John Amboko (born 6 April 1985) is a former Kenyan

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

defender who is currently an assistant coach at Kenyan Premier League side

Nairobi City Stars Nairobi City Stars is an association football club based in Nairobi, Kenya that currently competes in the first tier Kenyan Premier League. History The club was founded in 2003 as World Hope Football Club after a majority of players followed head ...

Career

Player

Amboko was a long-serving captain who spent his entire playing career at

from 2003 until his full retirement in 2017, save for the 2011 season when he turned out for

A.F.C. Leopards Abaluhya Football Club Leopards Sports Club, officially abbreviated as AFC Leopards, or simply known as AFC, Leopards or ''Ingwe'' (), is a Kenyan association football club based in Nairobi. It currently competes in the Kenyan Premier League, t ...

. He announced his retirement as a player following

relegation at the end of the

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season but later rescinded the decision to feature in the 2017 season.

Coaching

Alongside his playing career, Amboko coached lower-tier side Vapor Sports that was financed by his workplace Vapor Ministries up until the 2017 season. At some point in the 2017 season, he became

interim coach, then assistant coach, while the team featured in second-tier National Super League. He was the head coach for the rest of the 2018 season and parts of the 2018–19 season. Towards the end of the 2020–21 season, he was named coach towards the close of the season, following the departure of Sanjin Alagic due to the end of his contract. At the start of the 2021–22 season, Amboko upgraded his coaching badge to CAF B, as he became an assistant coach following the arrival of

Nicholas Muyoti Nicholas Ndubi Muyoti (born 8 September 1976) is a retired Kenyan. international defender cum midfielder. He is the current head coach of Kenyan Premier League side Nairobi City Stars. Muyoti is a former Kenya captain best remembered for lifti ...

as head coach.

Honours

World Hope *

Kenyan Nationwide League The Kenyan Nationwide League was the second-division football league in Kenya, until it was replaced by FKF Division One. There is promotion and relegation with the Kenyan Premier League and the Kenyan Provincial League. History In 2008 Nationwide ...

: 2003-4, * FKF President's Cup: 2005RSSS
Kenya – List of Cup Winners
/ref> Nairobi City Stars *

Kenyan National Super League The Kenyan National Super League (also referred to as Betika Super League for sponsorship reasons ) is the second tier of the Kenyan football league system, with a promotion and relegation system with the Kenyan Premier League and FKF Division ...

: 2019–20

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Amboko, John Living people 1985 births Kenyan men's footballers Men's association football defenders Nairobi City Stars players A.F.C. Leopards players Kenyan Premier League players Kenyan football managers