Personal information | |||
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Full name | Crispin Olando | ||
Date of birth | 3 January 1988 | ||
Place of birth | Kenya | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
–2010 | Thika United F.C. | ||
2010–2013 | Tusker F.C. | ||
International career‡ | |||
2011– | Kenya | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 January 2013 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23 January 2013 |
Crispin Olando (born 3 January 1988) is a Kenyan international footballer who plays professionally as a midfielder.
Olando has played his entire career in the Kenyan Premier League, starting with Thika United FC in 2006 before moving to Tusker FC in 2010. [1]
Olando was a member of the Kenya national under-20 football team. [2]
Olando was first called up to the Kenya national football team in September 2011 for qualifying matches for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations. [3] He scored in a warm-up friendly against high school side Kakamega School boys, then made his competitive debut against Uganda on October 8, 2011, coming on the in 88th minute. [4] [5]
Olando was team captain of Thika United in 2008. [6] He was nominated for the Kenyan Premier League Footballer of the Year Awards for 2009 for Best Midfielder, [7] and nominated for the same award in 2010. [8] Olando won the Kenyan Premier League title with Tusker FC in 2011. [9]