Charles Okere Okoth (born 23 April 1981) is a Kenyan professional association football coach who is currently the assistant coach of the ''

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Career

Okere served as coach at

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before moving to

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-based club Kenya Commercial Bank S.C. (KCB) to serve as the assistant coach. In April 2018, he joined

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side

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, as assistant coach to Robert Matano. Over there, he doubled as club's youth head coach. The duo helped team in winning

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Kenya Women

On 9 April 2021, Okere was appointed to serve as the assistant coach of the

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to David Ouma, however on 12 April, he was appointed as head coach of the ''

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Starlets'' team replacing David Ouma, after he had parted ways with the Kenyan Federation on mutual consent. On 20 October 2021, in his first match in charge of the team, he led them to a 8–0 victory over

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in the 2022 AFWCON qualification

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. In the second leg, Kenya won by 7–1, culminating to a 15–1 scoreline on aggregate. Okere doubles as the head coach of the

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Vihiga Queens

Okere was appointed as interim head coach of Vihiga Queens in late August 2021 after their long-serving coach Alex Alumirah parted ways with the club just one week to the 2021 CAF Champions League regional CECAFA qualifiers. Okere led the team to the final where they beat Commercial Bank of Ethiopia by 2–1 in the final at

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, Kasarani to qualify for the

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. He continued his role as interim coach during the final tournament with the club being draw in the same group as

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(South Africa), ASAFAR Club (Morocco) and

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(Nigeria). On 6 November 2021,they lost their first match by 1–0 against Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies. However, he led them to a 2–0 victory over

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. After the competition, Boniface Nyamunyamu replaced him in a full time role.

Honours

Vihiga Queens * CECAFA Women's Champions League:

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References

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* * * 1981 births Living people Kenyan football managers Kenya women's national football team managers {{Kenya-footy-bio-stub