Boniface Ambani

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Boniface Ambani
Personal information
Full name Boniface Ngairah Ambani
Date of birth (1982-11-04) 4 November 1982 (age 40)
Place of birth Naivasha, Kenya [1]
Position(s) Striker
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
2006–2009 Kenya 4 (1 [2] )
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Boniface Ngairah Ambani (born 4 November 1982 in Naivasha) is a retired Kenyan professional footballer, who last played for Young Africans and Kenya national football team. [3]

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Career

The topscorer of the Kenyan Premier League 2006 with 20 goals for Tusker, [4] signed for Indian club East Bengal Club in the early 2006. [5]

He spent his last season with Tanzanian club Young Africans, where he scored 18 goals in 22 matches. After an Achilles tendon retired in the Spring 2010. [6]

Notes

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

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