Sammy Sholei Tiyoi (born 18 May 1967) is a former
Kenya national football team
The Kenya national football team represents Kenya in international football. It is controlled by the Football Kenya Federation, the governing body football in Kenya, and competes as a member of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) and ...
player.
Sholei began his football career in
Kitale
Kitale is an agricultural town in northern Rift Valley Kenya situated between Mount Elgon and the Cherangany Hills at an elevation of around . Its population is 106,187 as of 2009. Kitale is the headquarter town of Trans-Nzoia County. Kitale is r ...
town, in the
Rift Valley Province.
Sholei, a lanky and effective midfielder played for
Rivatex
Rivatex was an association football club based in Eldoret, Kenya
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and
Raymonds FC (both now defunct) before moving to
Kenya Breweries FC
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 ...
(now renamed Tusker FC).
Sholei was part of the Kenya Breweries FC team that reached the finals of the
CAF Cup Winners' Cup
The African Cup Winners' Cup was a football competition that started in 1975 and merged with the CAF Cup in 2004 to form the CAF Confederation Cup. It was a competition between the winning clubs of domestic cups in CAF-affiliated nations and was ...
in 1994 that failed to hang onto a 2–2 away draw to succumb to a shocking 3–0 loss at the hands of Zaire's
DC Motema Pembe in the return tie in Nairobi. He retired from club and international football in 1997.
He was also a Kenya national football team player, having earned his first call up under coach
Mohamed Kheri back in 1991. He earned 20 Caps for Kenya, including appearances against Algeria in
1998 FIFA World Cup
The 1998 FIFA World Cup was the 16th FIFA World Cup, the football world championship for men's national teams. The finals tournament was held in France from 10 June to 12 July 1998. The country was chosen as the host nation by FIFA for the ...
qualifying on 2 and 14 June 1996.
Sholei is currently the Chief Executive Officer of an IT firm
E-World Communications, which he founded in 2005 that offers IT Consultancy.
In 2008, Sholei became an online journalist for a Kenyan soccer website KenyaFootball.
References
External links
Kenyan Footie– Kenyan Football Portal
Sammy Sholei: Being a Harambee Star @ KenyaFootball.comSammy Sholei: Motema Pembe @ KenyaFootball.com Sammy Sholei hits back at Sam Nyamweya @ www.michezoafrika.com
Living people
Kenyan footballers
Kenya international footballers
Expatriate footballers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
1967 births
Association footballers not categorized by position
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