Playing position | Name Danny Phiri Role Footballer | |
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Date of birth (1989-07-25) 25 July 1989 (age 26) Current teams Chicken Inn F.C. (Midfielder), Zimbabwe national football team (Midfielder) | ||
Danny Phiri (born 25 July 1989) is a Zimbabwean professional footballer, who plays as a midfielder for Chicken Inn and the Zimbabwe national team.
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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. In April 2016, Phiri, along with teammates Tafadzwa Kutinyu and Moses Demera, left Zimbabwe to attend a trial at Lamontville Golden Arrows.
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.