Crispin Olando

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Crispin Olando
Personal information
Full name Crispin Olando
Date of birth (1988-01-03) 3 January 1988 (age 35)
Place of birth Kenya
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
0000–2010 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.

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Club career

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]

International career

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]

Honours

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]

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References

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