Temwa Chawinga

Temwa Chawinga (born 20 September 1998) is a Malawian footballer who plays as a forward for Chinese club Wuhan Jianghan University FC and the Malawi women's national team.

Temwa Chawinga
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-09-20) 20 September 1998
Place of birth Malawi
Position(s) Forward[1]
Team information
Current team
 Wuhan Jianghan University
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2019 Kvarnsvedens IK 57 (55)
2020– Wuhan Jianghan 0 (9)
International career‡
Malawi 14+ (22+)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 October 2019
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 October 2023

Background

Early life

Chawinga was born on 20 September, 1998, in Rumphi district, Northern Region, Malawi. She is a Tumbuka by tribe and her name Temwa means "love" in Tumbuka language.[2]She is a sister of Thabitha Chawinga, a professional footballer as well.[3]She was playing for Blantyre Zero when her sister Thabitha was playing for DD Sunshine. Temwa is the youngest of the children in the family of five children.[2]

When Tabitha went to Sweden and in her third season, Jiangsu Suning of China wanted to sign her from Kvarnsvedens IK.[2]

Honours

Wuhan Jianghan University

International goals

Scores and results list Malawi's goal tally first

No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
130 December 2016Nankhaka Stadium, Lilongwe, Malawi, Malawi Zambia1–12–3Friendly
215 September 2017Barbourfields Stadium, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe Madagascar3–06–32017 COSAFA Women's Championship
34–0
417 September 2017Luveve Stadium, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe Zimbabwe1–23–3
54 April 2019Kamuzu Stadium, Blantyre, Malawi Mozambique2–011–12020 CAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
64–0
75–0
87–0
910–0
109 April 2019Estádio do Zimpeto, Maputo, Mozambique Mozambique1–03–0
117 November 2020Wolfson Stadium, Ibhayi, South Africa Lesotho3–09–02020 COSAFA Women's Championship
129 November 2020Wolfson Stadium, Ibhayi, South Africa Zambia1–01–0
1312 November 2020Wolfson Stadium, Ibhayi, South Africa South Africa1–12–6
144 October 2023Lucas Moripe Stadium, Pretoria South Africa2–14–32023 COSAFA Women's Championship
153–1
164–1
177 October 2023Lucas Moripe Stadium, Pretoria Eswatini5–08–0
186–0
197–0
208–0
2113 October 2023Lucas Moripe Stadium, Pretoria Mozambique1–12–1
222–1

Personal life

Chawinga's sister Tabitha is also a Malawian international footballer.[2]

References
  1. Temwa Chawinga at Soccerway
  2. Ahmadu, Samuel (6 March 2021). "Chawinga: Tabitha joins Malawian sister Temwa at Wuhan". Goal.com. Goal. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  3. "Idrottonline". www.rf.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2023-10-18.


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