Patrick Phiri

Quick Facts

Full Name	Patrick Phiri
Occupation	Association Football Player
Date Of Birth	May 3, 1956(1956-05-03)
Age	68
Birthplace	Luanshya
Country	Zambia
Birth City	Copperbelt Province
Horoscope	Taurus

Patrick Phiri Biography

Patrick Phiri is one of the most popular and richest Association Football Player who was born on May 3, 1956 in Luanshya, Copperbelt Province, Zambia. Patrick Phiri (born 3 May 1956) is Patrick Phiri (born 3 May 1956) is a Zambian football coach as well as a former player. He played for Zambian teams Rokana United and Red Arrows as a striker, and also was a player for Zambia in the 1982 and 1978 African Cup of Nations tournaments. As a coach Phiri managed Zambia’s Zambia U-20 team for their first appearance in the 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship in Nigeria and was awarded the Zambian The Coach of the Year in the close this year. He also managed the national team of Zambia during the 2009 African Cup of Nations in Ghana and has also managed 10 different clubs including three at least once. He is currently the manager of Nakambala Leopards in the Zambian Premier League.

He was a member of Brian Tiler’s team for CAN 1978. He scored the opening goal in Zambia’s 2-0 win over Upper Volta. However, Zambia bowed out in the group stage following a loss against eventual winner Ghana as well as drawing with Nigeria.

In 1986, Arrows went on a poor run and at the half-way stage, were rooted to the bottom of the 12 team table with 7 points from 11 matches, a situation which saw their fans riot in protest. The team’s executive acted swiftly by appointing Phiri as player-coach, replacing Simutowe. Arrows performances improved under Phiri and they survived relegation at the end of the season. Phiri disclosed that he found being player-coach the best way to coach, as he was involved in the action on the pitch and could easily pass on instructions to other players. That same year, he was sent to West Germany for a basic coaching course.

In July 1986, Arrows coach Boniface Simutowe was relieved of his duties after a poor run of results and Phiri was appointed player- coach. He continued picking himself for the rest of the season after which he retired to concentrate on coaching the team.

At ZAF the club, he partnered with players such as Ghost Mulenga, Aaron Njovu, Martin Besa, System Chilongo, Sandra Phiri, Fanny Hangunyu and John Zyambo and helped turn Arrows into an elite team. He earned the name “The Mathematician due to his precise passing and slick finishing. He was the winner of his Heroes and Unity Cup in 1977 and 1979. He also scored two goals at the BP Shell Challenge Cup final with a 5-0 win over Green Buffaloes in 1982. He also took home the Champion of Champions cup in 1983, after Arrows defeated their favourites Power Dynamos by three goals to two in Ndola.

Patrick Phiri Net Worth

Patrick Phiri is one of the richest Association Football Player from Zambia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Patrick Phiri 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

When he was still in primary school and just barely in teenagers, Phiri began following his older siblings to the training session with Luanshya amateur club Buseko FC. Sometimes, he’d be invited to join the sessions in order to increase the numbers. He was not old enough to be a part of the team during actual matches however the experience at a young age helped him become superior to his peers of the same age. Phiri started playing for Buseko in 1973, and stayed in the team for two years until the time he was enticed to Division I Rokana United in 1974. Rokana United, in the year 1974 by Zambian player Bernard “Bomber” Chanda who was also beginning playing at Buseko and was in the process of courting Phiri’s younger sister Louisa whom he would end getting married to.

Phiri’s achievements at Arrows led to him being called up to the Zambian national side under Ante Buselic, at 20 years old when Zambia was preparing to host the Montreal Olympics that Zambia had to pull out of due to political reasons. Phiri scored on his debut, scoring the winner during the time that Zambia defeated Botswana 3-1 in Gaborone to mark the country’s independence in September the same year. He was also a part of the 1976’s East and Central Africa (ECA) tournament in Zanzibar as an appearance on the bench in the final match, in which Zambia was defeated by Uganda by 2-0. He also played in the 1997 East and Central Africa where Zambia was again defeated by Uganda but this time it was on penalties.

Phiri also featured prominently at CAN 1982 where he played his last game for Zambia.

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Zambia disappointed yet again at CAN 2006, exiting at the group stage after losing the first two games to Tunisia and Guinea before restoring some pride in the southern African derby against South Africa. When Bwalya resigned, the FAZ settled for Phiri once again and this time he had a much more successful stint as Chipolopolo coach. He led Zambia to the COSAFA Cup final in 2006, and when Zambia hosted favourites and three-time champions Angola in Lusaka, Zambia gave them no chance to settle, attacking from the first whistle and carried the day 2–0 through goals by Dube Phiri and Chaswe Nsofwa to win their third COSAFA trophy. The following year, Zambia then travelled to South Africa for a final CAN qualifying win needing an outright win to qualify having lost the home match 1–0 on an Aaron Mokoena goal. This time, Phiri delivered as Zambia shocked South Africa in Cape Town 3–1, thanks to a 20-minute hat-trick by Christopher Katongo and won the group despite tying on points, thanks to a better head to head record. The result left the Bafana Bafana coach Carlos Alberto Parreira shell-shocked.

Facts & Trivia

Patrick Ranked on the list of most popular Association Football Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Zambia. Patrick Phiri celebrates birthday on May 3 of every year.

He returned to Nkana but left to rejoin Simba in January 2009, winning the league again in 2009/10 without losing a single game. The following season, Simba failed to retain the league title and finished second to bitter rivals Young Africans on just a single goal’s difference. This was not enough and he was relieved of his duties in April 2011. Despite club officials pointing the finger at him for failing to retain the title, he was voted Vodacom premier League coach of the year for 2010/2011.