The Most Famous

SOCCER PLAYERS from Malawi

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This page contains a list of the greatest Malawian Soccer Players. The pantheon dataset contains 21,273 Soccer Players, 2 of which were born in Malawi. This makes Malawi the birth place of the 152nd most number of Soccer Players behind Jersey, and Bermuda.

Top 2

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Malawian Soccer Players of all time. This list of famous Malawian Soccer Players is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.

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1. Russell Mwafulirwa (b. 1983)

With an HPI of 25.38, Russell Mwafulirwa is the most famous Malawian Soccer Player.  His biography has been translated into 16 different languages on wikipedia.

Russell Mwafulirwa (born 24 February 1983, in Zomba) is a Malawian former football player who played for Ajax Cape Town and IFK Norrköping. In 2020 went to Sweden for coaching courses.

Photo of Jabulani Linje

2. Jabulani Linje (b. 1994)

With an HPI of 20.90, Jabulani Linje is the 2nd most famous Malawian Soccer Player.  His biography has been translated into 24 different languages.

Jabulani Ali Linje (born 7 November 1994) is a Malawian footballer who played as a forward for J3 League side YSCC Yokohama.

People

Pantheon has 2 people classified as Malawian soccer players born between 1983 and 1994. Of these 2, 2 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Malawian soccer players include Russell Mwafulirwa, and Jabulani Linje.

Living Malawian Soccer Players

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