Samantha Akinyi

Samantha Akinyi Okeya[2] born 6 January 1995[3] is a professional Kenyan footballer. She is currently playing for Makolanders LFC and the Harambee Starlets, the Kenya Women's National Football Team

Samantha Akinyi
Personal information
Full name Samantha Akinyi Okeya
Date of birth (1995-01-06) 6 January 1995[1]
Place of birth Nairobi Kenya
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Makolander Ladies FC
Youth career
2003-2012 Babadogo United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012-2014 Matuu fc (National Youth Talent Academy)
2016-2018 Spedag
2018-2019 Vihiga Queens
2020- Makolander Ladies FC
National team
2012– [[Kenya women's national football team|Kenya
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club career

Samantha Akinyi joined the Mathare Youths Sports Association (MYSA) in 2002, where she was playing for Ruaraka zone Babadogo United Ladies.

In December 2011 she transferred to National Youth Talent Academy, which later joined the Kenya Women's League as Matuu Girls and emerge the title holders that season, later in the long run she joined Kenya Methodist University majorly known as KEMU QUEENS the 2015 League winners, she also spend some time with Spedag Fc that was so far dominating the league then. In 2018 She joined the reigning champions Vihiga Queens in the Kenya

Women Premier League.[4] where she helped the team win the league 2018-2019,emerging the best goal keeper for the team that year


She is currently featuring for Makolander LFC .

International career

She was the starting goalkeeper for Kenya in a 2016 Africa Women Cup of Nations qualification match against Equatorial Guinea.[5] She represented Kenya at the 2016 Africa Women Cup of Nations,[3] and was the goalkeeper in the match against Ghana.[6][7]

References
  1. "Competitions - 10th Edition Women's AFCON-cameroon 2016 - Team Details - Player Details". CAF.
  2. "Global Sports Archive". Global Sports Archive.
  3. "SQUAD LISTS ANNOUNCED". KBC Channel 1. 28 February 2018.
  4. "The Star". The Star News. 13 August 2019.
  5. "FKF KENYA". Football Kenya Federation.
  6. By CELLESTINE OLILO More by this Author. "Ghana 3-1 Kenya, AWCON RESULT: Suleman Samira, Elizabeth Addo, Boakye Portia strike to give Black Queens three points - Daily Nation". Nation.co.ke. Retrieved 2020-01-19.
  7. "Harambee Starlets fall 3–1 to Ghana at Awcon debut".


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