player · international archive · 2003–2014
Essau Kanyenda
Be the first in the stands
Malawialso in the record as Essau KANYENDA · Photo: Якушкин Иван · CC BY-SA 3.0
Archive goals
10
for Malawi · 1 from the spot
Matches scored in
6
1 hat-trick among them
Tournaments
2
most in the African Cup of Nations qualification (5)
Career span
2003–2014
first 2003-10-12 · last 2014-11-15
Counted from the international goal archive — every scorer-credited goal in the matches it covers, 1916 to today. A record of covered matches, not a complete career count; own goals never join a scorer's tally.
Essau Kanyenda was a Malawian professional footballer who played as a forward. He made 65 appearances scoring 21 goals for the Malawi national team. — Wikipedia
identity matched to Wikidata · last verified 2026-09-17
In the line-ups
22 appearances in recorded line-ups · 2003–2014The archive holds 22 team sheets naming Essau Kanyenda in Malawi's starting line-up, from 2003-10-12 to 2014-11-19.
22 appearances in the starting line-ups the archive holds — not a career total. Our line-up coverage is partial, so a match he played that we hold no sheet for is simply not counted here.
International goals in our archive
10 goals across 6 scoring matches · 2 tournaments · 2003–2014| Date | Opponent | Result | Minutes | Competition | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-11-15 |  Mali | W2–0(h) | 85' | African Cup of Nations qualification | Blantyre |
| 2011-03-26 |  Togo | W1–0(h) | 19' | African Cup of Nations qualification | Blantyre |
| 2010-10-09 |  Chad | W6–2(h) | 21' 52' | African Cup of Nations qualification | Blantyre |
| 2010-09-04 |  Tunisia | D2–2(a) | 85' (pen) | African Cup of Nations qualification | Radès |
| 2008-05-31 |  Djibouti | W8–1(h) | 19' 46' 48'hat-trick | FIFA World Cup qualification | Blantyre |
| 2003-10-12 |  Ethiopia | W3–1(a) | 39' 55' | FIFA World Cup qualification | Addis Ababa |
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