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Christine Nafula
Kenyan footballer
Christine Nafula (born 10 November 1991) is a Kenyan football midfielder, who last played for Kastoria GPO in the Greek A Division. She has been a member of the Kenya women's national team.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Christine Nafula[1] | ||
Date of birth | (1991-11-10) 10 November 1991 (age 32)[2] | ||
Place of birth | Busia, Kenya | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder[1] | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Kastoria GPO | ||
Number | 6 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
Thika Queens | |||
2022–2023 | Kayseri Kadın FK | 10 | (1) |
2023– | Kastoria | 26 | (12) |
International career | |||
Kenya | |||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 May 2024 |
Nafula comes from a footballing family. She is a younger daughter of a family of six. Her brother Eric Johanna Omondi plays for UTA Arad and previously played for Mathare United, while Felix Oucho also played for Mathare United and is currently a coach at a club in Busia. Her other brother, Anthony Kadudu featured for Tusker FC whilst her elder sister, Doreen Nabwire is a former footballer for the Kenya women's national team.[3]
By March 2022, Nafula moved to Turkey, and signed with Kayseri Kadın FK to play in the second half of the 2021–22 Super League season. She scored one goal in ten matches capped.[4]
Nafula played for Kenya national team at the 2016 Africa Women Cup of Nations.[5] At the time, her sister was the team manager.[6]
- "Kenya name AWCON squad". Soka25east.
- Anyango, Shania (16 June 2017). "Germans gave me a car and pocket money – Doreen 'Dodo' Nabwire, Kenya's only female professional footballer". The Standard. Archived from the original on 2021-10-22. Retrieved 2021-10-22.
- "Christine Nafula" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
- "Kenya women fight for recognition". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2021-11-08.
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