Zablon Amanaka
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Zablon Davies Amanaka | ||
Date of birth | 1 January 1976 | ||
Date of death | 28 May 2021 | (aged 45)||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1998 | Kenya Breweries | ||
2002–2004 | Kenya Pipeline | ||
2004 | St Michel United FC | ||
2004–2006 | Željezničar | 14 | (0) |
2005–2006 | Thika United | ||
2006–2007 | AFC Leopards | ||
2007 | East Bengal | ||
2007–2008 | Anse Réunion | ||
2009 | Sofapaka | ||
2009 | La Passe | ||
2010 | Mahakama | 10 | (0) |
International career | |||
2004–2009 | Kenya | 15 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Zablon Davies Amanaka (1 January 1976 – 28 May 2021) was a Kenyan professional footballer who played as a defender.
Club career
[edit]After playing in clubs like Kenya Breweries (former name of Tusker FC) and Kenya Pipeline from Nairobi, in 2004 he had a spell in Seychelles League club Saint-Michel United. From January 2005 until January 2006, he played in the Bosnian Premier League's traditionally strongest club, Željezničar from the capital Sarajevo. Then he returned to play in Kenyan Premier League clubs Thika United and AFC Leopards. Since January until June 2007 he was in India in I-League club East Bengal Club. Next, he moved to Seychelles club Anse Réunion FC. In January 2009 he was back to his country playing for Sofapaka, but after six months he signed with another Seychelles club, La Passe FC. At end of 2009 he returned to Kenya and played with Mahakama.[1] He usually played as central defender.
International career
[edit]He played regularly for the Kenya national team since 1998, having achieved team captain.[2]
Honours
[edit]Saint-Michel United
- Seychelles League: 2003
FK Željezničar
- Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina runner-up: 2004-05
East Bengal Club
- Indian Federation Cup: 2007
Anse Réunion FC
- Seychelles League Cup: 2007
References
[edit]- ^ Zablon Amanaka at National-Football-Teams.com
- ^ 102sports
External sources
[edit]
- 1976 births
- 2021 deaths
- Kenyan men's footballers
- Men's association football defenders
- Tusker F.C. players
- FK Željezničar Sarajevo players
- Thika United F.C. players
- A.F.C. Leopards players
- East Bengal Club players
- Anse Réunion FC players
- Sofapaka F.C. players
- La Passe FC players
- Mahakama F.C. players
- Kenya men's international footballers
- Kenyan expatriate men's footballers
- Kenyan expatriate sportspeople in Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Kenyan expatriate sportspeople in India
- Kenyan expatriate sportspeople in Seychelles
- Expatriate men's footballers in Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Expatriate men's footballers in India
- Expatriate men's footballers in Seychelles
- Kenyan football biography stubs