Leticia Chinyamula
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 12 June 2006 | ||
| Place of birth | Malawi | ||
| Position | 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 as of 29 October 2024 | |||
Leticia Chinyamula (born 12 June 2006) is a Malawian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Ascent Academy and captains the Malawi national team.[1] In 2026 She led Malawi's under 20s national team to qualify for the 2027 FIFA Women’s Under-20 World Cup African Qualifiers. The only team from the COSAFA area.
Club career
[edit]Chinyamula has been playing for Ascent Academy. and participated with them in the 2024 COSAFA Women'Champions League.[2]
In February 2025 at the first Football Association Malawi awards she was named 2024 woman player of the year and she won 3m kwacha.[3]
International career
[edit]Chinyamula 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.[4] In April 2024, she was nominated for the COSAFA Women's Most Promising Player Award, which she went on to win in May 2024.[5][6]
In September 2023, she received her first call-up to the senior team for the 2023 COSAFA Women's Championship.[7] On 25 September 2023 she scored her debut international goals, a brace in a historic 17–0 victory against Seychelles.[8] She and the team went on to secure the championship, marking Malawi's first women's trophy.[9] in the 2024 edition She was named in the group stage best 11.[10]
By 2026 she was the captain of the "Junior Scorchers" (Malawi's under 20s national) team and they were the only team from the COSAFA area who qualified for the 2027 FIFA Women’s Under-20 World Cup African Qualifiers. This was achieved after their third round win 6:2 over Guinea- Bassau.[11]
Career statistics
[edit]International
[edit]- As of match played 28 October 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 | 25 September 2023 | Blantyre, Malawi |  Seychelles |
10–0 | 17–0 | International Friendly | |
| 2 | 16–0 | ||||||
| 3 | 4 October 2023 | Pretoria, South Africa |  South Africa |
1–0 | 4–3 | 2023 COSAFA Women's Championship | |
| 4 | 12 October 2023 | Johannesburg, South Africa |  Madagascar |
2–0 | 3–1 | 2023 COSAFA Women's Championship | |
| 5 | 28 October 2024 | Gqeberha, South Africa |  Mauritius |
1–0 | 9–0 | 2024 COSAFA Women's Championship | |
| 6 | 4–0 | ||||||
| 7 | 6–0 |
Honors
[edit]Malawi
Individual
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "Malawian women's football star, 17-yr-old Leticia Chinyamula, wins COSAFA award". nyasatimes.com. 10 May 2024. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
- ↑ "Ascent Academy seek to reach new heights in 'home' qualifiers". cosafa.com. COSAFA. 26 July 2024. Retrieved 29 October 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
- 1 2 "Isaac Kaliati, Leticia Chinyamula, Peter Mponda named best at Fam awards". The Times Group. 22 February 2025. Retrieved 11 June 2026.
- ↑ "Malawi to debut at COSAFA Women's Under-17 Championship". cosafa.com. COSAFA. 10 November 2022. Retrieved 12 October 2024.
- ↑ "Trio up for COSAFA Women's Most Promising Player Award had a stellar year". cosafa.com. 18 April 2024. Retrieved 12 October 2024.
- ↑ "17-year-old Scorchers star in COSAFA's best upcoming women's player". times.mw. 10 May 2024. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
- ↑ "Malawi Coach names squad for Cosafa Cup". malawi24.com. 16 September 2023. Retrieved 12 October 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. 26 September 2024. Retrieved 12 October 2024.
Leticia Chinyamula were on target twice each
- ↑ "Ascent Soccer standout named Southern Africa's most promising women's player". ascentsoccer.org. 12 May 2024. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
- ↑ "Chinyamula in COSAFA Group Stage Best IX". mbc.mw. 30 October 2024. Retrieved 2 January 2025.
- ↑ "Chinyamula Proud as Junior Scorchers Lead COSAFA Charge for World Cup Spot". Africa Top Sports (in French). 17 February 2026. Retrieved 11 June 2026.
- ↑ Kanjere, Peter (21 February 2025). "Isaac Kaliyati, Leticia Chinyamula win big at Malawi FA Awards". panafricafootball.com. Retrieved 14 March 2025.
External links
[edit]- Leticia Chinyamula at Global Sports Archive