Sammy Onyango
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Samuel Onyango | ||
| Date of birth | 3 March 1961 | ||
| Place of birth | Migori District, Kenya | ||
| Date of death | 2 August 2002 (aged 41) | ||
| Place of death | Kisumu, Kenya | ||
| Position | Left wing | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1980–1980 | Hakati Sportiff | (5) | |
| 1981–1989 | Gor Mahia | (80) | |
| 1990 – 1994 | Kisumu Posta | (16) | |
| International career | |||
| 1983–1990 | Kenya | 55 | (3) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Sammy Onyango (3 March 1961 – 2 August 2002) was a Kenya international football winger who played club football in Kenya.
Club career
[edit | edit source]Born in Migori District, Onyango began playing football in the Kenyan Premier League with Hakati Sportiff in 1980 before joining Gor Mahia F.C. at age 20 in 1981.[1]
Onyango helped Gor Mahia win a domestic league and cup double, and its first and only African Cup Winners' Cup title in 1987. He is Gor Mahia's top all-time scorer in all competitions as well as in the league with a total of 93 goals including 80 league goals. In 1990, he joined Kisumu Posta, the club he would finish his playing career with in the 1994.[2]
International career
[edit | edit source]Onyango made several appearances for the Kenya national football team, including six FIFA World Cup qualifying matches. He played for Kenya at the 1988 and 1990 African Cup of Nations[3] finals. He also won a silver medal with Kenya at the 1987 All-Africa Games in Nairobi.[4]
Personal
[edit | edit source]Onyango died in a traffic accident in Kisumu on 2 August 2002.[1]
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Sammy Onyango – FIFA competition record (archived)Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- 1961 births
- 2002 deaths
- Kenyan men's footballers
- Kenya men's international footballers
- 1988 African Cup of Nations players
- 1990 African Cup of Nations players
- Gor Mahia F.C. players
- Men's association football midfielders
- People from Migori County
- Sportspeople from Nyanza Province
- African Games silver medalists for Kenya
- African Games silver medalists in football
- Footballers at the 1987 All-Africa Games
- Road incident deaths in Kenya
- 20th-century Kenyan sportsmen
- Kenyan football biography stubs