James Omondi

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James Omondi
Personal information
Full name James Omondi Oduor
Date of birth (1980-12-30) 30 December 1980 (age 43)
Place of birth Nairobi, Kenya
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
0000–2002 Sher Agencies
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2002–2003 Sher Agencies
2003–2005 Thika United
2005 P. Sông Lam Nghệ An
2005–2006 Saint-George SA
2006–2007 Thika United
2007–2009 Anse Réunion
2009–2010 Mathare United 14 (2)
International career
2002–2004 Kenya 16 (7)
Managerial career
2011 Thika United (assistant coach)
2011–2012 Kenya Commercial Bank
2013– Karuturi Sports
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

James Omondi Oduor (born 30 December 1980) is a Kenyan football manager and former player who manages Kenyan National Super League club Karuturi Sports. He played as a forward.

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Club career

Born in Nairobi, Omondi began his career by Sher Agencies before left the team in 2003, to Thika United. After two years left 2005 Thika and move to Vietnamese club P. Sông Lam Nghệ An, in Vietnam played one year before moving to Ethiopian Premier League team Saint-George SA. After nine months he left Saint-George to move back to Thika United, where he played again for six months before moving to the Seychelles League with Anse Réunion. [1] He left the Seychellois club in 2009 for Mathare United, where he ended his playing career.

International career

He presented his country Kenya on international level from 2002 to 2004. He was also part of the team that took part in the 2004 Africa Cup of Nations.

Managerial career

Coach Mahakama F.C Omondi had been the assistant coach of Thika United, where he played during his club career, [2] but later became the assistant coach of Kenya Commercial Bank before being promoted to head coach after Leonard Swaleh was sacked with immediate effect. [3] He was sacked by KCB on 28 November 2012, however, after his side finished tenth in the 2012 Kenyan Premier League season, [4] [5] and replaced by Abdallah Juma on 19 December. [6] [7]

On 3 April 2013, after the departure of Michael Nam to FKF Division One side FC Talanta on 14 March, Omondi took over as head coach of Karuturi Sports. [8] [9]

On 5 September 2019, he got his appointment as the Ushuru Football Club head coach after serving as the deputy head coach for a year and a half.

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