John Phiri - International Appearances


The outstanding Zimbabwean player obtained 67 international caps with his National Team. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.
Born:  3- 5-1962
Country: Zimbabwe
Caps:	67	(W27-D19-L21 – GF93-GA87 – %54.48)
Goals:	3
Age First Cap: 20 yr 197 d   16-11-1982 vs. Malawi 1-1
Age Last Cap:  33 yr  88 d   30- 7-1995 vs. Cameroon 0-1
National Team Career: 12 yr 256 d

Caps   Date 	Venue	 	Opponent       Score 	Competition

 1   16-11-82	Kampala 	Malawi  	1-1	CECAFA Cup
 2   20-11-82	Kampala 	Uganda  	1-1	CECAFA Cup
 3    6- 7-83	Blantyre	Malawi  	0-0	Malawi Independ. Cup
 4    8- 7-83	Lilongwe	Malawi  	0-1	Malawi Independ. Cup
 5   29- 8-83	Tripoli 	Libya   	1-3
 6    2-10-83	Harare  	Ethiopia	3-2	Olympic Games Qualifier
 7   16-10-83	Addis Ababa	Ethiopia	0-1	Olympic Games Qualifier
 8   13-11-83	Mombasa 	Malawi  	1-0	CECAFA Cup
 9   19-11-83	Mombasa 	Somalia 	2-1	CECAFA Cup
10   23-11-83	Mombasa 	Uganda  	1-0	CECAFA Cup
11   26-11-83	Nairobi 	Kenya   	0-1	CECAFA Cup
12    3- 3-85	Antananarivo	Madagascar	1-0	African Cup Qualifier
13   24- 3-85	Harare  	Madagascar	5-2	African Cup Qualifier
14    2- 5-85	Harare  	Malawi  	1-3
15    1- 9-85	Dakar   	Senegal 	0-3	African Cup Qualifier
16    4-10-85	Harare  	Tanzania	1-0	CECAFA Cup
17    6-10-85	Harare  	Kenya   	1-1	CECAFA Cup
18   10-10-85	Bulawayo	Malawi  	1-0	CECAFA Cup
19   13-10-85	Harare  	Kenya   	2-0	CECAFA Cup
20   10-11-85	Luanda  	Angola  	3-2	Angola Independ. Cup
21   11-11-85	Luanda  	Mozambique	2-2	Angola Independ. Cup
22   19- 7-86	Lilongwe	Malawi  	1-1	African Games Qualifier
23    3- 8-86	Bulawayo	Malawi   	1-1 [1]	African Games Qualifier
24    7-11-88	Blantyre	Uganda  	0-0	CECAFA Cup
25   11-11-88	Blantyre	Zambia  	1-1	CECAFA Cup
26   14-11-88	Blantyre	Ethiopìa	2-1	CECAFA Cup
27   17-11-88	Lilongwe	Malawi  	0-2	CECAFA Cup
28   19-11-88	Blantyre	Kenya    	0-0 [2]	CECAFA Cup
29    6- 1-89	Annaba  	Algeria 	0-3	World Cup Qualifier
30   22- 1-89	Harare  	Ivory Coast	0-0	World Cup Qualifier
31    9- 4-89	Curepipe	Mauritius	4-1	African Cup Qualifier
32   16- 6-89	Harare  	Zambia  	0-0
33   25- 6-89	Harare  	Algeria 	1-2	World Cup Qualifier
34   15- 7-89	Lagos   	Nigeria 	0-3	African Cup Qualifier
35   30- 7-89	Harare  	Nigeria 	1-1	African Cup Qualifier
36   13- 8-89	Abidjan 	Ivory Coast	0-5	World Cup Qualifier
37    2-12-89	Nairobi 	Tanzania	0-3	CECAFA Cup
38    7-12-89	Nairobi 	Uganda  	1-1	CECAFA Cup
39    9-12-89	Nairobi 	Kenya   	1-2	CECAFA Cup
40    7- 3-90	Maputo  	Lesotho 	4-1	SADCC Tournament
41    8- 3-90	Matola  	Angola  	2-0	SADCC Tournament
42   10- 3-90	Matola  	Mozambique	1-3	SADCC Tournament
43    1- 4-90	Lusaka  	Swaziland 	4-4 [3]	SADCC Tournament
44   13- 8-90	Mutare  	Mozambique	3-2
45   25- 8-90	Gaborone	Zambia  	1-3	SADCC Tournament
46   26- 8-90	Gaborone	Botswana	7-0	SADCC Tournament
47    2- 9-90	Brazzaville	Congo-Brazzav.	0-2	African Cup Qualifier
48    9-10-92	Harare  	Togo    	1-0	World Cup Qualifier
49   20-12-92	Harare  	Egypt   	2-1	World Cup Qualifier
50   10- 1-93	Luanda  	Angola  	1-1	World Cup Qualifier
51   17- 1-93	Lomé    	Togo    	2-1	World Cup Qualifier
52   31- 1-93	Harare  	Angola  	2-1	World Cup Qualifier
53   28- 2-93	Cairo   	Egypt   	1-2	World Cup Qualifier
54   24- 4-93	Johannesburg	South Africa	1-1	African Cup Qualifier
55    2- 5-93	Conakry 	Guinea  	0-3	World Cup Qualifier
56    4- 7-93	Harare  	Cameroon	1-0	World Cup Qualifier
57   11- 7-93	Harare  	Mauritius	2-0	African Cup Qualifier
58   25- 7-93	Harare  	Zambia  	1-1	African Cup Qualifier
59   26- 9-93	Harare  	Guinea  	1-0	World Cup Qualifier
60   10-10-93	Yaoundé 	Cameroon	1-3	World Cup Qualifier
61    4- 9-94	Harare  	Lesotho 	5-0	African Cup Qualifier
62   15-10-94	Blantyre	Malawi  	1-3	African Cup Qualifier
63   13-11-94	Harare  	Zaire   	2-1	African Cup Qualifier
64   22- 1-95	Harare  	Cameroon	4-1	African Cup Qualifier
65    9- 4-95	Maseru  	Lesotho 	2-0	African Cup Qualifier
66   23- 4-95	Harare  	Malawi  	1-1	African Cup Qualifier
67   30- 7-95	Yaoundé 	Cameroon	0-1	African Cup Qualifier
	
[1] Zimbabwe lost 2-4 on penalty kicks.
[2] Zimbabwe lost 2-3 on penalty kicks.
[3] Zimbabwe won 5-3 on penalty kicks.

NB: some Zimbabwean sources claim that he played between 97 and 104 matches;
    his file is still being investigated.


Total Record

Matches  Won  Draw  Lost For Against  Points  Percentage
  67      27   19    21   93-  87       73      54.48

Types of Matches:
CECAFA Cup		18
African Cup Qualifier	17
World Cup Qualifier	14
SADCC Tournament	 6
Friendlies		 4
Other Tournaments	 4
African Games Qualifier	 2
Olympic Games Qualifier	 2

Total:                  67

Goals:
Cap  2	1 goal
Cap  9	1 goal
Cap 13	1 goal

Total	3 goals

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