Marjolen Nekesa
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Marjolen Nekesa Wafula | ||
| Date of birth | 27 October 1998 | ||
| 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
[edit]Nekesa grew up in Kitale, 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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ "Nová posila týmu, útočnice Marjolen Wafula Nekesa". SK Slavia Prague (in Czech). 11 October 2022.
- ^ Jebet, Rebecca (13 September 2017). "Football: Kenyan teen Nekesa settling well in US women's league". The Standard.
- ^ a b Tupa, Mike (17 April 2020). "OKWU PROFILE: Marjolen Nekesa, women's soccer". Bartlesville Examiner-Enterprise. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
- ^ "Nekesa's numbers at Minsk". pepeta.co.ke.
- ^ "Marjolen Nekesa - Nation article".
- ^ "Marjolene Nekesa wants more". pepeta.co.ke.
- ^ "Marjolene Nekesa set to lead Kenya". goal.com.
External links
[edit]- Marjolen Nekesa at Soccerway
- Living people
- 1998 births
- People from Kitale
- Expatriate women's footballers in Belarus
- Expatriate women's footballers in the Czech Republic
- Expatriate women's soccer players in the United States
- Kenyan expatriate sportspeople in the Czech Republic
- Kenyan expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- Kenyan women's footballers
- Women's association football forwards
- Women's association football midfielders
- FC Minsk (women) players
- SK Slavia Prague (women) players
- Oklahoma Wesleyan Eagles and Lady Eagles athletes
- College women's soccer players in the United States
- Czech Women's First League players
- Alumni of Butere Girls High School