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Collins Sichenje
Personal information
Full name Collins Lusaka Sichenje
Date of birth (2003-09-19) 19 September 2003 (age 21)
Place of birth Kenya
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 KuPS (on loan from AIK)
Number 3
Youth career
–2019 Green Commandos
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2021 AFC Leopards 1 (0)
2021–2022 PAOK B 0 (0)
2022 AFC Leopards
2022– AIK 8 (0)
2023– → KuPS (loan) 20 (0)
International career‡
2021– Kenya 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 October 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10:39, 11 April 2023 (UTC)

Collins Lusaka Sichenje (born 19 September 2003) is a Kenyan professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Finnish club KuPS on loan from the Swedish side AIK.[1][2][3][4]

Club career

Sichenje started his career with Green Commandos.[5] After that, he signed for Kenyan Premier League side AFC Leopards in September 2019.[6] In July 2021, he joined B side of Greek team PAOK but failed to settle and returned to his former side without making an appearance.[7] Two months later, he joined Allsvenskan side AIK on a four-year deal.[8] On 7 August 2022, he made his professional league debut starting in a 1–0 defeat to Kalmar.[9] He received interest from teams in Spain.[10] On 31 March 2023, he joined Veikkausliiga side KuPS on loan for the season.[11][12]

International career

In 2020, he was first called up to Kenya national team.[13] In March 2021, Sichenje made his debut for Kenya in a 1–0 friendly win over South Sudan.[14]

References

  1. ^ "AIK:s räddning i backkrisen: Collins slipper straff". fotbollskanalen.se.
  2. ^ "Chefsscouten om Sichenje Collins: "Internationell i sättet"". fotbollsthlm.se.
  3. ^ "AIK-debutanten hyllades: "Har sån jäkla stor respekt för honom"". aftonbladet.se.
  4. ^ "Ex-Man City Player Marvels at Kenyan Footballer's Skills". teamkenya.co.ke.
  5. ^ "Shichenje: AFC Leopards star left Kenya's Cecafa Cup squad to chase PAOK dream". goal.com (Archived).
  6. ^ "Sichenje Extends Stay At The Den". A.F.C. Leopards. 17 October 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
  7. ^ "Sichenje reveals his plan after returning to the den". mozzartsport.co.ke. 14 February 2022. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
  8. ^ "Sichenje Collins till AIK Fotboll" (in Swedish). AIK Fotboll. 1 April 2022. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
  9. ^ "KALMAR VS. AIK 1 - 0". Soccerway. 7 August 2022. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
  10. ^ "Impressive Collins Sichenje on the radars of Spanish top-flight club". mozzartsport.co.ke.
  11. ^ "Kuopion Palloseura ja puolustaja Collins Sichenje pelaajasopimukseen". Kuopion Palloseura. 31 March 2023. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
  12. ^ "Collins Sichenje". footballcritic. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
  13. ^ "Badi, Sichenje earn maiden Stars call up". the-star.co.ke.
  14. ^ "Kenya vs. South Sudan". national-football-teams.com. 13 March 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
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