Jacob Mulee

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Jacob Mulee
Personal information
Date of birth 1968 (age 5455)
Place of birth Kenya
Managerial career
YearsTeam
1999–2009 Tusker
2003–2004 Kenya
2004–2005 APR
2005 Young Africans
2005 Kenya
2007–2008 Kenya
2010 Kenya
2020–2021 Kenya

Jacob Mulee (born 1968), [1] nicknamed Ghost, is a Kenyan association football coach. He also works as a radio host for Radio Jambo. [2]

Career

Mulee coached Kenyan club side Tusker between 1999 and 2009, winning the Kenyan Premier League title three times. [3] He later coached APR of Rwanda and Young Africans of Tanzania. [4]

Mulee first took charge of Kenya between 2003 and 2004, [5] including at the 2004 African Cup of Nations. Mulee returned for a brief second spell in 2005, [5] which lasted just one day from 16 to 17 December. [6] [7] Mulee returned to Kenya for a third time in March 2007. [8] Mulee's fourth stint in charge of Kenya began in September 2010. [9] Mulee quit the role in December 2010 following a run of three defeats in the 2010 CECAFA Cup. [10]

In October 2020, he returned to coach the Kenyan national team for a fifth time. [11] He was sacked by the KFF in September 2021. [12]

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References

  1. "Tous les entraîneurs" (in French). Radio France Internationale. Retrieved 20 September 2010.
  2. "Radio Jambo's Ghost Mulee Does Something Sweet For His Cute Son". 14 August 2017.
  3. Maik Kwambo (7 March 2009). "Tusker FC Sack Coach Ghost Mulee". Kenya London News. Retrieved 20 September 2010.
  4. "Young Africans FC seal Jacob Mulee deal". Kafoi. 18 February 2005. Archived from the original on 24 November 2010. Retrieved 20 September 2010.
  5. 1 2 "Kenya National Team Coaches". RSSSF . Archived from the original on 28 February 2009. Retrieved 20 September 2010.
  6. "Mulee 'returns' for Kenya". BBC Sport. 16 December 2005. Retrieved 20 September 2010.
  7. John Nene (17 December 2005). "Kenya coach Mulee sacked again". BBC Sport. Retrieved 20 September 2010.
  8. Piers Edwards (12 March 2007). "Coach Mulee to lead Kenya again". BBC Sport. Retrieved 20 September 2010.
  9. Peter Okwoche (17 September 2010). "Mulee re-appointed coach of Kenya's Harambee Stars". BBC Sport. Retrieved 20 September 2010.
  10. "Jacob Mulee ends a third spell in charge of Kenya". BBC Sport. 5 December 2010. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
  11. "Kenya reappoint Jacob 'Ghost' Mulee as head coach". kingfut.com. 22 October 2020.
  12. Charles, Odero. "FKF sacks Harambee Stars head coach Jacob Ghost Mulee". The Standard. Retrieved 28 September 2021.