{"id":16831,"date":"2022-06-12T14:30:45","date_gmt":"2022-06-12T12:30:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1659125"},"modified":"2022-06-12T16:00:09","modified_gmt":"2022-06-12T14:00:09","slug":"who-is-munya-chawawa-meet-the-soccer-aid-2022-player","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/who-is-munya-chawawa-meet-the-soccer-aid-2022-player\/","title":{"rendered":"Who is Munya Chawawa? Meet the Soccer Aid 2022 player"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Grace Henry\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Sunday, 12 June 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>ITV\u2019s <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sport\/football\/soccer-aid-2022-kick-off-time-tv\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Soccer Aid<\/a> is back for another year, with more celebrities and former footballer stars taking to the pitch in a bid to raise some money for UNICEF charity.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sport\/football\/soccer-aid-2022-line-up\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Soccer Aid 2022 line-up<\/a> includes former One Direction star Liam Payne, reality TV star Mark Wright, and former goal keep David James, who will all be playing on the England team.<\/p>\n<p>They\u2019ll be up against the Rest of the World Soccer Aid team or World XI team, which is also comprised of celebs and former pros.<\/p>\n<p>Taking part as a member of World XI is Munya Chawawa, a comedian who\u2019s been super busy in the last two years, appearing on Celebrity MasterChef and hosting\u00a0 The MOBO Awards 2021, as well as other shows.<\/p>\n<p>So, who is Munya Chawawa? As the comedian prepares to show off his footie skills, here\u2019s everything you need to know about him.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Who is Munya Chawawa?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div class=\"&quot;image-handler__container\" image-handler__container--aspect=\"\" style=\"&quot;padding-bottom:\" calc=\"\"> <picture><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2021\/04\/Celebrity-MasterChef-2021-contestant-Munya-Chawawa-cb47400.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=299%2C199,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2021\/04\/Celebrity-MasterChef-2021-contestant-Munya-Chawawa-cb47400.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=299%2C199,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" 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data-src=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2021\/04\/Celebrity-MasterChef-2021-contestant-Munya-Chawawa-cb47400.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=620%2C413&quot;\" width=\"&quot;620&quot;\" height=\"&quot;413&quot;\" alt=\"&quot;&quot;\" title=\"&quot;&quot;\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div><div class=\"&quot;caption-hold&quot;\"><figcaption class=\"&quot;wp-caption-text&quot;\"><span class=\"&quot;caption-copy&quot;\"><i class=\"&quot;icon-arrow\" icon-camera-circle=\"\"\/> Munya Chawawa<\/span><\/figcaption><span class=\"&quot;im-image-caption&quot;\"> <i>Getty Images<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<p><strong>Age:\u00a0<\/strong>29<\/p>\n<p><strong>Job: <\/strong>Comedian and television presenter<\/p>\n<p><strong>Team:\u00a0<\/strong>Soccer Aid World XI<\/p>\n<p><strong>Instagram: <\/strong><a href=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/munyachawawa\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">@munyachawawa<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Twitter: <\/strong><a href=\"\/\/twitter.com\/munyachawawa&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">@munyachawawa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Munya Chawawa is a \u00a0British-Zimbabwean comedian, who many may recognise for his hilarious parody videos during the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>The comedian is known on the internet for his sketches, which find a playful way to comment on current trending topics. These have included cooking tutorials in the style of Nigella Lawson as well as Love Island-themed videos and his responses to politics and the Prime Minster Boris Johnson\u2019s coronavirus briefings.<\/p>\n<p>In November 2020, Atlantic Records released Munya\u2019s first single, titled \u201cPiers Morgan\u201d, as well as a Daily Duppy on GRM Daily\u00a0in December.<\/p>\n<p>His second single, \u201cPain Au Chocolat\u201d was released in August 2021. He has collaborated with the likes of comedians Mo Gilligan,\u00a0Michael Dapaah\u00a0and musicians\u00a0Unknown T, (from whom he derived his character Unknown P).<sup id=\"&quot;cite_ref-NMEPiers_9-1&quot;\" class=\"&quot;reference&quot;\"\/><\/p>\n<p>In 2021, he took part on Celebrity MasterChef, and later that year he hosted The MOBO Awards alongside Little Mix star Leigh-Anne Pinnock.<\/p> <h2><strong>When does Soccer Aid 2022 start?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Soccer Aid begins on Sunday, 12th June at 7:30pm on ITV.<\/p>\n<p>The event will take place at the London Stadium\u2013 formerly the Olympic Stadium and now the home of Premier League team West Ham.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Soccer Aid will air on ITV on Sunday 12th June 2022. Looking for something else to watch? 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