George Owino

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George Owino
Personal information
Full name George Owino Audi
Date of birth (1981-04-24) 24 April 1981 (age 43)
Place of birth Nairobi, Kenya
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s)
Defender
Team information
Current team
Sofapaka
Number 25
Youth career
2002–2004 Tusker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2007 Tusker 111 (7)
2007–2008 Simba 20 (4)
2008
Saint-George SA
11 (1)
2009 Fortuna Düsseldorf 0 (0)
2009 Young Africans
2010– Sofapaka
International career
2005– Kenya 16 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 August 2008
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 1 October 2007

George Owino Audi (born 24 April 1981 in

Sofapaka in the Kenyan Premier League.[1]

Career

Owino had been playing for

International career

Owino is member of the Kenya national football team[10] and played 16 games here.[11]

Controversy

In February 2019 Owino was named in a FIFA report that alleged he had been involved in match fixing.[12] In April 2019 he was one of four African former international footballers banned for life by FIFA due to "match manipulation".[13]

References

  1. ^ "George Owino – Sofapaka". Archived from the original on 4 February 2020. Retrieved 19 January 2011.
  2. ^ "George Owino: On trials at Germany's Fortuna Dusseldorf". Kenyafootball.com. 16 December 2010. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
  3. ^ Fortuna mit Audi ins Trainingslager Archived 6 July 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ "Kenyan Defender George Owino Undergoing Trials in Germany". Goal.com. 8 July 2009. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
  5. ^ "Wenn der Traum für Sehnsucht sorgt | WAZ.de". archive.is. 24 July 2012. Archived from the original on 24 July 2012. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
  6. ^ "George Owino Completes His Move To German Club Fortuna Dusseldorf". Goal.com. 28 July 2009. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
  7. ^ "Saint George FC Official Site". Saintgeorgefc.com. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
  8. ^ Omary, Majuto (21 August 2009). "Tanzania: Young Africans Lose Appeal". The Citizen (Dar es Salaam). Retrieved 22 May 2018.
  9. ^ Sofapaka Sign Kenyan International George Owino And Ugandan Musa Mudde[dead link]
  10. ^ "FIFA.com – FIFA Spielerstatistik George OWINO". De.fifa.com. Archived from the original on 24 March 2012. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
  11. ^ "George Owino". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
  12. ^ "Fifa want match-fixing probe into Kenyan 2010 World Cup tie". BBC Sport. 5 February 2019. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
  13. ^ "Former Sierra Leone captain Kargbo among African internationals banned for life by Fifa". BBC Sport. 24 April 2019. Retrieved 27 August 2019.