Faith Chinzimu

Faith Chinzimu
Personal information
Date of birth (2007-02-12) 12 February 2007 (age 19)
Place of birth Lilongwe, Malawi
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Positions
Team information
Current team
 BK Häcken FF
Number 17
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
–2025 Ascent Academy
2025– BK Häcken FF 1 (0)
International career‡
2022–2024 Malawi U17 4 (7)
2025– Malawi U20 1 (0)
2023– Malawi 10 (2)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 2 August 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of 8 April 2025

Faith Chinzimu[a] (born 21 February 2007) is a Malawian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Damallsvenskan club BK Häcken FF and the Malawi national team.

Club career

Chinzimu started playing football with Lilongwe-based Ascent Academy,[2] where she played a key role in securing the club's first domestic title in 2024. She also represented the team in the 2024 COSAFA Women's Champions League, her group stage tally of two goals secured her a place in the Group Stage Best XI.[3] She played a key role in Ascent's title defence the following season, which resulted in a third-place finish.[4]

By the spring of 2025, at the age of 18, Chinzimu underwent professional trials in Europe with Denmark's FC Nordsjælland, Sweden's UEFA Women's Champions League side Häcken, and Italy's AS Roma.[5][6] In late July 2025, she officially joined Gothenburg-based club on a contract valid until 2028.[7][8]

In 2026 her youth club Ascent Academy's teams were in Sweden and she arranged for them to play matches against her new club.[2]

International career

Chinzimu began her international career with Malawi at the under-17 level, featuring in the nation's first-ever team in that category during the 2022 COSAFA U-17 Women's Championship held on home soil. She scored seven goals throughout the tournament, finishing as the competition's second-highest goalscorer.[9] In September 2023, She got her maiden call-up to the senior team for friendly matches against Seychelles. and made her debut on 25 September 2023 as a starter, in a 17–0 win in the first match.[10] On 23 October 2024, She scored her first international goal against Botswana in the 2024 COSAFA Women's Championship opener.[11] Chinzimu made her first appearance for the under-20 side in the second leg of the qualifiers against the Central African Republic.[12]

The team were ranked 153rd and they were the rank outsiders at the 2026 Women's Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) in Rabat. The team's performance at WAFCON was described as the most "remarkable by an international team in a major tournament ever".[13] Rose Kadzere was given a red card at the Women's Africa Cup of Nations when they were playing Algeria. Her role was taken up by Chinzumu for the final with Cameroon.[14] They were defeated 3:0 by Cameroon who became the champions at their fourth try in the WAFCON final.[15]

Career statistics

International

As of match played 8 April 2025
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Malawi 2023 4 0
2024 4 1
2025 2 1
Total 10 2

:Scores and results list Malawi's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Chinzimu goal.

List of international goals scored by Faith Chinzimu
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 23 October 2024 Isaac Wolfson Stadium, iBhayi, South Africa  Botswana 1–0 1–1 2024 COSAFA Women's Championship
2 25 February 2025 REIZ Arena, Lusaka, Zambia  Zambia 2–1 3–2 Friendly
3 1 August 2026 Moulay El Hassan Stadium, Rabat, Morocco  Egypt 2-0 3-1 2026 Women's Africa Cup of Nations

Honors

BK Häcken

Notes

  1. ^ Also written as Faith Chizimu or Faith Chimzimu

References

  1. ^ "F. Chinzimu – Spelare Översikt". bkhacken.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 12 August 2025.
  2. ^ a b "Ascent Soccer win second European youths' Rey Cup – Maravi Express – Your Kind of News. Clear and accurate". Retrieved 14 August 2026.
  3. ^ "Ascent Soccer's Faith Chinzimu named in Best XI of CAF Women Champions League-COSAFA 2024 qualifier group stages". maraviexpress.com. 22 August 2024. Retrieved 21 May 2025.
  4. ^ Peter Kanjere (17 March 2025). "Malawi women's league: Chinzimu's hat-trick keeps holders Ascent's faith alive". panafricafootball.com. Retrieved 21 May 2025.
  5. ^ Evance Kapito (30 April 2025). "Scorchers' Midfielder Faith Chinzimu Begins Trials with AS Roma in Italy". faceofmalawi.com. Retrieved 21 May 2025.
  6. ^ Revival Mwanandi (2 May 2025). "Footballer Faith Chimzimu's European Trials Inspirational". projectmal.com. Retrieved 21 May 2025.
  7. ^ Kabango, Bobby (28 July 2025). "Malawi Striker Faith Chinzimu Seals Deal with Sweden's Häcken FC". bolanews.co. Retrieved 12 August 2025.
  8. ^ Toundé, Aliou (2 August 2025). "Faith Chinzimu signs in Sweden". foot-africa.com. Retrieved 12 August 2025.
  9. ^ "Ascent makes a major impact at COSAFA U17s". ascentsoccer.org. 4 January 2023. Retrieved 21 May 2025.
  10. ^ FAM (25 September 2023). "International Friendly: Malawi vs Seychelles – 25 Sept 2023, 15:00 at Mpira Stadium | Line-up". Retrieved 21 May 2025 – via Facebook.
  11. ^ Dennis Mabuka (24 October 2024). "COSAFA WOMEN'S: Malawi and Botswana draw, Madagascar thump Mauritius". africatopsports.com. Retrieved 21 May 2025. Faith Chinzimu picking up a loose ball to break the dead lock.
  12. ^ Solomon Manda (19 May 2025). "Malawi Women progress in U-20 World Cup". mwnation.com. Retrieved 21 May 2025. Ascent Academy midfielder Faith Chinzimu, who missed the first leg due to club commitments, returned to action and played a pivotal role in the latest result.
  13. ^ "Is Malawi's WAFCON run the most remarkable major tournament performance ever?". www.espn.co.uk. Retrieved 16 August 2026.
  14. ^ "With Rose Kadzere missing, Malawi once again turn to Faith Chinzimu in WAFCON final". www.tribalfootball.com. Retrieved 17 August 2026.
  15. ^ "Wafcon 2026 final: Cameroon 3-0 Malawi - Marie Ngah Manga helps Indomitable Lionesses to first title". BBC Sport. 16 August 2026. Retrieved 16 August 2026.
  16. ^ Zaza, Amanda; Rydén, Anna; Björklöf, Viktoria (8 November 2025). "Häcken vinner historiskt SM-guld". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 8 November 2025.
  17. ^ Johansson, Anton; Lundgren, Henrik; Pinheiro Diamant, Jonatan (1 May 2026). "Schröders hattrick fixade historisk titel". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 1 May 2026.

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