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Temwa Chawinga

Temwa Chaŵinga (born September 20, 1998) is a Malawian professional footballer who plays as a forward for the Kansas City Current of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) and the Malawi national team. She won the NWSL Golden Boot and NWSL Most Valuable Player awards in both of her first two seasons with the Current.

The younger sister of Tabitha Chawinga, she joined her sister at Swedish club Kvarnsveden in 2017. Three years later, she moved to Wuhan Jianghan, winning four consecutive Chinese league titles and becoming the world's leading goal scorer in 2023. In 2024, she joined the Current and set the NWSL's single-season record with 20 league goals in her debut season. She led the Current to the NWSL Shield in dominant fashion in 2025.

Chawinga made her international debut for Malawi in 2016. In 2023, she led Malawi to their first COSAFA Women's Championship title.

Chaŵinga was born on September 20, 1998, in Rumphi district, Northern Region, Malawi. She is the youngest of five children. She is of Tumbuka ethnicity and her name Temwa means "love" in Tumbuka language. Her older sister, Tabitha Chawinga, is also a professional footballer.

Chaŵinga signed with Swedish club Kvarnsvedens IK in 2017.

In January 2020, Chaŵinga signed with Chinese Women's Super League club Wuhan Jianghan on a two-year contract. Her sister Tabitha played for Chinese reigning champions Jiangsu at the time. However, the COVID-19 pandemic soon began in Wuhan and the city was placed under lockdown for several months. After the league resumed play, Chawinga scored 9 goals in her debut season, second only to Shanghai Shengli's Barbra Banda, and helped Wuhan to the league title.

Chawinga was joined in Wuhan by her sister Tabitha in 2021. She fired 7 goals while her sister led the league with 9, repeating as league champions. In 2022, she led the league with 10 goals after Tabitha left for Inter Milan, helping win her third consecutive league title.

In 2023, Chawinga scored a total of 51 goals for Wuhan across all competitions and 12 for Malawi, making her the world's top goal scorer for the year, male or female. She helped the club to their record fourth consecutive league title.

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