Frank Sinalo - International Appearances


The outstanding Malawian player scored 28 international goals for his National Team. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.
Born: unknown
Country: Malawi
Caps:	75	(W36-D22-L17 - GF107-GA63 - %62.67)
Goals:	28	(% 0.37 per match) 
First Cap:                  23- 6-1981 vs. Tanzania 0-0
Last Cap:                   11- 6-1989 vs. Liberia 0-1
National Team Career:  7 y 353 d


Cap  Goals     Date     Venue           Opponent       Score    Competition

 1	     23- 6-81	Nchalo  	Tanzania	0-0	
 2   1	  1  10- 7-81	Blantyre	Zimbabwe	2-0	Malawi Indep. Cup
 3	  1   4- 9-81	Mbabane 	Zimbabwe	1-2	Swaziland Cup
 4   1	  2   5- 9-81	Mbabane 	Lesotho 	4-1	Swaziland Cup
 5	  2   6- 9-81	Mbabane 	Swaziland	0-0	Swaziland Cup
 6	  2   4-11-81	Maputo  	Mozambique	0-1	
 7   3    5  20-11-81	Dar-es-Salaam	Zanzibar	4-1	CECAFA Cup
 8	  5   6- 7-82	Blantyre	Tanzania	0-1	Malawi Indep. Cup
 9	  5   8- 7-82	Lilongwe	Tanzania 	2-0 [1]	Malawi Indep. Cup
10   1	  6  12- 9-82	Blantyre	Zimbabwe	2-0	African Cup Qualifier
11   1	  7   3-10-82	Harare  	Zimbabwe	2-0	African Cup Qualifier
12	  7  13-11-82	Kampala 	Uganda  	1-2	CECAFA Cup
13	  7  16-11-82	Kampala 	Zimbabwe	1-1	CECAFA Cup
14	  7  19-11-82	Kampala 	Tanzania	2-0	CECAFA Cup
15	  7  16- 6-83	Blantyre	Mozambique	2-0	Mozambique Cup
16	  7   8- 7-83	Lilongwe	Zimbabwe	1-0	Malawi Indep. Cup
17	  7  14- 8-83	Antananarivo	Madagascar	1-0	African Cup Qualifier
18   1	  8  22-10-83 	Dar-es-Salaam	Tanzania	1-1	
19	  8  13-11-83	Mombasa 	Zimbabwe	0-1	CECAFA Cup
20	  8  17-11-83	Mombasa 	Somalia 	2-1	CECAFA Cup
21	  8  20-11-83	Mombasa 	Zanzibar	3-1	CECAFA Cup
22   1	  9  25-11-83	Nairobi 	Uganda  	1-2	CECAFA Cup
23	  9   6- 7-84	Blantyre	Kenya   	2-1	Malawi Indep. Cup
24	  9   8- 7-84	Lilongwe	Kenya   	1-1	Malawi Indep. Cup
25	  9  15- 7-84	Curepipe	Mauritius	1-0	World Cup Qualifier
26	  9  28- 7-84	Lilongwe	Mauritius	4-0	World Cup Qualifier
27   1	 10  17-11-84	Lilongwe	Zimbabwe	3-0 	
28	 10  19-11-84 	Blantyre	Zimbabwe	1-0 	
29   1	 11   2-12-84	Mbale   	Kenya   	2-1	CECAFA Cup
30   1	 12   5-12-84 	Mbale   	Somalia 	1-0	CECAFA Cup
31	 12   9-12-84	Mbale   	Zanzibar	1-0	CECAFA Cup
32	 12  12-12-84	Kampala 	Uganda  	2-0	CECAFA Cup
33	 12  15-12-84	Kampala 	Zambia   	0-0 [2]	CECAFA Cup
34	 12  23- 3-85	Ndola   	Zambia  	1-1	
35   1 	 13  25- 3-85	Ndola   	Zambia  	2-2	
36	 13  30- 3-85	Lilongwe	Mozambique	1-1	African Cup Qualifier
37	 13   7- 4-85	Rabat   	Morocco 	0-2	World Cup Qualifier
38   1	 14  16- 4-85	Maputo  	Mozambique 	1-1 [3]	African Cup Qualifier
39	 14  21- 4-85 	Blantyre	Morocco 	0-0 	World Cup Qualifier
40   1	 15   2- 5-85	Harare  	Zimbabwe	3-1	
41	 15   6- 7-85	Blantyre	Tanzania	0-0	Malawi Indep. Cup
42	 15   8- 7-85	Lilongwe	Tanzania	2-0	Malawi Indep. Cup
43	 15  10- 7-85	Mzuzu   	Tanzania	0-0	Malawi Indep. Cup
