Jockins Atudo (born 8 August 1985) is a Kenyan professional
footballer
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who plays for
Kenyan Premier League
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club
Tusker as a
defender. He previously played for
Sony Sugar
SonySugar Football Club is an association football club based in Awendo, Kenya. It was competing in the Kenyan Premier League, the top tier of the Kenyan football league system, and played its home games at the Sony Green Stadium. Due to failure ...
and
Tanzanian Premier League
The Tanzania Mainland Premier League () is the top-level professional football league in Tanzania and is administered by the Tanzania Football Federation.
History
The league was first organised in 1921 in Dar es Salaam.
By 1929, it had six par ...
side
Azam.
Atudo has also appeared for the
Kenya national team, and was part of the squad that won the
2013 CECAFA Cup
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. He played the full 90 minutes in the
final
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against
Sudan, and was the team's joint top scorer of the tournament alongside
Allan Wanga
Allan Wetende Wanga (born 26 November 1985 in Kisumu) is a Kenyan footballer who currently plays for Kakamega Homeboyz in the Kenya Premier League as a striker, where he also is the sporting director. His dream of playing in the UEFA Europa L ...
, having scored 3 goals from the
penalty spot
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With ...
.
International career
International goals
:''Scores and results list Kenya's goal tally first.''
References
External links
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1985 births
Living people
Tusker F.C. players
Kenyan men's footballers
Kenya men's international footballers
Kenyan expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Tanzania
Azam F.C. players
SoNy Sugar F.C. players
People from Homa Bay County
Sportspeople from Nyanza Province
Men's association football defenders
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