Samantha Akinyi

Samantha Akinyi Okeya[1] born 6 January 1995[2] is a Kenyan footballer. She played for the Vihiga Queens, 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 06 January 1995
Place of birth Kenya
Height 6 in (15 cm)
Playing 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) 47
2016-2018 Spedag 32
2018-2019 Vihiga Queens 20
2020- Makolander Ladies FC 12
National team
2012– Kenya Women's National Football Team 2012
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club career

Samantha Akinyi joined the Mathare Youths Sports Association (MYSA) in 2002.

In October 2012, 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, in the long run Kenya Methodist University majorly known as KEMU QUEENS the 2015 League winners,later on she spend some time with Spedag Fc that was so far dominating the league then. Later she joined the reigning champions Vihiga Queens in the Kenya Women Premier League.[3]

International career

She was the starting goalkeeper for Kenya in a 2016 Africa Women Cup of Nations qualification match against Equatorial Guinea.[4] She represented Kenya at the 2016 Africa Women Cup of Nations,[2] and was the goalkeeper in the match against Ghana.[5][6]

References
  1. "Global Sports Archive". Global Sports Archive.
  2. "SQUAD LISTS ANNOUNCED". KBC Channel 1. 28 February 2018.
  3. "The Star". The Star News. 13 August 2019.
  4. "FKF KENYA". Football Kenya Federation.
  5. 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.
  6. "Harambee Starlets fall 3–1 to Ghana at Awcon debut".


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