Tawanda Chirewa

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Tawanda Chirewa
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Chirewa with Huddersfield Town in 2025
Personal information
Full name Tawanda Blessing Chirewa[1]
Date of birth (2003-10-12) 12 October 2003 (age 22)
Place of birth Chelmsford, England
Position Right winger
Team information
Current team
 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Number 23
Youth career
–2019 Ipswich Town
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2023 Ipswich Town 0 (0)
2023– Wolverhampton Wanderers 9 (0)
2024–2025 → Derby County (loan) 5 (0)
2025 → Huddersfield Town (loan) 13 (0)
International career‡
2024– Zimbabwe 11 (3)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 23:26, 30 November 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of 19:30, 13 November 2025 (UTC)

Tawanda Blessing Chirewa (born 12 October 2003) is a professional footballer who plays as a right winger for Premier League club Wolverhampton Wanderers. Born in England, he represents Zimbabwe internationally.

Club career

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Ipswich Town

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Chirewa made his debut for Ipswich Town on 12 November 2019, appearing as a second-half substitute in a 1–0 away loss to Colchester United in an EFL Trophy group stage match, he became the second youngest player to make his first-team debut for the club, after Connor Wickham, at 16 years and 31 days old.[2] On 14 July 2020, it was announced that Chirewa had signed a two-year scholarship with Ipswich.[3]

He signed his first professional contract with Ipswich on 2 November 2020, signing a deal until 2022, with the option of an additional year extension.[4]

Wolverhampton Wanderers

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On 18 September 2023, Chirewa signed for Premier League club Wolverhampton Wanderers, joining the club's Under-21s side.[5]

Chirewa made his debut Wolves First XI appearance, as a second-half substitute, in the FA Cup away to Brentford on 5 January 2024.[6]

Chirewa made his Premier League debut, as a second-half substitute, in a 0–0 draw away to Brighton & Hove Albion on 22 January 2024.[7]

Chirewa made his first appearance in a Black Country derby in the Fourth Round of the F.A. Cup, in a 2–0 victory against West Bromwich Albion at The Hawthorns on 28 January 2024. His appearance came as a second-half substitute after crowd unrest breaking out in sections of the ground designated for West Brom supporters led the game to be suspended for half an hour.[8]

On 26 August 2024, Chirewa signed on loan with Derby County until the end of the season.[9] Chirewa made his debut a day later in the EFL Cup at Barrow.[10] A concussion sustained on international duty would rule him of two games in September.[11] Chirewa made his first start for Derby County at Sunderland on 1 October 2024.[12] After this match, he sustained a "freak" quad injury which is expected to rule him out of action for four to eight weeks.[13] After making only six appearances for Derby, Chirewa's loan was ended early after Derby activated an option to end the loan on 13 January 2025.[14]

On 3 February 2025, Chrewa signed with EFL League One club Huddersfield Town on loan until the end of the season.[15]

International career

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In March 2024, Chirewa was called up by the Zimbabwe national team.[16]

Chirewa made his debut for Zimbabwe on 7 June 2024 in a World Cup qualifier against Lesotho at the Orlando Stadium in Johannesburg, South Africa. He started the game and played 68 minutes, as Lesotho won the game 2–0.[17] He scored his first international goal in the next game four days later, a 3–1 loss to South Africa.[18]

Personal life

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Born in England, Chirewa is of Zimbabwean descent.[19]

Career statistics

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Club

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As of match played 30 November 2025
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup EFL Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Ipswich Town 2019–20[20] League One 0 0 0 0 0 0 1[a] 0 1 0
2020–21[21] League One 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2021–22[22] League One 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2022–23[23] League One 0 0 1 0 0 0 1[a] 0 2 0
Total 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 3 0
Wolverhampton Wanderers 2023–24[24] Premier League 8 0 2 0 0 0 — 10 0
2024–25[25] Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
2025–26[26] Premier League 1 0 0 0 0 0 — 1 0
Total 9 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
Derby County (loan) 2024–25[25] Championship 5 0 0 0 1 0 — 6 0
Huddersfield Town (loan) 2024–25[25] League One 13 0 — — — 13 0
Career total 27 0 3 0 1 0 2 0 33 0
  1. ^ a b Appearance in EFL Trophy

International

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As of match played 13 November 2025[27]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Zimbabwe 2024 4 1
2025 7 2
Total 11 3
Scores and results list Zimbabwe's goal tally first.
List of international goals scored by Tawanda Chirewa
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 11 June 2024 Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein, South Africa File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 1–1 1–3 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification
2. 25 March 2025 Godswill Akpabio International Stadium, Uyo, Nigeria File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria 1–1 1–1 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification
3. 13 November 2025 Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Sports City Stadium, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria 1–3 1–3 Friendly

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