Vivian Corazone Aquino Odhiambo (born 2 October 1998), known as Vivian Corazone, is a 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 ...

who plays as a

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for Simba Queens and the Kenya women's national team. She is known for her ability to use both feet and trickery on the ball.

Club career

Early career

;Masa Babes Corazone started playing football at Nairobi’s Makongeni based side Masa Babes in 2007 at the age of 9. ;Makongeni High school Makongeni High school in Nairobi enrolled Corazone for her secondary education in 2012, she played for the school’s football team until she left in 2013. ;Olympic High school In 2013, Corazone joined Olympic High school in 2013, she played for the school’s football team and was part of the team that won the 2013 National Crown and participated in the East Africa Secondary school games.

Senior career

;Soccer Queens Soccer Queens acquired Corazone's services immediately after she finished high school, she has two goals and six assists in the 2016 Kenya Women Premier League, and is also captain of Soccer Queens. Corazone, is currently playing for Simba Queens which is a sister team of Simba Sports club of Tanzania.

International career

In 2014, Corazone was the captain of the Kenya women's national under-17 team, which was coached by Kadualo. She now represents Kenya at senior level and has 4 goals to her name.

Achievements

;Olympic High School Kenya Secondary School Games Champions 2013

Personal life

Corazone was named after the former President of the Philippines,

Corazon Aquino Maria Corazon "Cory" Sumulong Cojuangco-Aquino (; ; January 25, 1933 – August 1, 2009) was a Filipina politician who served as the 11th president of the Philippines from 1986 to 1992. She was the most prominent figure of the 1986 People P ...

References

1998 births Living people Footballers from Nairobi Kenyan women's footballers Women's association football midfielders Atlético Ouriense players Kenya women's international footballers Kenyan expatriate women's footballers Kenyan expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Expatriate women's footballers in Portugal {{Kenya-women-footy-bio-stub