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Edward Karanja
Edward ''Desh'' Karanja (born 25 Jan 1974) is a retired Kenyan Midfielder (association football), midfielder who turned out for Kenyan Premier League sides Tusker F.C., World Hope FC and kenya national football team, Kenya. He turned to coaching after retirement. Early life Edward was born in Kawangware, Nairobi County, and schooled at the Nduraru Primary before joining Rungiri Secondary School. Career Edward started out at Kawangware Sports Club before joining A.F.C. Leopards in 1995. He then moved to Kenya Breweries F.C. in 1996 but before he could settle he was off to Oman where he featured for Fanja SC the same year. He was back at Tusker F.C. in 1997 and featured for the side for seven years till the year 2003 when he moved to newly formed World Hope FC. He left the club after featuring in a few games following the club's promotion to the Kenyan Premier League in 2004. Coaching Karanja has been to the National team fold as coach at the U19, U20 and U23 level. He has also c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Midfielder (association Football)
A midfielder is an Glossary of association football terms#O, outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As #Central midfielder, central midfielders often go across boundaries, with mobility and passing ability, they are often referred to as deep-lying midfielders, play-makers, box-to-box midfielders, or holding midfielders. There are also attacking midfielders with limited defensive assignments. The size of midfield units on a team and their assigned roles depend on what Formation (association football), formation is used; the unit of these players on the pitch is commonly referred to as the midfield. Its name derives from the fact that midfield units typically make up the in-between units to the Defender (association football), defensive units and Forward (association football), forward units of a Formation (association football), formation. Manag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |