{{Short description|Malawian footballer}} {{Infobox person | name = Emily Jossam | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = 18 August 1998 | birth_place = | other_names = | known_for = defender on the national team | education = | employer = | occupation = footballer | spouse = }}
'''Emily Jossam''' (born 18 August 1998) is a Malawian footballer. She played for Nyasa Big Bullets and the Malawi national side. In 2023 she moved to Zambia's Zesco Ndola team.
==Life== Jossam was born in 1998. She became a professional footballer, in 2010, when she joined Blantyre Zero,<ref name=zam23/> who were later called Nyasa Bullets.
In November 2020 she was chosen to represent Malawi at the 2020 COSAFA Women's Championship in South Africa.
She was chosen again to represent Malawi in the 2021 COSAFA Women's Championship<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-09-07 |title=Malawi to camp ahead of 2021 COSAFA Women's Championship |url=https://cosafa.com/malawi-to-camp-ahead-of-2021-cosafa-womens-championship/ |access-date=2025-03-03 |language=en-GB}}</ref> and she was chosen again in 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-08-29 |title=Lovemore Fazili unveils Scorchers squad for COSAFA Women's Tournament |url=https://soka25east.com/lovemore-fazili-unveils-scorchers-squad-for-cosafa-womens-tournament/ |access-date=2025-03-03 |website=Soka25east |language=en-US}}</ref> She was one of five Nyasa Bullets chosen - the others were Vanessa Chikupira, Bernadette Mkandawire, Mary Chavinda and goalkeeper Martha Banda.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Loka |first=Kimpho |date=2022-08-29 |title=Five Bullets players in Scorchers final squad for Cosafa Women's Championship - FCB Nyasa Big Bullets FC |url=https://nyasabigbullets.com/top-stories/five-bullets-players-in-scorchers-final-squad-for-cosafa-womens-championship/ |access-date=2025-03-03 |language=en-US}}</ref>
In August 2023, she left Nyasa Bullets in Blantyre, where she was the team captain, to move to Zambia's Zesco Ndola team.<ref name=boost/><ref name=zam23>{{Cite web |last=Malidadi |first=Mphatso |date=2023-08-14 |title=Bullets Women skipper moves to Zambian side |url=https://times.mw/bullets-women-skipper-moves-to-zambian-side/ |access-date=2025-03-03 |website=The Times Group |language=en-US}}</ref> In the following year her new team had a long unbeaten run in the 2024/2025 Eden University Women Super League.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jere |first=Joshua |date=2025-01-12 |title=ZESCO Ndola Girls Unbeaten in 2024/2025 Season |url=https://znbc.co.zm/news/zesco-ndola-girls-unbeaten-in-2024-2025-season/ |access-date=2025-03-03 |website=ZNBC-Just for you |language=en-US}}</ref> Jossam was one of several Malawian women footballers playing in Zambia in 2024. The others included Vanessa Chikupira, Ireen Kumalo and Madyina Ngulube.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Manda |first=Solomon |date=2024-10-06 |title=Camp delay |url=https://mwnation.com/camp-delay/ |access-date=2025-03-03 |website=Nation Online |language=en-US}}</ref> Wezzy Vitumbiko Mkandawire and Ruth Mhango were also Malawian footballers who played for the Zambian Institute for Sustainable Development Women's Football Club.<ref name=boost>{{Cite web |title=MALAWIAN DEFENDER EMILY JOSSAM JOINS ZESCO NDOLA GIRLS: A BOOST TO ZAMBIA'S WOMEN'S SUPER DIVISION |url=https://zedsport.co.zm/article/1rSIIIjeB4nywLmvdQHK |access-date=2025-03-20 |website=zedsport.co.zm |language=en}}</ref>
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Jossam, Emily}} Category:1998 births Category:Living people Category:Malawian women's footballers Category:Malawi women's international footballers Category:Women's association football players not categorized by position