Gilbert Chirwa - Century of International Appearances (original) (raw)


The outstanding Malawian player, who obtained 112 international caps with his National Team, has entered the symbolic but exclusive circle of players with a Century of Caps. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.


Cap Date Venue Opponent Score Competition

1 23- 6-81 Nchalo Tanzania 0-0 2 22-10-83 Dar-es-Salaam Tanzania 1-1 3 24-10-83 Dar-es-Salaam Tanzania 0-0 4 26-10-83 Zanzibar Zanzibar 1-0 5 12- 2-84 Blantyre Zambia 1-0 6 11- 3-84 Bouak� Ghana 0-1 African Nations Cup 7 10- 7-84 Mzuzu Kenya 2-1 Malawi Indep. Cup 8 17-11-84 Lilongwe Zimbabwe 3-0 9 19-11-84 Blantyre Zimbabwe 1-0 10 5-12-84 Mbale Somalia 1-0 CECAFA Cup 11 21- 4-85 Blantyre Morocco 0-0 World Cup Qualifier 12 2- 5-85 Harare Zimbabwe 3-1 13 6- 7-85 Blantyre Tanzania 0-0 Malawi Indep. Cup 14 8- 7-85 Lilongwe Tanzania 2-0 Malawi Indep. Cup 15 10- 7-85 Mzuzu Tanzania 0-0 Malawi Indep. Cup 16 4-10-85 Bulawayo Uganda 1-0 CECAFA Cup 17 6-10-85 Bulawayo Zambia 2-2 CECAFA Cup 18 10-10-85 Bulawayo Zimbabwe 0-1 CECAFA Cup 19 12-10-85 Bulawayo Uganda 3-1 CECAFA Cup 20 21- 6-86 Blantyre Zambia 0-2 21 22- 6-86 Lilongwe Zambia 0-1 22 6- 7-86 Blantyre Uganda 2-1 Malawi Indep. Cup 23 8- 7-86 Lilongwe Uganda 0-0 Malawi Indep. Cup 24 10- 7-86 Mzuzu Uganda 0-0 Malawi Indep. Cup 25 19- 7-86 Lilongwe Zimbabwe 1-1 African Games Qual. 26 3- 8-86 Bulawayo Zimbabwe 1-1 [1] African Games Qual. 27 30- 9-86 Gabarone Botswana 0-2 Botswana Cup 28 16-11-86 Kigali Rwanda 5-2 Olympic G. Qualifier 29 30-11-86 Lilongwe Rwanda 3-0 Olympic G. Qualifier 30 4- 1-87 Mbabane Swaziland 3-1 African Games Qual. 31 18- 1-87 Lilongwe Swaziland 6-1 African Games Qual. 32 5- 4-87 Lusaka Zambia 1-3 African Games Qual. 33 18- 4-87 Blantyre Zambia 2-0 African Games Qual. 34 13- 6-87 Lilongwe Zimbabwe 1-4 35 14- 6-87 Blantyre Zimbabwe 2-1 36 17- 6-87 Lilongwe Cameroon 1-1 Olympic G. Qualifier 37 3- 7-87 Lilongwe Ivory Coast 1-2 African Cup Qualifier 38 6- 7-87 Blantyre Burundi 1-1 Malawi Indep. Cup 39 12- 7-87 Yaound� Cameroon 0-3 Olympic G. Qualifier 40 19- 7-87 Abidjan Ivory Coast 0-2 African Cup Qualifier 41 2- 9-87 Nairobi Ivory Coast 0-1 African Games 42 4- 9-87 Nairobi Senegal 2-0 African Games 43 6- 9-87 Nairobi Egypt 2-1 African Games 44 9- 9-87 Nairobi Kenya 1-1 [2] African Games 45 12- 9-87 Nairobi Cameroon 3-1 African Games 46 2-12-87 Tunis Tunisia 3-2 47 13-12-87 Addis Ababa Zimbabwe 1-1 CECAFA Cup 48 22- 6-88 Maputo Mozambique 0-0 Mozambique Cup 49 8- 7-88 Lilongwe Zambia 0-1 Malawi Indep. Cup 50 16- 7-88 Kampala Uganda 0-1 World Cup Qualifier 51 30- 7-88 Lilongwe Uganda 3-1 World Cup Qualifier 52 3- 8-88 Ndola Zambia 1-4 53 4- 8-88 Lusaka Zambia 1-7 54 31- 8-88 Nairobi Kenya 2-0 Kenya Cup 55 2- 9-88 Nairobi Kenya 0-1 Kenya Cup 56 26- 9-88 Blantyre Mozambique 1-1 57 28- 9-88 Lilongwe Mozambique 1-0 58 6-11-88 Lilongwe Tanzania 0-0 CECAFA Cup 59 10-11-88 Lilongwe Zanzibar 1-0 CECAFA Cup 60 12-11-88 Lilongwe Kenya 3-0 CECAFA Cup 61 16-11-88 Lilongwe