Memory Phiri

Memory Phiri (born 12 May 1998) is a Zambian association football forward who plays for Southwestern Oklahoma State University in the United States of America.[1]

Memory Phiri
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-05-12) 12 May 1998
Place of birth Chilubi, Zambia
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Playing position(s) Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Southwestern Oklahoma State University
Number 17
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2014 Green Buffaloes Women's Football Club 30 (42)
2015–2016 Northern Oklahoma College 39 (31)
National team‡
2013–2014 Zambia U17 7 (5)
2015– Zambia U20 2 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23 November 2017
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 23 November 2017

Club career

After playing for the high school in Lusaka, she joined the Green Buffaloes Women’s Football Team from 2013 to 2014 where she scored 42 goals in 30 appearances. In 2015, she was offered a scholarship to study medicine at Northern Oklahoma College in the United States of America.[2][3] She played for the college from 2015 to 2016 where she scored 31 goals in 31 appearances.

Southwest Oklahoma State University (SWOSU) named Memory Phiri the Great American Conference Offensive Player of the Week (i.e. week two of October 2018) making it twice in 2018 season.[4]

International

She was invited for the trials for Zambia's inaugural women's Under-17 side and was later selected for a tournament in Sweden where she scored a bicycle kick.[5] From that impressive performance, she received a call-up for the Under-17 World Cup qualifiers. She represented Zambia at the 2014 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Costa Rica, turning out in all three games as Zambia won one game on its tournament debut.[6][7]

References
  1. "Memory Phiri - Player Profile - Football". Eurosport. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 23 November 2017.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "Zambia : U-20 female player gets US college sponsorship". Lusakatimes.com. 30 June 2015. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
  4. https://swosuathletics.com/news/2018/10/16/WSOC_101618_PhriPOTW.aspx
  5. "How some lesser-known African footballers are making a career around the world". Bbc.com. 15 November 2017. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
  6. "FIFA Tournaments - Players & Coaches - Memory PHIRI". FIFA.com. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
  7. "FIFA Tournaments - Players & Coaches - Memory PHIRI". FIFA.com. Retrieved 23 November 2017.


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