Edward ''Desh'' Karanja (born 25 Jan 1974) is a retired Kenyan

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who turned out for

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Tusker F.C. The Tusker Football Club is a professional football club based in Nairobi, Kenya. It is the second most successful club in Kenya with thirteen Kenyan league championships. They also have four Kenyan cup titles. In addition, it has won four East ...

, World Hope FC and

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/ref> He turned to coaching after retirement.

Early life

Edward was born in Kawangware,

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, and schooled at the Nduraru Primary before joining Rungiri Secondary School.

Career

Edward started out at Kawangware Sports Club before joining

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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 Fanja Sports Club ( ar, نادي فنجاء الرياضي; also known locally as ''Al-Malik'', or "The King" because of their great success, or just plainly as Fanja) is an Omani sports club based in Fanja, Oman. The club is currently playing i ...

the same year. He was back at

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

in 2004.

Coaching

Karanja has been to the National team fold as coach at the U19, U20 and U23 level. He has also coached several teams after his retirement which includes National Youth Talent Academy in 2011, second tier sides MOYAS (MOSCA) and

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, and lower tier side Boma FC in 2014. In 2016 he coached Somalia's top tier side Banadir FC. He is the current coach of Kenyan third tier side Liberty Professionals.

International career

Karanja was first capped for

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on 21 Apr 1997 by coach

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in an international friendly against Iran at

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. His first competitive game was away to DR Congo on 24 Jan 1999 during

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held at the

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. He scored his only international goal in a friendly against Tanzania on 23 March 2003 in a 4-0 win at the

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. Karanja was part of the squad that lifted the 2002 Castle Cup at the Uhuru Stadium, Dar es Salaam, and the

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at the

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/ref> in Mwanza. He earned a total of 13 national caps.

Career statistics

International

International goals

(scores and results list Kenya's goal tally first)

Honours

Club

;Tusker *

: 1999 *

: 2000 *

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: 2000 *

: 2001 ;World Hope * KFF Nationwide League: 2003 ;Kenya *

* Castle Lager Cup (East Africa): 2002

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Karanja, Edward Living people 1974 births Kenyan men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Fanja SC players Nairobi City Stars players Kenyan Premier League players Sportspeople from Central Province (Kenya) Kenya men's international footballers