Bruce Kamau (born 28 March 1995) is a professional
footballer
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who plays as a
winger for
Greek Super League
The Super League Greece 1 ( el, Ελληνική Σούπερ Λιγκ 1), or Super League 1, is the highest professional association football league in Greece. The league was formed on 16 July 2006 and replaced ''Alpha Ethniki'' at the top of ...
club
OFI. Born in Kenya, Kamau is a youth international for Australia.
Early life
Born in
Kenya
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, Kamau moved to Australia aged 4. He attended Rostrevor College.
Career
Adelaide United
He made his senior professional debut for
Adelaide United
Adelaide United Football Club is a professional Association Football, soccer club based in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. The club participates in the A-League Men under North American professional sports league organization#Systems ar ...
in the
2014 FFA Cup
The 2014 FFA Cup was the inaugural season of the FFA Cup, the main national soccer knockout cup competition in Australia. 631 teams in total from around Australia entered the competition. Only 32 teams competed in the competition proper (Round o ...
in a match against
Wellington Phoenix
Wellington Phoenix Football Club is a professional association football club based in Wellington, New Zealand. It competes in the Australian A-League, under licence from Football Federation Australia. Phoenix entered the competition in the ...
at the
Marden Sports Complex
Marden Sports Complex is a multi-use stadium in Marden, South Australia. It is mainly used for soccer and is the home ground for National Premier League side Adelaide Blue Eagles. It was also used for the 2004 OFC Nations Cup and the 2006 AFC W ...
on 5 August 2014.
Adelaide won the match 1–0 in regulation time.
He subsequently made his A-League debut in a match against
Brisbane Roar
Brisbane Roar Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in Brisbane, Queensland and has won the domestic title on three occasions, as well as holding the longest unbeaten record of 36 league matches without defeat.
Brisba ...
in Round one of the
2014–15 A-League
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season.
Kamau scored his first A-League goal for Adelaide in a 1–0 win away to
Melbourne Victory
Melbourne Victory Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in Melbourne, Victoria. Competing in the country's premier men's competition, the A-League Men, under licence from Australian Professional Leagues (APL), Victory e ...
on 19 February 2016, in the 90th minute of the match in Round 20 of the 2015–16 season. Kamau started in the
2016 A-League Grand Final, scoring the first goal of the game.
Melbourne City
At the end of the season, after winning the Premiership and Championship with Adelaide United, Kamau joined
Melbourne City. Kamau made his unofficial City debut in a 4–0 pre-season victory over
NPL Victoria
The National Premier Leagues Victoria, commonly known as NPL Victoria, is a semi-professional soccer league in Victoria, Australia. The league is a part of the National Premier Leagues, and is the highest level within the Victorian soccer lea ...
side
Melbourne Knights FC
Melbourne Knights Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in the suburb of Sunshine North, Melbourne. The club currently competes in the National Premier Leagues Victoria, the second-tier of the Australian soccer league ...
.
Western Sydney Wanderers
On 3 May 2018, Kamau was released by
Melbourne City and joined
Western Sydney Wanderers
Western Sydney Wanderers Football Club (colloquially known as Western Sydney, or simply as Wanderers) is an Australian professional soccer club based in the Western Sydney region of Sydney, New South Wales. It competes in the country's premier ...
. The club announced a squad update on 16 October 2020 where Kamau was omitted suggesting his departure from the club, but a month later announced that Kamau had re-signed. At the end of his contract, Kamau left the club to take up an opportunity overseas.
OFI
In July 2021, Kamau joined Greek
Super League
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club
OFI on a three-year contract.
Career statistics
Club
:
International
Honours
Adelaide United
*
A-League Premiership:
2015–16
*
A-League Championship
A-League Men (known as the Isuzu UTE A-League for sponsorship reasons) is the highest-level professionalism in association football, professional men's association football, soccer league in Australia and New Zealand. At the top of the Austral ...
:
2015–16
*
FFA Cup
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:
2014
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Melbourne City
* FFA Cup:
2016
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References
External links
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kamau, Bruce
1995 births
Living people
People educated at Rostrevor College
Association football midfielders
Australian soccer players
Kenyan footballers
Kenyan expatriate footballers
Adelaide United FC players
Melbourne City FC players
Western Sydney Wanderers FC players
OFI Crete F.C. players
A-League Men players
Super League Greece players
Australian expatriate soccer players
Australian expatriate sportspeople in Greece
Kenyan expatriate sportspeople in Greece
Expatriate footballers in Greece
Australian people of Kenyan descent
Footballers from Nairobi