Henry Moyo (football)

Henry Moyo
Personal information
Date of birth	(1946-12-21)21 December 1946
Place of birth	Ndola, Zambia
Date of death	12 October 2012(2012-10-12) (aged 65)
Place of death	Lilongwe, Malawi
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
	Big Bullets F.C.
National team
1967–1975	Malawi	?	(?)
Teams managed
?–1984	Malawi
1984–?	Malawi
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Henry Moyo (21 December 1946 – 12 October 2012^[1]) was a Malawian footballer, coach, and manager.

Moyo played for Bata Bullets and the Malawi national football team from 1967 to 1975, after quitting club and national duty, he was appointed assist national coach to Brazilian Wonder Moreira in 1975. In 1975, Malawi took part in their maiden Confederation of East and Central Senior Challenge cup hosted by Zambia. The Flames of Malawi lost to Kenya in the finals. In 1981 he was appointed deputy National coach to Ted Powell. In 1983 he was acting coach and under Moyo Malawi qualified for their ever appearance at the Nations Cup hosted by Ivory Coast, Danny McLennan was appointed as the head coach and took charge of the team in Ivory Coast. In 1984 Moyo was appointed caretaker coach for a second time, after McLennan was fired for poor performance at the nations cup. The team reached the finals of CECAFA hosted by Uganda and lost to Zambia on post match penalties. In 1987 under Moyo the Flames qualified for the All-Africa Games after beating Zambia on the away goal rule, Malawi lost 3-1 away in Zambia and beat Chipolopolo 2-0 in Blantyre in the return leg through Frank Sinalo and Holman Malunga.

He quit the national team through an interview with popular sports journalist Steve Liwewe and joined superleague outfit MDC United as manager. In 1989 MDC United won the Superleague championship without defeat and it was the first time in the history of Malawi for a team to win the league without losing agame. In 1990 he retired from his post as manager of MDC United and joined Portland Cement as Sales Manager.

From 1990 to 2003 he was a Confederation of Africa Football CAF match commissioner. From 1996-2004 he was appointed as sports adviser by former president of Malawi Bakili Muluzi.

Moyo died on 12 October 2012 at Kamuzu Central hospital in Lilongwe and was buried at Mphomwa village cemetery beside his mother Elenisi Jere.

References

↑ "Obituary". nyasatimes.com. Retrieved 13 October 2012.

Malawi national football team – managers

Moreira (xxxx–xx)
Powell (1977–83)
Moyo (1983–84)
McLennan (1984)
Moyo (1984–?)
Malola (xxxx–xx)
McRaye (xxxx–xx)
Mwenda (xxxx–95)
Masanjara (xxxx–98)
Chamangwana (1998–99)
Chimodzi (1999–00)
Splidsboel (2000–02)
Gillett (2003)
Ng'onamo (2003–04)
Kaputa (2004)
Osman (2004–05)
Hennigan (2005)
Ziese (2005–06)
Phiri (2006–07)
Constantine (2007–08)
Cohen (2008–09)
Phiri (2009–12)
Ng'onamo (2012–13)
Saintfiet (2013)
Chimodzi (2014–15)
Mtawali (2015–)

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