Leticia Chinyamula (born June 12, 2006) is an Malawian soccer player who plays as a Midfielder for Ascent Academy and the Malawi national team.[1]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | June 12, 2006 | ||
| Place of birth | Malawi | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Ascent Academy | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2022– | Ascent Academy | ||
| International career‡ | |||
| 2022 | Malawi U17 | 4 | (3) |
| 2023– | Malawi | 7 | (7) |
|
*Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of October 29, 2024 | |||
Club career
editChinyamula has been playing for Ascent Academy. and participated with them in the 2024 COSAFA Women'Champions League.[2]
International career
editChinyamula is a Malawian youth and senior international. She was named to Malawi's maiden under-17 team to represent the nation on the international stage at the 2022 COSAFA U-17 Women's Championship, played on home soil.[3] In April 2024, she was nominated for the COSAFA Women's Most Promising Player Award, which she went on to win in May 2024.[4][5]
In September 2023, she received her first call-up to the senior team for the 2023 COSAFA Women's Championship.[6] On September 25, 2023, she scored her debut international goals, a brace in a historic 17–0 victory against Seychelles.[7] She and the team went on to secure the championship, marking Malawi's first women's trophy.[8]
Career statistics
editInternational
edit- As of match played October 28, 2024
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 2023 | 4 | 4 |
| 2024 | 3 | 3 | |
| Total | 7 | 7 | |
- Scores and results list Malawi's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Chinyamula goal.
| No. | Date | Location | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | September 25, 2023 | Blantyre, Malawi |  Seychelles
|
10–0 | 17–0 | International Friendly | |
| 2 | 16–0 | ||||||
| 3 | October 4, 2023 | Pretoria, South Africa |  South Africa
|
1–0 | 4–3 | 2023 COSAFA Women's Championship | |
| 4 | October 12, 2023 | Johannesburg, South Africa |  Madagascar
|
2–0 | 3–1 | 2023 COSAFA Women's Championship | |
| 5 | October 28, 2024 | Gqeberha, South Africa |  Mauritius
|
1–0 | 9–0 | 2024 COSAFA Women's Championship | |
| 6 | 4–0 | ||||||
| 7 | 6–0 |
Honors
editMalawi
References
edit- ^ "Malawian women's football star, 17-yr-old Leticia Chinyamula, wins COSAFA award". nyasatimes.com. May 10, 2024. Retrieved October 29, 2024.
- ^ "Ascent Academy seek to reach new heights in 'home' qualifiers". cosafa.com. COSAFA. July 26, 2024. Retrieved October 29, 2024.
That includes 18-year-old Leticia Chinyamula, who was the recent recipient of the Most Promising Women's Player at the 2023 COSAFA Awards
- ^ "Malawi to debut at COSAFA Women's Under-17 Championship". cosafa.com. COSAFA. November 10, 2022. Retrieved October 12, 2024.
- ^ "Trio up for COSAFA Women's Most Promising Player Award had a stellar year". cosafa.com. April 18, 2024. Retrieved October 12, 2024.
- ^ "17-year-old Scorchers star in COSAFA's best upcoming women's player". times.mw. May 10, 2024. Retrieved October 29, 2024.
- ^ "Malawi Coach names squad for Cosafa Cup". malawi24.com. September 16, 2023. Retrieved October 12, 2024.
Fazili has included five players from the Under 17 squad that took part in the 2022 Cosafa U17 Girls' Championship which Malawi hosted in December last year namely Leticia Chinyamula (Ascent Academy)
- ^ "Unfriendly Scorchers baptise Seychelles". times.mw. September 26, 2024. Retrieved October 12, 2024.
Leticia Chinyamula were on target twice each
- ^ "Ascent Soccer standout named Southern Africa's most promising women's player". ascentsoccer.org. May 12, 2024. Retrieved October 29, 2024.
External links
edit- Leticia Chinyamula at Global Sports Archive
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