Francis Kimanzi

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Francis Kimanzi
Personal information
Date of birth (1976-05-29) 29 May 1976 (age 46)
Place of birth Kitui, Kenya
Team information
Current team
 Wazito (manager)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1994–2002 Mathare United
Managerial career
2002–2010 Mathare United
2008–2009 Kenya
2011 Sofapaka
2011–2012 Kenya
2013–2015 Tusker
2015–2019 Mathare United
2019–2020 Kenya
2020- Wazito
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Francis Kimanzi (born 29 May 1976) [1] is a Kenyan football coach who manages Wazito.

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Playing career

Kimanzi played club football for Mathare United between 1994 and 2002, before becoming manager. [1]

Coaching career

Kimanzi was appointed full-time manager of the Kenyan national side on 11 December 2008, [2] having held the post as a caretaker since May 2008. [3] He was sacked from the post of national team coach after the 2008 CECAFA Cup in January 2009 due to disputes between him and Kenyan football administrators. [4] After a one-year spell coaching club side Sofapaka, he was reappointed as head coach of the Kenyan national team in November 2011. [5] In June 2012 he was sacked as manager of Kenya alongside his entire coaching staff after Kenya failed to qualify for the 2013 African Nations Cup. [6]

After coaching Tusker, he returned to Mathare United as manager in 2015. [7] In August 2019 he was linked with a return to the Kenya national team. [8] He returned to the Kenyan national team as manager in August 2019. [9] [10] Kimanzi has publicly spoken out against foreign coaches in Africa. [11] In October 2020, he was dismissed from coaching Kenya. [12] In November 2020 he became manager of Wazito. [13]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Francis Kimanzi". Kenya Soccer Institute. Retrieved 2008-12-11.
  2. ↑ "Kimanzi returns as Kenya coach". BBC. 2008-12-11. Retrieved 2008-12-11.
  3. ↑ "Confusion over Kenya coach". BBC. 2008-11-27. Retrieved 2008-12-11.
  4. ↑ "Kimanzi sacked as Kenya coach". BBC. 2009-01-18. Retrieved 2009-01-19.
  5. ↑ "Kimanzi returns as Kenya coach". FIFA. 1 November 2011. Archived from the original on March 1, 2012. Retrieved 2 November 2011.
  6. ↑ "Kimanzi sacked as Kenya coach after Nations Cup exit". BBC Sport. 19 June 2012.
  7. ↑ "Francis Kimanzi - Mathare United". www.footballdatabase.eu.
  8. ↑ Kamunde, Muraya (14 August 2019). "Francis Kimanzi to replace Migne as Harambee Stars coach".
  9. ↑ "Harambee Stars: Francis Kimanzi confirmed as the new coach | Goal.com". www.goal.com.
  10. ↑ "Francis Kimanzi confirmed as Kenya's new head coach". BBC Sport. 18 August 2019. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
  11. ↑ "Kimanzi slams foreign coaches". BBC. 2008-10-09. Retrieved 2008-12-11.
  12. ↑ "OFFICIAL: Kenya sack head coach Francis Kimanzi". kingfut.com. 20 October 2020.
  13. ↑ "🚨Francis Kimanzi unveiled as new Wazito FC head coach | Futaa.com". futaa.com.
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