Danny Phiri
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Danny Phiri | ||
| Date of birth | 25 July 1989 | ||
| Place of birth | Zimbabwe | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder[1] | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Chicken Inn[2] | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Amazulu Juniors | |||
| Railstars Juniors | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2009–2011 | Bantu Rovers | ||
| 2011– | Chicken Inn | ||
| National team‡ | |||
| 2014– | Zimbabwe | 13 | (2) |
|
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19 June 2016. | |||
Danny Phiri (born 25 July 1989) is a Zimbabwean professional footballer, who plays as a midfielder for Chicken Inn and the Zimbabwe national team.[3][4]
Career
Club
Phiri's youth career included spells with the junior sides of Amazulu and Railstars. In 2009, Phiri made the move into senior football when he agreed to join Bantu Rovers. He stayed with Bantu for two years before joining Chicken Inn. In 2015, he and Chicken Inn won the Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League and Phiri subsequently won the Soccer Star of the Year award.[5] In April 2016, Phiri, along with teammates Tafadzwa Kutinyu and Moses Demera, left Zimbabwe to attend a trial at Lamontville Golden Arrows.[6][7]
International
In January 2014, coach Ian Gorowa, invited him to be a part of the Zimbabwe squad for the 2014 African Nations Championship. He played in all six of Zimbabwe's matches and helped the team to a fourth-place finish after being defeated by Nigeria by a goal to nil. Since the 2014 African Nations Championship, Phiri has made a further seven appearances for his nation, with five of them coming in qualifying for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations. He has scored twice.[8][9]
Career statistics
International
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 2014 | 2 | 1 |
| 2015 | 2 | 1 | |
| 2016 | 9 | 0 | |
| Total | 13 | 2 | |
International goals
| Goal | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 June 2014 | National Sports Stadium, Harare, Zimbabwe |  Tanzania | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
| 2 | 18 October 2015 | Barbourfields Stadium, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe |  Lesotho | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2016 African Nations Championship qualification |
Honours
Individual
References
- ↑ "Zimbabwe's Ian names CHAN squad". kawowo.com. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
- ↑ "2014 CHAN - Zimbabwe Team Profile". mtnfootball.com. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
- ↑ "Zimbabwe Warriors leave for Chan tournament". newsday.co.zw. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
- ↑ "Zimbabwe name final squad for CHAN tournament". cosafa.com. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
- 1 2 "Breaking: Chicken Inn's Danny Phiri is Soccer Star of the Year". NewsDay. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
- ↑ "Golden Arrows take Chicken Inn trio for trials". Soccer24. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
- ↑ "Golden Arrows release Mwape Musonda, Ryan Chapman, hand trials to Chicken Inn trio". Kick Off. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
- 1 2 3 "CHAN 2014: awards and team of the CHAN". en.starafrica.com. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
- 1 2 3 "Articles tagged 'warriors'". dailynews.co.zw. Retrieved 12 February 2014.