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Harare, Zimbabwe (News of the South)-JUST four months after the death of Edzai Kasinauyo, the football fraternity was yesterday robbed of another former Warriors player, Friday “Amayenge” Phiri.

Phiri, who played for the senior national team before going into coaching, where he enjoyed an illustrious career that saw him coach the Young Warriors in 2011, and teams such as his former club Caps United, passed on in Harare yesterday morning.

He was 60.

His brother in-law Ranias Gwatida, who is also the family spokesperson, said Phiri succumbed to liver cancer.

He died at his residence in Glen Norah.

“He passed on at his home this morning (yesterday) at around 10am. He was diagnosed with liver cancer and he was in the process of getting medical assistance. We are saddened by the loss of a father, a brother and a friend,” he said.

“For us, this is a big loss because Friday was a good man. He was someone who held no grudges, and those close to him know he was a friendly man, always with a smile on his face. He was not a smoker and didn’t drink alcohol. He was a church person, who loved praying and helping other people. We will greatly miss him.”

Phiri is survived by wife Rose and three children David, Debra and Manfred.

Gwatida said Phiri’s disease was only discovered a few weeks ago, following his return from South Africa, where he had gone to see his uncle who is not feeling well.-Newsday

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