McDonald Mariga Wanyama is a Kenyan retired footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.
16 Facts About McDonald Mariga
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McDonald Mariga started his playing career at Ulinzi Stars before moving first to Tusker FC and then to Kenya Pipeline while still at school.
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McDonald Mariga moved to the Serie A club Parma initially on loan in August 2007.
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On 1 February 2010, the last day of the transfer window, McDonald Mariga moved to Inter in a co-ownership deal.
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In March 2010 McDonald Mariga became the first Kenyan to play in the UEFA Champions League, when he entered the field as a late substitute against Chelsea.
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McDonald Mariga thought he scored his first goal for Inter on 24 April 2010 against Atalanta when he netted Samuel Eto'o's back pass into the roof of the net.
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McDonald Mariga returned to Inter along with Biabiany at the end of the season at the request of manager Andrea Stramaccioni, but was released by the club in May 2014.
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On 4 September 2014, McDonald Mariga re-signed with Parma, the team he left to join Inter in 2010.
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On 31 July 2017, McDonald Mariga signed a one-year deal with Spanish Segunda Division club Real Oviedo.
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McDonald Mariga scored his first international goal for Kenya against Swaziland on 25 March 2007.
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McDonald Mariga's younger brother Victor Wanyama is a professional football player, who is currently playing for Major League Soccer club Montreal Impact, while his other brothers Thomas and Sylvester are footballers in the Kenyan Premier League.
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In 2013, McDonald Mariga ended his engagement to his long-time Rwandese fiancee Ariane Umutoni, after relations between the couple reportedly deteriorated.
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In September 2019, McDonald Mariga made a debut in Kenya's politics after announcing plans to contest for a parliamentary seat in a by-election in one of the constituencies.
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McDonald Mariga was nominated by the Jubilee Party as its flag bearer in the Kibra by-election.
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The Kenyan electoral commission IEBC; has however, not cleared McDonald Mariga to participate in the election.
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McDonald Mariga appealed the decision, but the matter is yet to be concluded.