George Owino

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George Owino
Personal information
Full name George Owino Audi
Date of birth (1981-04-24) 24 April 1981 (age 42)
Place of birth Nairobi, Kenya
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Sofapaka
Number 25
Youth career
2002–2004 Tusker
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2004–2007 Tusker 111 (7)
2007–2008 Simba 20 (4)
2008 Saint-George SA 11 (1)
2009 Fortuna Düsseldorf 0 (0)
2009 Young Africans
2010– Sofapaka
International career‡
2005– Kenya 16 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 August 2008
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 1 October 2007

George Owino Audi (born 24 April 1981 in Nairobi) is a Kenyan footballer who is currently playing for Sofapaka in the Kenyan Premier League. [1]

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Career

Owino had been playing for Simba SC in Tanzania since 2007. Before moving to Tanzania, he played for Tusker FC. [2] In July 2008 he joined Saint-George SA. [3] In July 2009 he was invited to train with Fortuna Düsseldorf on advice from Antoine Hey, [4] his dream is to play in Europe. [5] On 28 July 2009 he signed for Fortuna Düsseldorf. [6] His transfer failed and he re-signed for Saint-George SA, [7] he signed then on 18 August 2009 with Tanzanian club Young Africans FC. [8] On 1 July 2010 he left Young Africans FC, returned to Kenya, and signed for Sofapaka. [9]

International career

Owino is member of the Kenya national football team [10] and played 16 games here. [11]

Controversy

In February 2019 Owino was named in a FIFA report that alleged he had been involved in match fixing. [12] In April 2019 he was one of four African former international footballers banned for life by FIFA due to "match manipulation". [13]

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References

  1. ↑ "George Owino – Sofapaka". Archived from the original on 4 February 2020. Retrieved 19 January 2011.
  2. ↑ "George Owino: On trials at Germany's Fortuna Dusseldorf". Kenyafootball.com. 16 December 2010. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
  3. ↑ Fortuna mit Audi ins Trainingslager Archived 6 July 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ↑ "Kenyan Defender George Owino Undergoing Trials in Germany". Goal.com. 8 July 2009. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
  5. ↑ "Wenn der Traum für Sehnsucht sorgt | WAZ.de". archive.is. 24 July 2012. Archived from the original on 24 July 2012. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
  6. ↑ "George Owino Completes His Move To German Club Fortuna Dusseldorf". Goal.com. 28 July 2009. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
  7. ↑ "Saint George FC Official Site". Saintgeorgefc.com. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
  8. ↑ Omary, Majuto (21 August 2009). "Tanzania: Young Africans Lose Appeal". The Citizen (Dar es Salaam). Retrieved 22 May 2018.
  9. ↑ Sofapaka Sign Kenyan International George Owino And Ugandan Musa Mudde [ dead link ]
  10. ↑ "FIFA.com – FIFA Spielerstatistik George OWINO". De.fifa.com. Archived from the original on 24 March 2012. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
  11. ↑ "George Owino". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
  12. ↑ "Fifa want match-fixing probe into Kenyan 2010 World Cup tie". BBC Sport. 5 February 2019. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
  13. ↑ "Former Sierra Leone captain Kargbo among African internationals banned for life by Fifa". BBC Sport. 24 April 2019. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
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