Temwa Chawinga

Kvarnsveden

Chaŵinga signed with Swedish club Kvarnsvedens IK in 2017., a club her sister Tabitha Chaŵinga had played for as well.

Wuhan Jianghan

In January 2020, Chaŵinga signed with Chinese Women's Super League club Wuhan Jianghan on a two-year contract. Her sister Tabitha played for Chinese reigning champions Jiangsu at the time. However, the COVID-19 pandemic soon began in Wuhan and the city was placed under lockdown for several months. After the league resumed play, Chawinga scored 9 goals in her debut season, second only to Shanghai Shengli's Barbra Banda, and helped Wuhan to the league title. Chawinga was joined in Wuhan by her sister Tabitha in 2021. She fired 7 goals while her sister led the league with 9, repeating as league champions. In 2022, she led the league with 10 goals after Tabitha left for Inter Milan, helping win her third consecutive league title. In 2023, Chawinga scored a total of 51 goals for Wuhan across all competitions and 12 for Malawi, making her the world's top goal scorer for the year, male or female. She helped the club to their record fourth consecutive league title.

Kansas City Current

2024: Record-setting Golden Boot and MVP

On January 3, 2024, Chaŵinga signed a two-year contract with the Kansas City Current. She scored her first goal for the Current in a 4–2 win over Angel City FC on March 30, becoming the first Malawian goalscorer in NWSL history. She quickly impressed with four goals in her first…

In 2026, she was part of the Malawi national team for the 2026 Women's Africa Cup of Nations. On August 9, Chawinga scored an equaliser in a 2–1 quarter-final win against Ghana. The win resulted in Malawi securing a spot in the 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup, the nation's first-ever qualification to a World Cup. On August 12, Chawinga scored once in the semifinal against Algeria, which ended in a 3–1 for Malawi.. Chawinga won the golden boot as the top goal scorer, after a 3–0 defeat to Cameroon in the final..

Chaŵinga was born on September 20, 1998, in Rumphi district, Northern Region, Malawi. She is the youngest of five children. She is of Tumbuka ethnicity and her name Temwa means "love" in Tumbuka language. Her older sister, Tabitha Chawinga, is also a professional footballer.

Chaŵinga's older sister Tabitha is also a Malawian international footballer.