Samantha Akinyi

Samantha Akinyi Okeya (born 6 January 1995) is a Kenyan professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Makolander Ladies FC and the Kenya women's national team.

Samantha Akinyi
Personal information
Full name Samantha Akinyi Okeya[1]
Date of birth (1995-01-06) 6 January 1995[2][3]
Place of birth Nairobi, Kenya
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Makolanders
Youth career
2003–2012 Babadogo United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2014 Matuu FC (National Youth Talent Academy)
2016–2018 Spedag
2018–2019 Vihiga Queens
2020– Makolanders
International career
2012– Kenya
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Samantha Akinyi joined the Mathare Youths Sports Association (MYSA) in 2002, where she was playing for Ruaraka zone Babadogo United Ladies.

In December 2011 she transferred to National Youth Talent Academy, which later joined the Kenya Women's League as Matuu Girls and emerge the title holders that season, later in the long run she joined Kenya Methodist University majorly known as KEMU QUEENS the 2015 League winners, she also spend some time with Spedag Fc that was so far dominating the league then. In 2018 She joined the reigning champions Vihiga Queens in the Kenya

Women Premier League.[4] where she helped the team win the league 2018-2019,emerging the best goal keeper for the team that year

She is currently featuring for Makolander LFC .

International career

She was the starting goalkeeper for Kenya in a 2016 Africa Women Cup of Nations qualification match against Equatorial Guinea.[5] She represented Kenya at the 2016 Africa Women Cup of Nations,[3] and was the goalkeeper in the match against Ghana.[6][7]

See also

References
  1. "Global Sports Archive". Global Sports Archive.
  2. "Competitions - 10th Edition Women's AFCON-cameroon 2016 - Team Details - Player Details". CAF.
  3. "SQUAD LISTS ANNOUNCED". KBC Channel 1. 28 February 2018.
  4. "The Star". The Star News. 13 August 2019.
  5. "FKF KENYA". Football Kenya Federation.
  6. CELLESTINE OLILO More by this Author. "Ghana 3-1 Kenya, AWCON RESULT: Suleman Samira, Elizabeth Addo, Boakye Portia strike to give Black Queens three points - Daily Nation". Nation.co.ke. Retrieved 19 January 2020. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  7. "Harambee Starlets fall 3–1 to Ghana at Awcon debut".


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