Maurice Sunguti Explained

Maurice Sunguti
Fullname:Maurice Sunguti Ngoka
Height:1.69 m
Birth Date:6 October 1977
Birth Place:Kenya
Position:Striker
Years1:?–1997
Years2:1999–2000
Years3:2001–2002
Years4:2003
Years5:2003–2005
Years6:2006–2007
Years7:2007–2009
Years8:2009
Years9:2010
Clubs1:AFC Leopards
Clubs2:Express
Clubs3:Villa
Clubs4:Tusker
Clubs5:Friska Viljor
Clubs6:Nam Định
Clubs7:Young Africans
Clubs8:Nairobi Stima
Clubs9:Friska Viljor
Caps5:57
Caps9:11
Goals4:23
Goals5:27
Goals9:7
Nationalyears1:1997–2005
Nationalteam1:Kenya
Nationalcaps1:32
Nationalgoals1:14

Maurice Sunguti (born 6 October 1977) is a Kenya international football striker who has played for clubs in Kenya, Uganda, Sweden, Vietnam and Tanzania.

Career

Born in Kenya, Sunguti began his career with local side AFC Leopards. He left the club in 1997 and became a journeyman, playing professionally in the Superettan with Friska Viljor FC and winning the Tanzanian league twice with Young Africans S.C.[1] [2]

International career

Sunguti represented the senior Kenya national football team from 1997 to 2004. He played at the 2004 African Cup of Nations finals.[3] He also participated at the 2001 CECAFA Cup, scoring a goal against Eritrea.[4]

Honors

Club

Champion (1): 1998

SC Villa

Champions (2): 2001, 2002

Champion (1): 2002

Young Africans S.C. (Yanga)

Champions (2): 2007/8, 2008/9

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Futaa.com. Sunguti: I will be in KPL next season. 12 January 2009.
  2. Web site: Kenyafootball.com. Kameni, Mathews. Sunguti dropped by Yanga, Shikokoti & Njoroge recalled. 30 June 2009. 14 November 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20120425133058/http://www.kenyafootball.com/index.php?doc=story&id=3822&categ=1. 25 April 2012. dead.
  3. Web site: Saaid, Hamdan . Duret, Sébastien . amp . African Nations Cup 2004 - Final Tournament Details. . 14 February 2004.
  4. Web site: The New Vision. Sunguti Spurs Nairobi. 11 December 2001.