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Willie Phiri
Willie Phiri (3 June 1953 – 2 June 2011) was a Zambia international football midfielder and manager.
Career.
Born in Northern 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, 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
also won the league title. After the schools league championship, Stephenson was selected by ZASSA to represent Zambia in Malawi in 1967. The team had the likes of George Mungwa, Peter M'hango, Moses Simwala, Gibby Zulu, Edward Musonda, Emmanuel Mwape, Willie Phiri, Poni 'Express' Muyambango and Ackim Musenge, and was coached by John Green who would later become the Zambia national team coach.
Before departure for Malawi, the schools team played a game against the senior national team at Scrivener Stadium in Kitwe and