Lawrence Waya

Born in the village of Mphonde in Phalombe District, Nyasaland, Waya joined local club Bata Bullets in 1980. He spent most of his career with Bullets, but had a brief spell in the United Arab Emirates with Al Jazira Club, and finished his career with Silver Strikers.^[2]

Waya made over 100 appearances for the Malawi national team,^[3] including seven FIFA World Cup qualifying matches. He won a bronze medal with Malawi at the 1987 All-Africa Games in Nairobi.^[4]

After retiring from playing, Waya took coaching courses in the United Kingdom and received a UEFA 'B' Licence. He would then return to Malawi to manage Big Bullets.^[2]

Scores and results list Malawi's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Waya goal.

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List of international goals scored by Lawrence Waya

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Ref.
1	13 November 1982	Kampala, Uganda	Uganda	–	1–2	1982 CECAFA Cup	[5]
2	6 July 1984	Blantyre, Malawi	Kenya	–	2–1	Friendly	[6]
3	28 July 1984	Civo Stadium, Lilongwe, Malawi	Mauritius	3–0	4–0	1986 FIFA World Cup qualification	[7]
4	2 December 1984	Mbale Municipal Stadium, Mbale, Uganda	Kenya	–	2–1	1984 CECAFA Cup	[8]
5	12 December 1984	Mbale Municipal Stadium, Mbale, Uganda	Uganda	–	2–0	1984 CECAFA Cup	[9]
6	23 March 1985	Ndola, Zambia	Zambia	–	1–1	Friendly	[10]
7	25 March 1985	Lusaka, Zambia	Zambia	–	2–2	Friendly	[11]
8	30 March 1985	Lilongwe, Malawi	Mozambique	–	1–1	1986 African Cup of Nations qualification	[12]
9	2 May 1985	Rufaro Stadium, Harare, Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe	–	3–1	Friendly	[13]
10				–
11	4 January 1987	Somhlolo National Stadium, Lobamba, Eswatini	Swaziland	–	3–1	1987 All-Africa Games qualification	[14]
12	18 January 1987	Lilongwe, Malawi	Swaziland	3–1	6–1	1987 All-Africa Games qualification	[15]
13				4–1
14	14 June 1987	Blantyre, Malawi	Zimbabwe	–	2–1	Friendly	[16]
15	27 June 1987	Civo Stadium, Lilongwe, Malawi	Cameroon	1–1	1–1	1988 Summer Olympics qualification	[17]
16	6 July 1987	Kamuzu Stadium, Blantyre, Malawi	Burundi	–	1–1	Friendly	[18]
17	4 August 1987	Moi International Sports Centre, Kasarani, Kenya	Senegal	1–0	2–0	1987 All-Africa Games	[19]
18				2–0
19	12 August 1987	Moi International Sports Centre, Kasarani, Kenya	Cameroon	1–0	3–1	1987 All-Africa Games	[20]
20				3–1
21	2 December 1987	El Menzah Stadium, Tunis, Tunisia	Tunisia	–	3–2	Friendly	[21]
22	13 December 1987	Asmara, Eritrea	Zimbabwe	–	1–1	1987 CECAFA Cup	[22]
23	30 July 1988	Civo Stadium, Lilongwe, Malawi	Uganda	3–1	3–1	1990 FIFA World Cup qualification	[23]
24	2 September 1988	Lusaka, Zambia	Zambia	–	1–7	Friendly	[24]
25	6 July 1990	Kamuzu Stadium, Blantyre, Malawi	Tanzania	2–0	2–0	Friendly	[25]
26	22 November 1992	CCM Kirumba Stadium, Mwanza, Tanzania	Ethiopia	1–0	2–1	1992 CECAFA Cup	[26]
27	24 November 1992	CCM Kirumba Stadium, Mwanza, Tanzania	Zanzibar	3–0	3–1	1992 CECAFA Cup	[27]
28	6 July 1993	Kamuzu Stadium, Blantyre, Malawi	Swaziland	2–0	3–1	Friendly	[28]

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