Anthony ''Muki'' Kimani Njenga is a former Kenyan midfielder who last featured for Kenyan Premier League side

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. He announced his retirement from professional football on 25 June 2023.

Career

Muki, born and raised in Riruta in the periphery of Nairobi, was inspired to take up football by his elder sibling

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. He started off his football at Dagoretti Santos then Kenyatta National Hospital in the Kenyan second tier before joining World Hope F.C. in the Kenyan Premier League in 2008. In 2009 he was signed by

Sofapaka Sofapaka Football Club (Sofapaka: Sote kama Familia kwa Pamoja Kuafikia Azimio – Kiswahili: ''We as a Family together to achieve a goal'') is a football club, based in Wundanyi, Taita Taveta County. They play their home games at the Wundan ...

by opted to return to City Stars for regular football as he felt he 'was not mature enough' to compete with the more seasoned players at the promoted side. He rejoined

in 2010 and at the end of the season he was unanimously voted the Kenyan Premier League midfielder of 2010. He stayed on at

for another three seasons till the end of 2014. During his time at Batoto ba Mungu - as Sofa are fondly known - Muki also won the best midfielder award during the 2013 GOtv Shield edition. He then crossed over to Coastal side Bandari whom he served for two seasons before taking a break due to work-related commitments. At the end of the season he led the side to the Domestic Cup. After two and a half years Muki came out of the woods to return to competitive football by rejoining

for the 2019 season. He extended his stay at the club for two more seasons following promotion to the Kenyan Premier League at the end of the 2019-20 season. He added yet another season thereafter, for a third season in the top league, that would keep him at the club till the end of the 2022-23 season. He called time on his career on Sun 25 June 2023 in the final game of the 2022-23 FKF Premier League against

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in Kasarani Stadium.

National team

While at

in 2010 he earned his debut call to the Kenya National team

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by head coach

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and went on to earn his first cap in an international friendly against host Tanzania in Dar es Salaam on 29 November 2010. He featured for Kenya in the 2010 and 2012 Cecafa Senior Challenge Cups in Tanzania and Uganda, respectively. In total he earned ten caps.

Coaching journey

In March 2023, Muki started acquiring his coaching badges by completing a CAF 'D' Diploma license course.

Honors

Individual

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2010 Kenyan Premier League The 2010 Kenyan Premier League was the seventh season of the Kenyan Premier League since it started in 2003 and the forty-seventh season of top division football in Kenya since 1963. It began on 20 February with Mahakama and Sony Sugar and ended o ...

- Midfielder of the Year *2012

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MVP * 2013 FKF President's Cup - Best Midfielder *2015 FOYA - Best Midfielder nomineeSoka25 East, November 18, 2015
2015 KPL, Footballer of The Year Awards (FOYA) nominees.
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Club

;Sofapaka *

Kenyan Super Cup The Kenyan Super Cup is a Kenyan football championship contested by the winners of the Kenyan Premier League and the FKF President's Cup. Having been formed in 2009, it is the Kenyan equivalent to the FA Community Shield of England, which is comp ...

: 2010 *

: 2011 * 2013 FKF President's Cup ;Bandari * 2015 FKF President's Cup *

: 2016

References

External links

Anthony Kimani
at FoStats.com * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kimani, Anthony Living people 1989 births Kenyan men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Kenya men's international footballers Nairobi City Stars players Sofapaka F.C. players Bandari F.C. (Kenya) players Kenyan Premier League players