Faith Chinzimu

Faith Chinzimu (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, 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. She played a key role in Ascent's title defence the following season, which resulted in a third-place finish.

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. In late July 2025, she officially joined Gothenburg-based club on a contract valid until 2028.

In 2026 her youth club Ascent Academy's teams were in Sweden and she arranged for them to play matches against her new club. 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. On 23 October 2024, She scored her first international goal against Botswana in the 2024 COSAFA Women's Championship opener. Chinzimu made her first appearance for the under-20 side in the second leg of the qualifiers against the Central African Republic.

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". 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. They were defeated 3:0 by Cameroon who became the champions at their fourth try in the WAFCON final.

Career statistics International

Honors

BK Häcken Damallsvenskan: 2025 UEFA Women's Europa Cup: 2025–26