We know them for their prowess on the pitch, but do we know them for what they did in class?
Teamkenya.co.ke takes a look at the famous schools Kenya’s top footballers attended.
Dennis Oliech
The forward started out at Kakamega High School in Western Kenya before he moved to Kamukunji High School in Nairobi where he sat his KCSE exams.
His choice of schools was inspired by his talent. In fact, he only moved to Kamukunji after Kakamega High School failed to qualify for the National School Games.
Oliech was scouted to play football in Qatar immediately after completing his studies at Kamukunji.
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McDonald Mariga
The former Harambee Stars midfielder who prominently featured for Inter Milan in the Italian league and champions league studied at Kamukunji High School.
He was part of the Kamukunji High School team that won two consecutive National Championships in 2002 and 2003.
Mariga sat his KCSE in 2004 and went on to pursue professional football after his high school education.
Victor Wanyama
Mariga’s brother, Victor Wanyama, also went through Kamukunji High School.
He featured for Kamukunji’s soccer team in his final year in 2005 before he moved to JMJ Academy based in Kawangware to start his professional football journey.
His cohort at Kamukunji included former internationals Patrick Oboya and Kepha Aswani among others.
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Musa Otieno
Otero, as he is fondly referred to by his peers, attended Ofafa Jericho High School, which honed his football skills.
Musa even had a chance to feature for the national team while still in High School.
He went on to play for AFC Leopards and Tusker in the local league before he moved to the Premier Soccer League in South Africa where he featured for Santos for 14 years.
Michael Olunga
Arguably Kenya’s hottest talent at the moment, Olunga studied at Upper Hill High School, where he also played his formative football.
At Upper Hill, Olunga became the most valuable player at the 2012 Secondary School Games, which earned him interest from top Kenyan Premier League Clubs.
He scored an impressive A- in his KCSE exams in 2012 and earned an opportunity to study Geospatial Engineering at the Technical University of Kenya.
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