Personal information | |||
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Full name | Daniel Sakari Macheso [1] | ||
Date of birth | 25 January 1999 | ||
Place of birth | Mathare North, Nairobi County, Kenya | ||
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) [1] | ||
Position(s) | Right-back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Tusker | ||
Number | 24 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2017 | MMUST | ||
2018 | Green Commandoes | ||
2018–2019 | Kakamega Homeboyz | 26 | (0) |
2019–2021 | Kariobangi Sharks | ||
2021– | Tusker | ||
International career‡ | |||
2019– | Kenya | 8 | (0) |
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 21:12, 2 May 2021 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 21:12, 2 May 2021 (UTC) |
Daniel Sakari Macheso (born 25 January 1999) is a Kenyan professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Kenyan Premier League club Tusker and the Kenya national team.
Sakari was born in Mathare North in Nairobi County but grew up in Webuye, Bungoma County. [2] Sakari was educated at Milo Central Academy and Maseno School before studying at Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology. [3] He graduated from the university with an undergraduate degree in statistics and pure mathematics. [2]
Despite playing rugby while attending Maseno School, Sakari joined his university team (MMUST FC) in 2017, before switching to Green Commandoes in 2018. [2] He switched to Kakamega Homeboyz towards the end of 2018, before signing with Kariobangi Sharks in 2019. [2]
Sakari was first called up to the Kenya national football team in November 2019. [4]