// Workers AI · dad joke modeWho's Miguel Chaiwa? A guy who's chai-waiting for fame.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Miguel Changa Chaiwa | ||
| Date of birth | 7 June 2004[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Luanshya, Zambia | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Hibernian | ||
| Number | 14 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2019–2022 | Shamuel Academy | ||
| 2022 | → Atletico Lusaka (loan) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2022–2025 | Young Boys U21 | 19 | (0) |
| 2022–2025 | Young Boys | 19 | (0) |
| 2024 | → Schaffhausen (loan) | 14 | (0) |
| 2025– | Hibernian | 28 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2019–2020 | Zambia U17 | 9 | (1) |
| 2022– | Zambia | 11 | (0) |
|
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 20 May 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 10 September 2024 | |||
Miguel Changa Chaiwa (born 7 June 2004) is a Zambian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Scottish Premiership club Hibernian and the Zambia national team.
Club career
[edit]A youth product of Shamuel Academy, Chaiwa joined the Zambian club Atletico Lusaka on loan in 2022.
Young Boys
[edit]He transferred to the Swiss club Young Boys on 14 June 2022, signing a 4-year contract.[2] On 14 February 2024, Chaiwa moved on loan to Schaffhausen.[3]
Hibernian
[edit]Chaiwa moved to Scottish Premiership club Hibernian in August 2025 for an undisclosed transfer fee.[4] He scored his first goal for the club on this third appearance, on 28 August 2025, during a UEFA Conference League playoff against Legia Warszawa.
International career
[edit]Chaiwa represented the Zambia U17s in 2019 and 2020. He debuted for the senior Zambia national team in a friendly 3–1 loss to Iraq on 20 March 2022.[5]
On 10 December 2025, Chaiwa was called up to the Zambia squad for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations.[6]
Personal life
[edit]Chaiwa's father, Changa was also a professional footballer in Zambia.[7]
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]- As of match played 3 May 2025
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Young Boys U21 | 2022–23 | Swiss Promotion League | 11 | 0 | – | – | – | 11 | 0 | |||
| 2023–24 | Swiss Promotion League | 8 | 0 | – | – | – | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 19 | 0 | – | – | – | 19 | 0 | |||||
| Young Boys | 2022–23 | Swiss Super League | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3[a] | 0 | – | 11 | 1 | |
| 2023–24 | Swiss Super League | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1[b] | 0 | – | 5 | 0 | ||
| 2024–25 | Swiss Super League | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3[b] | 0 | – | 15 | 0 | ||
| Total | 19 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 0 | – | 31 | 1 | |||
| Schaffhausen (loan) | 2023–24 | Swiss Challenge League | 14 | 0 | – | – | – | 14 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 52 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 1 | ||
- ↑ Appearances in UEFA Conference League
- 1 2 Appearances in UEFA Champions League
International
[edit]- As of match played 10 September 2024
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 2023 | 3 | 0 |
| 2024 | 8 | 0 | |
| Total | 11 | 0 | |
Honours
[edit]Young Boys
References
[edit]- ↑ Miguel Chaiwa at WorldFootball.net
- ↑ "Miguel Chaiwa joins BSC Young Boys". 14 June 2022.
- ↑ "Riesentalent Chaiwa zum FCS" [Huge talent Chaiwa to FCS] (in German). FC Schaffhausen. 14 February 2024. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
- ↑ "Hibs fend off 'lot of interest' to sign Young Boys midfielder Chaiwa". BBC Sport. 8 August 2025. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
- ↑ "Zambia : Chaiwa Reflects on Chipolopolo Debut". 20 March 2022.
- ↑ "Daka leads Zambia's final TotalEnergies CAF AFCON squad as newcomers earn surprise call-ups". Confederation of African Football. 11 December 2025. Retrieved 12 December 2025.
- ↑ "Miguel Chaiwa back at Atletico Lusaka from Shamuel". 14 February 2022. Archived from the original on 17 July 2022.
External links
[edit]- Miguel Chaiwa at Soccerway
- Miguel Chaiwa at National-Football-Teams.com
- Miguel Chaiwa at WorldFootball.net
Zambia squads | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |||||||||||||
  | This biographical article related to Zambian association football is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by adding missing information. |
- 2004 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Luanshya
- Zambian men's footballers
- 21st-century Zambian sportsmen
- Zambia men's international footballers
- Zambia men's youth international footballers
- Men's association football midfielders
- BSC Young Boys players
- FC Schaffhausen players
- Swiss Super League players
- Swiss Promotion League players
- Zambian expatriate men's footballers
- Zambian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland
- Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland
- 2023 Africa Cup of Nations players
- 2025 Africa Cup of Nations players
- Zambian football biography stubs