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{{short description|Kenyan footballer}}
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{{Infobox football biography
| name = Samantha Akinyi
| name = Samantha Akinyi
| fullname = Samantha Akinyi Okeya<ref>{{cite web|url=https://globalsportsarchive.com/people/soccer/samantha-akinyi/156999/|title=Global Sports Archive|website=Global Sports Archive}}</ref>
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| years2 = 2018
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1995|1|6}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://admin.cafonline.com/en-us/competitions/10theditionwomensafcon-cameroon2016/TeamDetails/playerdetails?CompetitionPlayerId=k%2bXPYaZNs0qfgovy%2fQ5q%2fK7G9dgbIY8JbnbuAs1DwTRMx7wq4XnybdHLz9BnEKSR|website=CAF|title=Competitions - 10th Edition Women's AFCON-cameroon 2016 - Team Details - Player Details}}</ref><ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=https://www.kbc.co.ke/starlets-team-2018-africa-nations-qualifiers-named/|title=SQUAD LISTS ANNOUNCED|date=28 February 2018|website=KBC Channel 1}}</ref>
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| birth_place = [[Nairobi]], Kenya
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| height = 1.84 m
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| position = [[Goalkeeper (association football)|Goalkeeper]]
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| years2 = 2016–2018
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| nationalteam1 = [[Kenya women's national football team|Kenya]]
| nationalteam1 = [[Kenya women's national football team|Kenya]]
| nationalyears1 = 2012–
| nationalyears1 = 2012–
| goals3 =
| caps4 =
| clubs4 = Makolanders
| years4 = 2020–
| caps3 =
| caps3 =
| clubs3 = [[Vihiga Queens]]
| clubs3 = Vihiga Queens
| years3 = 2018–
| years3 = 2018–2019
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| caps2 =
| caps2 =
| clubs2 = Thika Queens
| clubs2 = Spedag
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| clubs1 = Spedag
| clubs1 = Matuu FC (National Youth Talent Academy)
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| years1 = 2012–2014
| youthclubs1 =
| youthclubs1 = Babadogo United
| youthyears1 =
| youthyears1 = 2003–2012
| clubnumber = 14
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| currentclub = [[Vihiga Queens]]
| currentclub = Makolanders
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| position = [[Forward (association football)|Forward]]
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| height =
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| birth_place = Kenya
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1995|11|18}}
| fullname = Samantha Akinyi Munjal
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'''Samantha Akinyi Okeya''' (born 6 January 1995) is a Kenyan professional [[Association football|footballer]] who plays as a [[Goalkeeper (association football)|goalkeeper]] for Makolander Ladies FC and the [[Kenya women's national football team|Kenya women's national team]].
'''Samantha Akinyi Munjal'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://globalsportsarchive.com/people/soccer/samantha-akinyi/156999/|title=Global Sports Archive|last=|first=|date=|website=Global Sports Archive|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref> (born 18 November 1995)<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=https://www.kbc.co.ke/starlets-team-2018-africa-nations-qualifiers-named/|title=SQUAD LISTS ANNOUNCED|last=|first=|date=28 February 2018|website=KBC Channel 1|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref> is a [[Kenya|Kenyan]] [[Association football|footballer]] who plays for Vihiga Queens and Harambee Starlets in the [[Kenya women's national football team|Kenya Women's National Football Team]].


== Club career ==
== Club career ==
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Samantha Akinyi joined the [[Mathare Youth Sports Association|Mathare Youths Sports Association]] (MYSA) in 2002, where she was playing for Ruaraka zone Babadogo United Ladies.


In December 2011 she [[Transfer (association football)|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
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Samantha Akinyi Joined The [[Mathare Youth Sports Association|Mathare Youths Sports Association]] (MYSA) in 2002 where she used to train
Women Premier League.<ref>{{Cite news|date=13 August 2019|title=The Star|work=The Star News|url=https://www.the-star.co.ke/sports/football/2019-08-13-goalkeepers-breath-life-back-in-makolanders/}}</ref> 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 .
In October 2018, Akinyi [[Transfer (association football)|transferred]] to Makolander before joining Vihiga Queens<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.the-star.co.ke/sports/football/2019-08-13-goalkeepers-breath-life-back-in-makolanders/|title=The Star|last=|first=|date=13 August 2019|work=The Star News|access-date=|url-status=live}}</ref>

Currently also playing for the Kenya National Football team; Harambee Starlets


== International career ==
== International career ==
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She was the starting goalkeeper for Kenya in a [[2018 Africa Women Cup of Nations qualification|2016 Africa Women Cup of Nations qualification]] match against [[Equatorial Guinea women's national football team|Equatorial Guinea]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://footballkenya.org/awcon-2018-starlets-wpl-select-side/|title=FKF KENYA|work=Football Kenya Federation}}</ref> She represented Kenya at the [[2018 Africa Women Cup of Nations|2016 Africa Women Cup of Nations]],<ref name="auto" /> and was the goalkeeper in the match against [[Ghana women's national football team|Ghana]].<ref>{{cite web |author=Olilo |first=Cellestine |date=20 November 2016 |title=Ghana 3-1 Kenya, AWCON RESULT: Suleman Samira, Elizabeth Addo, Boakye Portia strike to give Black Queens three points |url=https://www.nation.co.ke/sports/football/1102-3458988-s8v5rgz/index.html |access-date=2020-01-19 |website=[[Daily Nation]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2016/11/20/harambee-starlets-fall-3-1-to-ghana-at-awcon-debut_c1459125|title=Harambee Starlets fall 3–1 to Ghana at Awcon debut}}</ref>


==See also==
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She represented Kenya at the [[2018 Africa Women Cup of Nations]],<ref name="auto" /> and was the goalkeeper in the match against [[Ghana women's national football team|Ghana]].<ref>https://www.nation.co.ke/sports/football/1102-3458988-s8v5rgz/index.html</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2016/11/20/harambee-starlets-fall-3-1-to-ghana-at-awcon-debut_c1459125|title=Harambee Starlets fall 3–1 to Ghana at Awcon debut|publisher=}}</ref>
*[[List of Kenya women's international footballers]]

She was the 1st Goalkeeper for the Harambee Starlets <ref>{{Cite news|url=https://footballkenya.org/awcon-2018-starlets-wpl-select-side/|title=FKF KENYA|last=|first=|date=|work=Football Kenya Federation|access-date=|url-status=live}}</ref>Kenya in a [[2018 Africa Women Cup of Nations qualification]] match against [[Equatorial Guinea women's national football team|Equatorial Guinea]].


== References ==
== References ==
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Latest revision as of 01:40, 2 January 2025

Samantha Akinyi
Personal information
Full name Samantha Akinyi Okeya[1]
Date of birth (1995-01-06) 6 January 1995 (age 29)[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

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.

Club career

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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

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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

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References

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  1. ^ "Global Sports Archive". Global Sports Archive.
  2. ^ "Competitions - 10th Edition Women's AFCON-cameroon 2016 - Team Details - Player Details". CAF.
  3. ^ a b "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. ^ Olilo, Cellestine (20 November 2016). "Ghana 3-1 Kenya, AWCON RESULT: Suleman Samira, Elizabeth Addo, Boakye Portia strike to give Black Queens three points". Daily Nation. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  7. ^ "Harambee Starlets fall 3–1 to Ghana at Awcon debut".


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