| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Aldrine Kibet | ||
| Date of birth | 13 June 2006 | ||
| Place of birth | Eldama Ravine, Baringo County, Kenya | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | RC Celta Fortuna | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Nakuru Youth Sports Association | |||
| 2020–2023 | St. Anthony's Kitale | ||
| 2023–2025 | Nastic Sports Academy | ||
| 2025– | RC Celta Fortuna | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2025– | RC Celta Fortuna | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2023– | Kenya U18 | 6 | (3) |
| 2024– | Kenya U20 | 5 | (4) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 18 July 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 18 July 2025 | |||
Aldrine Kibet [1] [2] (born 13 June 2006) is a Kenyan footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Spanish club RC Celta Fortuna [3] and the Kenya U20 team. [4]
Kibet rose to prominence in August 2023 while representing St. Anthony's Boys Kitale at the 2023 Kenya Secondary Schools Sports Association (KSSSA) Games in Kakamega, where he played alongside box-to-box midfielder Alvin Kasavuli, now at Nastic Sports Academy in Barcelona, and Amos Wanjala, currently with Torrellano CF. [5] His standout performances, including leading his team to the title, earned him the LG/SJAK Sports Personality of the Month award for August 2023. [6] [7] [8] In 2023, he moved to Spain and joined Nastic Sports Academy. [9] On 16 July 2025, RC Celta de Vigo announced the signing of Kibet on a four-year contract; initially registered in the Juvenil team, he was assigned to the B-team in Primera Federación. [10]
Kibet attended Poror Primary School in Baringo and Mama Ngina Primary school in Nakuru and honed his football skills at Nakuru Youth Sports Association. He later joined St. Anthony's School and this is where his football prowess came to the fore which opened his doors to the Kenya U18 and U20 teams, and a place in Nastic Academy and all the way to Celta Fortuna. [11]
Kibet was part of Kenya's U18 that won silver at the CECAFA U18 championship held in Kisumu, Kenya in November 2023. He scored three goals after finding the net in three of four different group games against Sudan, Rwanda, [12] and Somalia [13] to emerge the tournament's golden boot winner [14] [15]
He was included in the Kenya U20 team that took part in the 2024 CECAFA U-20 Championship in October 2024, in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. [16] [17] He fired in a hattrick in Kenya's 4–0 win over Sudan [18] at the Azam Complex.
Kibet was part of Kenya U20 that qualified for the 2025 U-20 Africa Cup of Nations tournament held in Cairo, Egypt, in May 2025 [19] [20] [21]