Christine Nafula (born 10 November 1991) is a Kenyan
football
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midfielder
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, who last played for
Kayseri Kadın FK
Kayseri Kadın FK ( tr, Kayseri Kadın Futbol Kulübü) is a women's association football, women's football team based in Kayseri, Turkey playing in the Turkish Women's Football Super League. They are called also as Yukatel Kayseri Kadın F.K.
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in the
Turkish Women's Super League. She has been a member of the
Kenya women's national team.
Family life
Nafula comes from a footballing family. She is a younger daughter of a family of six. Her brother
Eric Johanna Omondi
Eric Johana Omondi (born 18 August 1994) is a Kenyan professional footballer who plays for Thai club Muangthong United as an attacking midfielder or a winger.
Club career
On 26 January 2022, Johana Omondi joined Waasland-Beveren
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plays for
Jönköpings Södra and previously played for Mathare United, while Felix Oucho also played for Mathare United and is currently a coach at a club in
Busia. Her other brother, Anthony Kadudu featured for
Tusker FC
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whilst her elder sister,
Doreen Nabwire is a former footballer for the
Kenya women's national team.
Club career
By March 2022, Nafula moved to Turkey, and signed with
Kayseri Kadın FK
Kayseri Kadın FK ( tr, Kayseri Kadın Futbol Kulübü) is a women's association football, women's football team based in Kayseri, Turkey playing in the Turkish Women's Football Super League. They are called also as Yukatel Kayseri Kadın F.K.
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to play in the second half of the
2021–22 Super League season. She scored one goal in ten matches capped.
International career
Nafula played for
Kenya national team at the
2016 Africa Women Cup of Nations
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. At the time, her sister was the team manager.
See also
*
List of Kenya women's international footballers
This is a non-exhaustive list of Kenya women's international footballers – association football players who have appeared at least once for the senior Kenya women's national football team.
Players
See also
* Kenya women's national foo ...
References
1991 births
Living people
People from Busia County
Women's association football midfielders
Kenyan women's footballers
Kenya women's international footballers
Kenyan expatriate women's footballers
Kenyan expatriate sportspeople in Turkey
Expatriate women's footballers in Turkey
Kayseri Kadın FK players
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