Mohamed Katana

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Mohamed Katana
Personal information
Full name Mohamed Katana Nyanje
Date of birth (1999-12-24) 24 December 1999 (age 24)
Place of birth Mombasa, Kenya
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
2013–2017 Aspire Academy
2017–2018 Sporting CP
2018Leixões (loan)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2019 Bandari
2020 Isloch Minsk Raion 1 (0)
2021–2022 Vasalund 9 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 December 2022

Mohamed Katana Nyanje (born 24 December 1999) is a Kenyan professional footballer. [1] [2] Besides Kenya, he has played in Portugal and Belarus. [3] [4]

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International career

Katana was called up to Kenya national football team for a friendly match against Zambia in October 2020, but did not debut, spending the game on the bench. [5]

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References

  1. "Kenyas Messi". unt.se.
  2. Mohamed Katana at FootballDatabase.eu
  3. Mohamed Katana: why I moved to the Belarus league bbc.com
  4. "Ex-Sporting Katana joga na Bielorrússia em tempos de covid-19". record.pt.
  5. Сборная Кении одержала победу над Замбией (in Russian)