Tabitha Chawinga

Krokom/Dvärsätts IF, 2014

At age 18, Chaŵinga played for Swedish third-division club Krokom/Dvärsätts IF, where she earned the league's golden boot after scoring 39 goals in 18 games. She was the first women's footballer from Malawi to play for a European club.

DD Sunshine

Her club DD Sunshine was in trouble after its founder and Chawinga's mentor David Dube became ill after a stroke in 2014. Tabitha stepped forward becoming a sponsor eventually supporting two women's teams and a young man's team. She began contributing financially when the stroke happened becoming the club's sponsor in 2020.

Kvarnsvedens IK, 2015–2017

Chaŵinga joined Kvarnsvedens IK in Sweden's Elitettan in 2015. In her debut for the club, she scored a brace in a 4–0 win over Lidköpings FK. The club finished in first place during the regular season with a 21–2–3 record. Chaŵinga was the league's top scorer with 43 goals – 14 more than the next highest scorer. The club's first-place finish secured them promotion to the Damallsvenskan for the 2016 season. During the 2016 season, Chaŵinga was the third highest scorer in the league with 15 goals. In 2017, she finished as the league's top scorer with 26 goals, despite her club's relegation from the Swedish top flight at the end of the season.

Jiangsu Suning, 2018–2021

After successful spells in Sweden, Chaŵinga gained the interest from various top clubs abroad and eventually signed for Chinese side Jiangsu Suning, reportedly…

Chaŵinga serves as captain for Malawi. Due to club football, Chaŵinga was absent from Malawi's 2023 victory in the COSAFA Women's Championship. In February 2025 she returned from France to join other Malawian players picked to play Zambia. She was one of seven players based abroad who were included in Lovemore Fazili's Malawi squad. Sabinah Thom and Chimwemwe Madise also made the team and they were contracted to play in the Democratic Republic of Congo while Rose Kabzere also returned from France. Bernadette Mkandawire was with Vanessa Chikupira in Zambia and Temwa Chawinga joined them from America.

Born on 22 May 1996 in Rumphi District in northern Malawi, Chaŵinga is the third of five children born to her parents. She is of Tumbuka ethnicity. She began playing football at age five and played with boys until age 13 when she began playing for girls' club, DD Sunshine in the capital city, Lilongwe. Already at this age she was forced to undress because "Her opponents did not believe she was female because of her physical appearance and how well she played." Her sister, Temwa, is also a professional footballer.

Chaŵinga's sister Temwa is also a Malawian international footballer who now plays for Kansas City Current of the NWSL in USA.