George Odary

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George Lihugu Odary
Personal information
Full name George Lihugu Odary
Date of birth (1986-11-28) 28 November 1986 (age 37)
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2003-4 KCB
2005-7 Tusker F.C.
2008 KCB 16 (2)
2009-2012 Nairobi City Stars 61 (11)
International career
2002 Kenya U17 2 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

George Viduka Odary (born November 28, 1986) is a retired Kenyan striker who featured for Kenyan Premier League sides KCB, Nairobi City Stars, Tusker F.C. and Kenya junior sides U17 and U20.

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Club career

George turned out for KCB in 2003 and 2004, [1] and returned for the 2008 season [2] after spending two seasons at Tusker F.C. He then moved to Kawangware-based Nairobi City Stars in 2009 [3] where he spent the 2010, [4] 2011 [5] and part of the 2012 [6] [7] [8] [9] seasons. He left halfway through the 2012 season to pursue a non-footballing assignment in Juba, South Sudan. [10]

International

Odary featured for Kenya U17 in 2002 in games against Ghana. [11] He made the provisional kenya national football team team lists in 2005 [12] and 2006. [13]

Honours

Club

Tusker

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