Davies Phiri (born 1 April 1976 in

Mufulira Mufulira is a town in the Copperbelt Province of Zambia. Mufulira means "Place of Abundance and Peace". The town developed around the Mufulira Copper Mine in the 1930s. The town also serves as the administrative capital of Mufulira District. G ...

) is a former

Zambia Zambia, officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of Central Africa, Central, Southern Africa, Southern and East Africa. It is typically referred to being in South-Central Africa or Southern Africa. It is bor ...

football (soccer) Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ...

goalkeeper In many team sports that involve scoring goal (sport), goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie, or keeper) is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by blocking or i ...

who is currently the goalkeeper coach for

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based football team,

AmaZulu F.C. AmaZulu Football Club is a South African professional soccer club based in the city of Durban in the KwaZulu Natal province, that plays in the South African Premiership, Premiership, the first tier of the South African football league system. ...

He previously played for

Durban Stars Durban Stars is a semi-professional association football club based in the Chatsworth suburb of Durban, in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. The club was founded in July 2003, when the businessman Phindani Nene acquired the Castle Lea ...

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and

Kabwe Warriors Kabwe Warriors is a Zambian football (soccer), football club based in Kabwe that plays in the Zambian Premier League. They play their home games at Godfrey 'Ucar' Chitalu 107 Stadium, Railway Stadium in Kabwe. They were once the second most succe ...

. As a player he was part of the

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1996 African Cup of Nations The 1996 African Cup of Nations, also known as the Coca-Cola 1996 Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship reasons, was the 20th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the football championship of Africa ( CAF). It was hosted by South Africa, who rep ...

squad that lost in the semi-finals to

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4–2. He was a member of the

1998 African Cup of Nations The 1998 African Cup of Nations in Burkina Faso was the 21st edition of the Africa Cup of Nations (ACN), the national Association football, football championship of Africa, administered by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). Just like in ...

squad, that finished third in group D on 4 points; the

2000 African Nations Cup The 2000 African Cup of Nations was the 22nd edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the association football championship of Africa ( CAF). It was co-hosted by Ghana and Nigeria, who jointly replaced Zimbabwe as host. Just like in 1998, the field o ...

team, who finished third in group C in the first round of competition; and, part of the

2002 African Cup of Nations The 2002 African Cup of Nations was the 23rd edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the association football championship of Africa ( CAF). It was hosted by Mali. Just like in 2000, the field of sixteen teams was split into four groups of four. Ca ...

squad that finished fourth in Group D on 1 point. As a coach he was drafted in 2011 into the

technical team to help prepare the squad for the

2012 Africa Cup of Nations The 2012 Africa Cup of Nations, also known as the Orange Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship reasons, was the 28th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the football championship of Africa organized by the Confederation of African Football (C ...

. The team went on to win the competition, 8–7 on penalties against

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Coaching career

Playing career

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* 1976 births Living people Zambian men's footballers Zambian expatriate men's footballers Footballers from Mufulira Men's association football goalkeepers 1996 African Cup of Nations players 1998 African Cup of Nations players 2000 African Cup of Nations players 2002 African Cup of Nations players Kabwe Warriors F.C. players Expatriate men's soccer players in South Africa Zambia men's international footballers South African Premier Division players National First Division players Zambian expatriate sportspeople in South Africa Durban Stars F.C. players Lamontville Golden Arrows F.C. players {{Zambia-footy-bio-stub