Sammy Omollo is currently the head coach of Shabana, and he is a football analyst at Radio Jambo FM, which is a broadcast radio station from Nairobi, Kenya, providing sports, talk shows and African music.
20 Facts About Sammy Omollo
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Sammy Omollo is the son of Dishon Omollo, who captained Harambee Stars and retired with quite some remarkable international games to his name.
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Sammy Omollo quickly took his position in cricket as an all-rounder, meaning that he could throw the ball, could hit it again as a batsman.
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Sammy Omollo began his senior professional career there and making his Kenyan Premier League debut for Kenya Breweries FC in 1990.
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Sammy Omollo helped Kenya Breweries reach the final of the 1994 African Cup Winners' Cup.
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Sammy Omollo turned out for Gor till 1994 then returned to Kenya Breweries after winning the Kenyan Premier League in 1993.
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Sammy Omollo played for Kenya Breweries up to 1996 and won the Kenyan Premier League in his final year with the Brewers.
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Sammy Omollo later moved to India and signed a professional contract with National Football League side East Bengal FC from Kolkata in 1996.
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Sammy Omollo officially became the first Kenyan footballer to play in the Indian highest tier football league.
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Sammy Omollo made all total 20 FIFA international appearances for the Kenya national football team.
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Sammy Omollo represented his country in five 1994 FIFA World Cup qualifying matches between 1992 and 1993.
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Sammy Omollo debuted for Kenya at the 1992 African Cup of Nations in a match on 16 January against Senegal.
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Sammy Omollo helped Vincent 'yaro' Ogejo, and Joe 'siti' Odongo captain the side.
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Sammy Omollo was appointed manager of Tusker in late 2010.
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Sammy Omollo coached the now disbanded Oserian fastac and SoNy Sugar.
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Sammy Omollo went back to Kolkata and managed East Bengal FC in the I-League as an assistant coach.
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Sammy Omollo won the Calcutta Football League there as coach, previously he had won it as a player.
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Sammy Omollo silently jetted back to Kenya after falling out with the Indian club's hierarchy and eventually settled at Kenyan Premier League outfit Posta Rangers in 2016.
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Sammy Omollo was with the club for several years until 2001, when Posta Rangers sacked him due to their bad performances.
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In February 2021, Sammy Omollo appointed on Kenyan champions Gor Mahia's duty as an assistant coach.