44	 15   4-10-85	Bulawayo	Uganda  	1-0	CECAFA Cup
45   1	 16   6-10-85	Bulawayo	Zambia  	2-2	CECAFA Cup
46	 16  10-10-85	Bulawayo	Zimbabwe	0-1	CECAFA Cup
47   1	 17  12-10-85 	Bulawayo	Uganda  	3-1	CECAFA Cup
48   3	 20  16-11-86	Kigali  	Rwanda  	5-2	Olympic G. Qualifier
49   2	 22  30-11-86	Lilongwe	Rwanda  	3-0	Olympic G. Qualifier
50	 22   4- 1-87	Mbabane 	Swaziland	3-1	African Games Qual.
51	 22  18- 1-87	Lilongwe	Swaziland	6-1	African Games Qual.
52   1	 23   5- 4-87	Lusaka  	Zambia  	1-3	African Games Qual.
53   1	 24  18- 4-87	Blantyre	Zambia  	2-0	African Games Qual.
54	 24  17- 6-87	Lilongwe	Cameroon	1-1	Olympic G. Qualifier
55   1	 25   3- 7-87	Lilongwe	Ivory Coast	1-2	African Cup Qualifier
56	 25  12- 7-87	Yaoundé 	Cameroon	0-3	Olympic G. Qualifier
57	 25  19- 7-87	Abidjan 	Ivory Coast	0-2	African Cup Qualifier
58	 25  22- 6-88	Maputo  	Mozambique	0-0	Mozambique Cup
59	 25   3- 8-88	Ndola   	Zambia  	1-4	
60	 25   4- 8-88	Lusaka  	Zambia  	1-7	
61	 25  31- 8-88	Nairobi 	Kenya   	2-0	Kenya Cup
62	 25   2- 9-88	Nairobi 	Kenya   	0-1	Kenya Cup
63	 25   6-11-88	Lilongwe	Tanzania	0-0	CECAFA Cup
64	 25  10-11-88	Lilongwe	Zanzibar	1-0	CECAFA Cup
65	 25  12-11-88 	Lilongwe	Kenya   	3-0	CECAFA Cup
66	 25  16-11-88 	Lilongwe	Zimbabwe 	0-0 [4]	CECAFA Cup
67   1	 26  17-11-88	Lilongwe	Zimbabwe	2-0	CECAFA Cup
68   1	 27  19-11-88	Blantyre	Zambia   	3-1 [5]	CECAFA Cup
69	 27   7- 1-89	Nairobi 	Kenya   	1-1	World Cup Qualifier
70	 27  21- 1-89	Lilongwe	Egypt   	1-1	World Cup Qualifier
71	 27  26- 3-89	Addis Ababa	Ethiopia	1-1	
72	 27  28- 3-89	Addis Ababa	Ethiopia	0-1	
73   1	 28   9- 4-89	Mbabane 	Swaziland	2-0	African Cup Qualifier
74	 28  23- 4-89	Blantyre	Swaziland	1-1	African Cup Qualifier
75	 28  11- 6-89	Monrovia	Liberia 	0-1	World Cup Qualifier 
 
NB: In matches 2, 5, 6 and 16 Sinalo played as a substitute. 
 
[1] match abandoned at 80'.
[2] Malawi lost 0-3 on penalty kicks.
[3] Malawi lost 5-6 on penalty kicks.
[4] match abandoned at 107'.
[5] after extra time.

NB: the Olympic Games Qualifier matches are not recognized as full A by FIFA, but they
    are for the Malawi FA; likewise, matches against Zanzibar are not recognized as full
    A by FIFA, but they are for the Malawi FA (Zanzibar is not a member of FIFA). 

Total Record

Matches  Won Draw Lost  For Against  Points  Percentage
    75    36   22   17  107-  63      94       62.67


Type of                  Matches and Goals 

CECAFA Cup		    23	      10
Friendlies		    12	       4
African Cup Qualifier	     9	       5
Malawi Independence Cup	     9	       1
World Cup Qualifier	     7	       0
African Games Qualifier	     4	       2
Olympic Games Qualifier	     4         5
Other Tournaments	     7         1 

Total:                      75        28 

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