Olivier Karekezi

Olivier Karekezi

Personal information
Date of birth	25 May 1983 (1983-05-25)
Place of birth	Kigali, Rwanda
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position	Forward
Club information
Current club	APR FC
Youth career
1989–2001	APR FC
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2002–2004	APR FC
2005–2007	Helsingborgs IF	60	(18)
2008–2009	Hamarkameratene	32	(6)
2010–2011	Östers IF	49	(6)
2011–	APR FC
National team‡
2000–	Rwanda	?	(24)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 27 November 2011. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 8 December 2011

Olivier Karekezi (born 25 May 1983) is a Rwandan footballer, currently playing for APR FC.

Career

He signed for Helsingborgs IF in 2005, leaving his native club APR FC, and scored five goals in 18 matches during the 2005 season. In 2006, he scored 11 goals for Helsingborg and thereby became their top scorer in Allsvenskan. In January 2008 he transferred to Hamarkameratene. In March 2010 he joined Swedish second division club Östers IF on a two year deal.

Karekezi took pay cut to play for his former club APR. The attacking midfielder, who has been getting US$ 52,000 (Rwf30.9m) a year at Swedish second division side Osters F.C, has already agreed a two- year-deal with the Primus league champions in the region of US$24, 000 (Rwf14m) a year.

International career

Karekezi has played several international matches for Rwanda, and represented his country at the 2004 African Cup of Nations.

International goals

Scores and results list Rwanda's goal tally first.

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	8 December 2001	Stade Amahoro, Kigali	Somalia	3–0	3–0	2001 CECAFA Cup
2.	13 October 2002	Accra Sports Stadium, Accra	Ghana	1–0	2–4	2004 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier
3.	3 December 2002	Sheikh Amri Abeid Memorial Stadium, Arusha	Somalia	1–0	1–0	2002 CECAFA Cup
4.	12 October 2003	Stade Amahoro, Kigali	Namibia	2–0	3–0	2006 FIFA World Cup qualifier
5.	2 December 2003	Khartoum Stadium, Khartoum	Zanzibar	1–0	2–2	2003 CECAFA Cup
6.	2 December 2003	Khartoum Stadium, Khartoum	Zanzibar	2–1	2–2	2003 CECAFA Cup
7.	14 August 2004	Kampala, Uganda	Uganda	?–?	2–1	Friendly
8.	11 December 2004	Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa	Zanzibar	2–1	4–2	2004 CECAFA Cup
9.	19 December 2004	Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa	Tanzania	?–?	5–1	2004 CECAFA Cup
10.	8 December 2005	Stade Amahoro, Kigali	Uganda	1–0	1–0	2005 CECAFA Cup
11.	8 October 2006	Antoinette Tubman Stadium, Monrovia	Liberia	1–2	2–3	2008 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier
12.	25 March 2007	Estadio Internacional, Malabo	Equatorial Guinea	1–1	1–3	2008 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier
13.	8 September 2007	Stade Amahoro, Kigali	Liberia	4–0	4–0	2008 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier
14.	13 December 2007	Benjamin Mkapa National Stadium, Dar es Salaam	Djibouti	1–0	9–0	2007 CECAFA Cup
15.	13 December 2007	Benjamin Mkapa National Stadium, Dar es Salaam	Djibouti	9–0	9–0	2007 CECAFA Cup
16.	31 May 2008	Stade Régional Nyamirambo, Kigali	Mauritania	1–0	3–0	2010 FIFA World Cup qualifier
17.	8 June 2008	Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa	Ethiopia	2–1	2–1	2010 FIFA World Cup qualifier
18.	14 June 2008	Stade Régional Nyamirambo, Kigali	Morocco	3–1	3–1	2010 FIFA World Cup qualifier
19.	15 November 2011	Stade Amahoro, Kigali	Eritrea	1–0	3–1	2014 FIFA World Cup qualifier
20.	26 November 2011	Benjamin Mkapa National Stadium, Dar es Salaam	Tanzania	1–0	1–0	2011 CECAFA Cup
21.	2 December 2011	Benjamin Mkapa National Stadium, Dar es Salaam	Djibouti	3–2	5–2	2011 CECAFA Cup
22.	2 December 2011	Benjamin Mkapa National Stadium, Dar es Salaam	Djibouti	4–2	5–2	2011 CECAFA Cup
23.	2 December 2011	Benjamin Mkapa National Stadium, Dar es Salaam	Djibouti	5–2	5–2	2011 CECAFA Cup
24.	8 December 2011	Benjamin Mkapa National Stadium, Dar es Salaam	Sudan	2–1	2–1	2011 CECAFA Cup

External links

• Olivier Karekezi at National-Football-Teams.com