Patrick Phiri

Patrick Phiri (born 3 May 1956) is a Zambian football coach and former footballer. He featured for Zambian clubs Rokana United and Red Arrows as a striker and represented Zambia at the 1978 and 1982 African Cup of Nations tournaments. As a coach, Phiri led the Zambia U-20 national team to its first ever appearance at the 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship in Nigeria and was voted Zambian Coach of the Year at the end of the year. He was also in charge of Zambia at the 2008 African Cup of Nations in Ghana and has managed ten different club sides, with three of them more than once. He is currently in charge of Lumwana Radiants in the Zambian Premier League.

Quotes

• Allowance and remunerations are on the other side, what is important is good service delivery once called upon. When you get a chance of coaching the national team it’s an opportunity to render a service to the country
• We need to raise the bar of football in our country to be respected as local coaches
  • Patrick Phiri joins race for Chipolopolo top job,29 September 2022
• Morale is very high with the arrival of other players based outside Zambia
• I am particularly happy with the way the professionals have integrated with the local players, everyone is upbeat
• I have been trying to get in touch with Moses and Andrew but their phones are on voice-mail
• We are thankful to the football association for these high-profile games
• All the players are looking forward to them
  • Phiri happy with Zambia training,17 December 2007
• We would like to congratulate the boys for putting up a good effort considering that Roan played well
• We hope that this is a sign of good things to come
  • Patrick Phiri hails victorious GBFC, 7 April 2014