Temwa Chaŵinga

Temwa Chawinga
Chawinga with the Kansas City Current in 2024
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-09-20) September 20, 1998
Place of birth Rhumpi, Malawi
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position Forward
Team information
Current team
Kansas City Current
Number 6
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017 Blantyre Zero 3 (29)
2017–2019 Kvarnsveden 57 (55)
2020–2023 Wuhan Jianghan 84 (83)
2024– Kansas City Current 52 (38)
International career‡
2016– Malawi 20+ (30+)
Medal record
Women's Africa Cup of Nations
Silver medal – second place2026 Morocco
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 10 May 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 15 October 2023

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.