Malawi National football team head coach Patrick Mabedi has called in-form midfield maestro Uchizi Vunga in the Flames 31-man provisional squad.
Vunga has been called into camp alongside club teammates George Chikooka, McDonald Lameck, Tatenda Mb’alaka, Nickson Mwase, Chimwemwe Idana, Uchizi Vunga, Patrick Macheso, and Adiel Kaduya.
This is the first Flames call-up for Vunga.
The provisional squad of local-based players will start camp on Monday in preparation for the 2026 World Cup qualifiers next month. Malawi will host Sao Tome at Bingu National Stadium on Thursday, June 6 before facing Equatorial Guinea away in Malabo four days later.
According to Football Association of Malawi Communications Director Gomezgani Zakazaka, the team will camp in Blantyre for two weeks before moving to Lilongwe on 27th May.
“During the camp, players will be allowed to return to their respective clubs to fulfill club assignments where necessary. Wanderers and Silver Strikers players will join the camp later due to club engagements as they play in a Kamuzu Day celebrations ceremonial match. It is expected that the team will travel to Lilongwe on 27th May 2024 to continue with its preparations for the two matches. The list of foreign-based players will be released later on,” said Zakazaka.
Uchizi Vunga gets his first call-up just days after being nominated as April MIKA Greenland player of the month which was eventually won by Binwell Katinji.