Zimbabwe 0-0 [3] CECAFA Cup 62 17-11-88 Lilongwe Zimbabwe 2-0 CECAFA Cup 63 19-11-88 Blantyre Zambia 3-1 [4] CECAFA Cup 64 7- 1-89 Nairobi Kenya 1-1 World Cup Qualifier 65 21- 1-89 Lilongwe Egypt 1-1 World Cup Qualifier 66 26- 3-89 Addis Ababa Ethiopia 1-1 67 28- 3-89 Addis Ababa Ethiopia 0-1 68 9- 4-89 Mbabane Swaziland 2-0 African Cup Qualifier 69 23- 4-89 Blantyre Swaziland 1-1 African Cup Qualifier 70 3- 6-89 Lilongwe Tunisia 1-0 71 11- 6-89 Monrovia Liberia 0-1 World Cup Qualifier 72 24- 6-89 Lilongwe Kenya 1-0 World Cup Qualifier 73 6- 7-89 Blantyre Gabon 2-0 Malawi Indep. Cup 74 15- 7-89 Blantyre Kenya 2-3 African Cup Qualifier 75 29- 7-89 Nairobi Kenya 0-0 African Cup Qualifier 76 5- 8-89 Tunis Tunisia 0-3 77 12- 8-89 Cairo Egypt 0-1 World Cup Qualifier 78 26- 8-89 Lilongwe Liberia 0-0 World Cup Qualifier 79 10-12-89 Mombasa Zambia 0-0 CECAFA Cup 80 14-12-89 Nairobi Kenya 1-0 CECAFA Cup 81 16-12-89 Nairobi Uganda 3-3 [5] CECAFA Cup 82 20- 1-90 Mbabane Tanzania 2-2 SADCC 83 21- 1-90 Mbabane Botswana 2-2 SADCC 84 23- 1-90 Mbabane Swaziland 0-0 SADCC 85 6- 7-90 Blantyre Tanzania 2-0 Malawi Indep. Cup 86 9- 7-90 Lilongwe Tanzania 1-1 Malawi Indep. Cup 87 11- 7-90 Mzuzu Tanzania 0-0 Malawi Indep. Cup 88 4- 8-90 Blantyre Zaire 1-0 89 6- 8-90 Lilongwe Zaire 1-0 90 8- 8-90 Mzuzu Zaire 0-0 91 18- 8-90 Blantyre Congo-Brazzav. 0-1 African Cup Qualifier 92 9-12-90 Zanzibar Zimbabwe 0-0 CECAFA Cup 93 12-12-90 Zanzibar Zanzibar 1-2 CECAFA Cup 94 28- 4-91 Brazzaville Congo-Brazzav. 1-2 African Cup Qualifier 95 6- 7-91 Blantyre Kenya 0-2 Malawi Indep. Cup 96 8- 7-91 Lilongwe Kenya 1-1 Malawi Indep. Cup 97 10- 7-91 Mzuzu Kenya 1-1 Malawi Indep. Cup 98 27- 7-91 Lilongwe Zimbabwe 2-2 African Cup Qualifier 99 17- 8-91 Nchalo Mozambique 1-0 100 20- 8-91 Blantyre Mozambique 2-0 101 25-11-91 Mbale Zanzibar 1-0 CECAFA Cup 102 28-11-91 Mbale Kenya 0-1 CECAFA Cup 103 1-12-91 Mbale Zambia 0-0 CECAFA Cup 104 27- 3-93 Lilongwe Zambia 1-0 [6] 105 11- 4-93 Rabat Morocco 1-0 African Cup Qualifier 106 23- 4-93 Cairo Egypt 0-2 African Cup Qualifier 107 22- 5-93 Nchanga Zambia 1-1 108 23- 5-93 Kitwe Zambia 1-0 109 25- 5-93 Lusaka Zambia 2-4 110 6- 7-93 Blantyre Swaziland 3-1 Malawi Indep. Cup 111 11- 7-93 Bamako Mali 1-2 African Cup Qualifier 112 25- 7-93 Blantyre Morocco 0-2 African Cup Qualifier

NB: In matches 41 and 50 Chirwa played as a substitute.

[1] Malawi won 2-1 on penalty kicks. [2] Malawi lost 1-2 on penalty kicks. [3] match abandoned at 107' [4] after extra time. [5] Malawi lost 1-2 on penalty kicks. [6] match abandoned at 46.

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 112 43 39 30 126- 106 125 55.80

Types of Matches

Friendlies 30 CECAFA Cup 20 Malawi Independence Cup 17 African Cup Qualifier 13 World Cup Qualifier 9 African Games Qualifier 6 African Games 5 Olympic Games Qualifier 4 African Nations Cup 1 Other Tournaments 7

Total 112

Goals: Cap 51 1 goal Cap 60 1 goal Cap 74 1 goal Cap 108 1 goal

Total 4 goals


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