Malawi forward Peter Banda proved a huge hit at the 2016 COSAFA Under-17 Championships, scoring five goals and winning the Golden Boot award as he helped The Flames to third place.
He is the perfect example of why COSAFA promotes development tournaments as a way to offer opportunity to young players, where more are sure to be discovered at the 2017 Under-17 tournament that will be staged in Mauritius again this year from July 21-30.
The 16-year-old Banda comes from fine footballing stock and is the son of the late former Malawi international Chikondi Banda, who played in both the 1999 and 2000 COSAFA Castle Cup senior tournament for The Flames. Son Peter looks set to follow in those footsteps and is the perfect example of a player who has used the platform provided by COSAFA to expose his talent to not just watching fans in Malawi, but the entire region too.
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