Bizwell Phiri

Bizwell Phiri
Personal information
Place of birth	Zambia
Date of death	1994
Place of death	South Africa
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team
1988	Jomo Cosmos
International career
1978–1980	Zambia
Managerial career
1992–1994	Bush Bucks
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Bizwell Phiri (died 1994) was a Zambian football player and manager.

Career

Phiri played as a defender for Zambia in the 1978 African Cup of Nations, where he scored a goal against Upper Volta.^[1] He joined South African side Jomo Cosmos F.C. in 1988.^[2]

After he retired from playing, Phiri became a football coach. In 1992, he was appointed manager of Bush Bucks F.C.,^[3] and led the club to the 1993 Coca-Cola Challenge Cup title.^[4]

In 1994, Phiri was killed in an automobile accident in South Africa.^[5]^[6]

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