Marjolen Nekesa

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Marjolen Nekesa
Personal information
Full name Marjolen Nekesa Wafula
Date of birth (1998-10-27) 27 October 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth Kitale, Kenya
Position(s) Midfielder, striker
Team information
Current team
 Slavia Prague
Number 9
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
4 Oklahoma Wesleyan Eagles
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2022 Minsk 15 (31)
2022– Slavia Prague 16 (14)
International career
Kenya
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Marjolen Nekesa Wafula (born 27 October 1998) is a Kenyan footballer who plays as a midfielder or striker for Czech Women's First League club Slavia Prague.

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Early life and education

Nekesa grew up in Kitale, Kenya.[ citation needed ] She was introduced to play football by her father at a young age. [1] Nekesa attended Butere Girls High School before moving to the United States to attend Oklahoma Wesleyan University, where she majored in sports management. [2] She scored 25 goals as a freshman. [3]

Club career

In 2022, Nekesa signed for Belarusian side Minsk, where she debuted and scored her first goal for the club during the Belarusian Women's Super Cup final.[ citation needed ] She was regarded as one of the club's most important players. [4] In 2022, she signed for Czech side Slavia, where she played in the UEFA Women's Champions League and became the first Kenyan women's player to play in the Czech Republic. [5] She was the top scorer of the 2022–23 Czech Women's First League with fourteen goals. [6]

International career

Nekesa was called up to the Kenya women's national football team for the 2018 Women's Africa Cup of Nations. [7]

Style of play

Nekesa mainly operates as a midfielder or a striker and has been described as "zapped opposing defenses with electric determination... combustible consistency might be the midfielder’s greatest asset". [3]

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References

  1. ↑ "Nová posila týmu, útočnice Marjolen Wafula Nekesa". SK Slavia Prague (in Czech). 11 October 2022.
  2. ↑ Jebet, Rebecca (13 September 2017). "Football: Kenyan teen Nekesa settling well in US women's league". The Standard.
  3. 1 2 Tupa, Mike (17 April 2020). "OKWU PROFILE: Marjolen Nekesa, women's soccer". Bartlesville Examiner-Enterprise . Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  4. ↑ "Nekesa's numbers at Minsk". pepeta.co.ke.
  5. ↑ "Marjolen Nekesa - Nation article".
  6. ↑ "Marjolene Nekesa wants more". pepeta.co.ke.
  7. ↑ "Marjolene Nekesa set to lead Kenya". goal.com.
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