Christine Nafula

Christine Nafula
Personal information
Full name Christine Nafula[1]
Date of birth (1991-11-10) 10 November 1991 (age 33)[2]
Place of birth Busia, Kenya
Position(s) Midfielder[1]
Team information
Current team
 Kastoria GPO
Number 6
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Thika Queens
2022–2023 Kayseri Kadın FK 10 (1)
2023– Kastoria 26 (12)
International career
Kenya
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 May 2024

Christine Nafula (born 10 November 1991) is a Kenyan football midfielder, who last played for Kastoria GPO in the Greek A Division. She has been a member of the Kenya women's national team.

Family life

Nafula comes from a footballing family. She is a younger daughter of a family of six. Her brother Eric Johanna Omondi plays for UTA Arad and previously played for Mathare United, while Felix Oucho also played for Mathare United and is currently a coach at a club in Busia. Her other brother, Anthony Kadudu featured for Tusker FC whilst her elder sister, Doreen Nabwire is a former footballer for the Kenya women's national team.[3]

Club career

By March 2022, Nafula moved to Turkey, and signed with Kayseri Kadın FK to play in the second half of the 2021–22 Super League season. She scored one goal in ten matches capped.[4]

International career

Nafula played for Kenya national team at the 2016 Africa Women Cup of Nations.[5] At the time, her sister was the team manager.[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Kenya name AWCON squad". Soka25east.
  2. ^ "Competitions – 10th Edition Women's AFCON-cameroon 2016 – Team Details – Player Details". CAF.
  3. ^ Anyango, Shania (16 June 2017). "Germans gave me a car and pocket money – Doreen 'Dodo' Nabwire, Kenya's only female professional footballer". The Standard. Archived from the original on 22 October 2021. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
  4. ^ "Christine Nafula" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
  5. ^ "StartListForMedia" (PDF).[permanent dead link‍]
  6. ^ "Kenya women fight for recognition". BBC Sport. Retrieved 8 November 2021.


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