrews, the corporate body of all graduates and senio ...
.
Nyamilandu represented the
Malawi national team, earning 15 caps and participating in the
1998 FIFA World Cup qualifiers. He was president of the
Football Association of Malawi for a world record 17 years. Nyamilandu claimed victory in the 2004, 2007, 2011, 2015 and 2019 FAM General Elections. He assured Malawi's return to the
African Cup of Nations
The Africa Cup of Nations referred to as AFCON (french: Coupe d'Afrique des Nations, sometimes referred to as CAN, or TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship reasons), and sometimes as African Cup of Nations, is the main internati ...
continental tournament twice during his tenure as president. Before taking up his role, Malawi had struggled to qualify for over 20 years.
Nyamilandu became the first Malawian in history and one of a few Africans to be elected onto the prestigious world football governing body,
FIFA
FIFA (; stands for ''Fédération Internationale de Football Association'' ( French), meaning International Association Football Federation ) is the international governing body of association football, beach football and futsal. It was found ...
as an Executive Council member. Nyamilandu beat the president of the South African Football Association in a series of voting rounds to attain the council seat. He repeated history when he was voted into the continental sports governing body,
CAF, in 2023.
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1971 births
Living people
Malawian men's footballers
Malawi men's international footballers
Men's association football central defenders
Mighty Wanderers FC players
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