Michael Baraza Nyongesa (born 17 March 1979) is a Kenyan

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who currently plays for Kenyan Premier League club

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as a

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Career

Club career

Baraza began his club football career with

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 ...

in 2001, before moving to

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the following year and then Ulinzi Stars in 2003. In 2006, he moved to Malaysia to play for

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and travelled to Tanzania the following year to play for Simba. He moved to Azam in 2008 and then rejoined Ulinzi Stars in 2010. He then joined

in July 2011, where he was named the club's Player of the Year in 2012 after leading his club with nine goals during the

2012 Kenyan Premier League The 2012 Kenyan Premier League (known as the Tusker Premier League for sponsorship reasons) was the ninth season of the Kenyan Premier League since its establishment in 2003 and the forty-ninth season of top division football in Kenya since 1963. ...

season. He retired at the end of the 2013 season. However, on 21 June 2015, it was announced that Baraza made a return to professional football, signing a six-month contract with

International career

Baraza made several appearances for the Kenya national football team and participated in

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. He was also a part of the squad that finished second in the

2012 CECAFA Cup The 2012 CECAFA Cup (known as the CECAFA Tusker Challenge Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 36th edition of the annual CECAFA Cup, an international football competition consisting of national teams of member nations of the Council for East and ...

, playing the full 90 minutes as his nation fell to a 2–1 to hosts Uganda in the final.

Personal life

Baraza's father, Sammy Nyongesa, is a former Kenya international footballer and manager.

References

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Mike Baraza
at Goal.com 1979 births Living people Kenyan men's footballers Kenya men's international footballers A.F.C. Leopards players Polis Diraja Malaysia FC players Simba S.C. players Azam F.C. players Western Stima F.C. players Men's association football forwards Tanzanian Premier League players {{Kenya-footy-bio-stub