Collins Sichenje

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Collins Sichenje
Personal information
Full name Collins Lusaka Sichenje
Date of birth (2003-09-19) 19 September 2003 (age 21)
Place of birth Butere, Kenya
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Vojvodina
Number 29
Youth career
0000–2019 Green Commandos
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2019–2021 AFC Leopards 1 (0)
2021–2022 PAOK B 0 (0)
2022 AFC Leopards
2022–2024 AIK 8 (0)
2023 → KuPS (loan) 20 (0)
2024 → Vojvodina (loan) 3 (0)
2024– Vojvodina 6 (0)
International career‡
2021– Kenya 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 November 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15:08, 5 February 2024 (UTC)

Collins Lusaka Sichenje (born 19 September 2003) is a Kenyan professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Serbian SuperLiga club Vojvodina, on loan from Swedish side AIK. [1] [2] [3] [4]

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Club career

Sichenje started his career with Green Commandos. [5] After that, he signed for Kenyan Premier League side AFC Leopards in September 2019. [6] In July 2021, he joined B side of Greek team PAOK but failed to settle and returned to his former side without making an appearance. [7] Two months later, he joined Allsvenskan side AIK on a four-year deal. [8] On 7 August 2022, he made his professional league debut starting in a 1–0 defeat to Kalmar. [9] He received interest from teams in Spain. [10]

On 31 March 2023, he joined Veikkausliiga side KuPS on loan for the season. [11] [12] After the season, he returned to AIK as the purchase option was not exercised. Sichenje made 23 appearances for KuPS in total.

On 11 July 2024, Sichenje joined Serbian SuperLiga club Vojvodina on a six-month loan deal, with option to make the loan a permanent transfer. [4] Two months later, after impressing in his first few games for the club, Sichenje's move was made permanent. He signed a three-year deal with the club. [13] [14]

International career

In 2020, he was first called up to Kenya national team. [15] In March 2021, Sichenje made his debut for Kenya in a 1–0 friendly win over South Sudan. [16]

Honours

KuPS

Career statistics

As of 9 November 2024 [17]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCup [a] ContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
AFC Leopards 2019–20 Kenyan Premier League 10–––10
AIK 2022 Allsvenskan 80004 [b] 0–120
2023 Allsvenskan0000––00
2024 Allsvenskan0000––00
Total80004000120
KuPS (loan) 2023 Veikkausliiga 200201 [b] 000230
Vojvodina (loan) 2024–25 Serbian SuperLiga 30004 [c] [b] 0–70
Vojvodina 2024–25Serbian SuperLiga6010––70
Total90104000140
Career total380309000500

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References

  1. ↑ "AIK:s räddning i backkrisen: Collins slipper straff". fotbollskanalen.se.
  2. ↑ "Chefsscouten om Sichenje Collins: "Internationell i sättet"". fotbollsthlm.se.
  3. ↑ "AIK-debutanten hyllades: "Har sån jäkla stor respekt för honom"". aftonbladet.se.
  4. 1 2 "Kolins Sičenje peto pojačanje Vojvodine!". FK Vojvodina official website.
  5. ↑ "Shichenje: AFC Leopards star left Kenya's Cecafa Cup squad to chase PAOK dream". goal.com (Archived). Archived from the original on 24 April 2023. Retrieved 12 September 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  6. ↑ "Sichenje Extends Stay At The Den". A.F.C. Leopards. 17 October 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
  7. ↑ "Sichenje reveals his plan after returning to the den". mozzartsport.co.ke. 14 February 2022. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
  8. ↑ "Sichenje Collins till AIK Fotboll" (in Swedish). AIK Fotboll. 1 April 2022. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
  9. ↑ "KALMAR VS. AIK 1 - 0". Soccerway. 7 August 2022. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
  10. ↑ "Impressive Collins Sichenje on the radars of Spanish top-flight club". mozzartsport.co.ke.
  11. ↑ "Kuopion Palloseura ja puolustaja Collins Sichenje pelaajasopimukseen". Kuopion Palloseura. 31 March 2023. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
  12. ↑ "Collins Sichenje". footballcritic. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
  13. ↑ "Sičendže i zvanično Vošin!". FK Vojvodina official website.
  14. ↑ "VOŠA OTKUPILA UGOVOR KENIJSKOG ŠTOPERA: KOLINS SIČENDŽE ZA 400.000 EVRA". mozzartsport.com.
  15. ↑ "Badi, Sichenje earn maiden Stars call up". the-star.co.ke.
  16. ↑ "Kenya vs. South Sudan". national-football-teams.com. 13 March 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
  17. ↑ Collins Sichenje, Global Sports Archive
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