Marjolen Nekesa

Kenyan footballer (born 1998)

Marjolen Nekesa
Personal information
Full name Marjolen Nekesa Wafula
Date of birth (1998-10-27) 27 October 1998 (age 25)
Place of birth Kitale, Kenya
Position(s) Midfielder, striker
Team information
Current team
 Slavia Prague
Number 9
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
4 Oklahoma Wesleyan Eagles
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (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.

Early life and education

Nekesa grew up in Nangili area of Likuyani sub county, Kakamega county in Western part of 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]

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. ^ a b 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.

External links

  • Marjolen Nekesa at Soccerway
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