Boniface Ambani

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Boniface Ambani
Personal information
Full name Boniface Ngairah Ambani [1]
Date of birth (1982-11-04) 4 November 1982 (age 42)
Place of birth Naivasha, Kenya
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
2001–2002 Oserian Fastac
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2004–2006 Tusker 26 (27)
2006–2007 East Bengal Club 15 (6)
2007–2008 Sporting Club de Goa 13 (4)
2009–2010 Young Africans 24 (16)
International career
1998–2009 [1] Kenya 12 (5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Boniface Ngairah Ambani (born 4 November 1982) is a Kenyan former professional footballer who played as a forward. [1] He scored 5 goals in 12 appearances for the Kenya national team.

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Career

Ambani was born in Naivasha. [1]

The top-scorer of the Kenyan Premier League in 2006 with 20 goals for Tusker, [2] Ambani signed for Indian club East Bengal Club in early 2006. [3]

He spent his last season with Tanzanian club Young Africans, where he scored 18 goals in 22 matches. After an Achilles tendon injury, he retired in spring 2010. [4]

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "NFT player — National team & Club appearances: Ambani, Boniface". National Football Teams. Archived from the original on 13 August 2021. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
  2. "Boniface Ambani: Clubs should develop identities". Archived from the original on 5 July 2013. Retrieved 30 December 2012.
  3. Chaudhuri, Arunava. "Season ending transfers 2006". www.indianfootball.de. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  4. "Boniface Ambani: Clubs should develop identities". Archived from the original on 5 July 2013. Retrieved 30 December 2012.