Sabinah Thom
{{Short description|Malawian footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2021}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Sabinah Thom
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1996|3|3|df=yes}}
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| position = Forward{{GSA player|id=sabinah-thom/468255|accessdate=16 October 2021}}
| currentclub = DD Sunshine
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| clubs1 = DD Sunshine
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| nationalyears1 = 2020–
| nationalteam1 = Malawi
| nationalcaps1 = 8
| nationalgoals1 = 3
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Sabinah Thom (born 3 March 1996) is a Malawian footballer who plays as a forward for TP Mazembe and the Malawi women's national football team The Scorchers.
Before joining the TP Mazembe, Sabinah played for KB Lionesses and the Tanzanian side Simba.
Club career
Thom has played for DD Sunshine in Malawi{{Cite web|url=https://times.mw/golden-boot-race-heats-up-in-womens-league/|title=Golden Boot race heats up in women’s league|website=The Times|first=Mabvuto|last=Kambuwe|date=14 July 2021|accessdate=16 October 2021}} Simba in Tanzanoa and the Kvarnsmederns team in Sweden. She went on to join TP Mazembe in the DRC.{{Cite web |last=Kambuwe |first=Mabvuto |date=2023-06-30 |title=Scorchers star joins TP Mazembe |url=https://times.mw/scorchers-star-joins-tp-mazembe/ |access-date=2025-02-28 |website=The Times Group |language=en-US}}
International career
Thom was capped for Malawi at senior level during two COSAFA Women's Championship editions (2020 and 2021).
In February 2025 she was in the DRC and she flew back to Malawi to join other players picked to play Zambia. She was one of seven players based abroad who were included in Lovemore Fazili's Zambia squad. Chimwemwe Madise who also made the team is also contracted to play in the Democratic Republic of Congo while Tabitha Chawinga and Rose Kabzere were in France. Bernadette Mkandawire was with Vanessa Chikupira in Zambia and Temwa Chawinga joined them from America.{{Cite web |last=Chirwa |first=Garry |date=2025-02-17 |title=Temwa in, Fazili names final squad |url=https://mwnation.com/temwa-in-fazili-names-final-squad/ |access-date=2025-02-26 |website=Nation Online |language=en-US}} There were two games in Zambia and Malawi lost the first and won the second with a 3:2 victory with Thom scoring one of the goals.{{Cite web |last=Kanjere |first=Peter |date=2025-02-25 |title=Women's Football: Malawi come back to beat Zambia in second friendly, exact revenge |url=https://www.panafricafootball.com/post/women-s-football-malawi-come-back-to-beat-zambia-in-second-friendly-exact-revenge |access-date=2025-02-28 |website=Pan-Africa Football |language=en}}
International goals
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| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 1 October 2021 | Gelvandale Stadium, Port Elizabeth, South Africa | {{fbw|MOZ}} | align=center|2–2 | align=center| 3–2 | rowspan=3| 2021 COSAFA Women's Championship |
| 2. | rowspan=2| 7 October 2021 | rowspan=2| Wolfson Stadium, Port Elizabeth, South Africa | rowspan=2| {{fbw|RSA}} | align=center|2–1 | rowspan=2 align=center| 3–2 | |
| 3. | align=center|3–2 | |||||
| 4. | 20 October 2021 | Bingu National Stadium, Lilongwe, Malawi | {{fbw|ZAM}} | align=center|1–1 | align=center| 1–1 | 2022 Women's Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
| 5. | rowspan=2| 25 September 2023 | rowspan=2| Mpira Stadium, Blantyre, Malawi | rowspan=2| {{fbw|SEY}} | align=center|3–0 | rowspan=2 align=center| 17–0 | rowspan=2| Friendly |
| 6. | align=center|4–0 | |||||
| 7. | rowspan=2| 7 October 2023 | rowspan=2| Dobsonville Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa | rowspan=2| {{fbw|ESW}} | align=center|1–0 | rowspan=2 align=center| 8–0 | rowspan=3| 2023 COSAFA Women's Championship |
| 8. | align=center|2–0 | |||||
| 9. | 15 October 2023 | Lucas Moripe Stadium, Pretoria, South Africa | {{fbw|ZAM}} | align=center|2–1 | align=center| 2–1 | |
| 10. | rowspan=3| 28 October 2024 | rowspan=3| Madibaz Stadium, Gqeberha, South Africa | rowspan=3| {{fbw|MRI}} | align=center|2–0 | rowspan=3 align=center| 9–0 | rowspan=3| 2024 COSAFA Women's Championship |
| 11. | align=center|5–0 | |||||
| 12. | align=center|7–0 | |||||
| 13. | 25 February 2025 | REIZ Stadium, Lusaka, Zambia | {{fbw|ZAM}} | align=center|3–1 | align=center| 3–2 | Friendly |
References
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External links
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Category:Malawian women's footballers
Category:21st-century Malawian sportswomen
Category:Women's association football forwards
Category:Malawi women's international footballers
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