Collins Sichenje
Personal information
Full name Collins Lusaka Sichenje
Date of birth (2003-09-19) 19 September 2003
Place of birth Kenya
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 AIK
Youth career
0000–2019 Green Commandos
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2021 AFC Leopards 1 (0)
2021–2022 PAOK B 0 (0)
2022 AFC Leopards
2022– AIK 8 (0)
2023 → KuPS (loan) 20 (0)
International career‡
2021– Kenya 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 October 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10:39, 11 April 2023 (UTC)

Collins Lusaka Sichenje (born 19 September 2003) is a Kenyan professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Swedish side AIK.[1][2][3][4][5]

Club career

Sichenje started his career with Green Commandos.[6] After that, he signed for Kenyan Premier League side AFC Leopards in September 2019.[7] In July 2021, he joined B side of Greek team PAOK but failed to settle and returned to his former side without making an appearance.[8] Two months later, he joined Allsvenskan side AIK on a four-year deal.[9] On 7 August 2022, he made his professional league debut starting in a 1–0 defeat to Kalmar.[10] He received interest from teams in Spain.[11]

On 31 March 2023, he joined Veikkausliiga side KuPS on loan for the season.[12][13]

International career

In 2020, he was first called up to Kenya national team.[14] In March 2021, Sichenje made his debut for Kenya in a 1–0 friendly win over South Sudan.[15]

References

  1. ↑ "AIK:s räddning i backkrisen: Collins slipper straff". fotbollskanalen.se.
  2. ↑ "Chefsscouten om Sichenje Collins: "Internationell i sättet"". fotbollsthlm.se.
  3. ↑ "AIK-debutanten hyllades: "Har sån jäkla stor respekt för honom"". aftonbladet.se.
  4. ↑ "Ex-Man City Player Marvels at Kenyan Footballer's Skills". teamkenya.co.ke.
  5. ↑ Edustusjoukkueen rakennus etenee, on aika kiittää pois lähteviä pelaajia
  6. ↑ "Shichenje: AFC Leopards star left Kenya's Cecafa Cup squad to chase PAOK dream". goal.com (Archived). Archived from the original on 24 April 2023. Retrieved 12 September 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  7. ↑ "Sichenje Extends Stay At The Den". A.F.C. Leopards. 17 October 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
  8. ↑ "Sichenje reveals his plan after returning to the den". mozzartsport.co.ke. 14 February 2022. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
  9. ↑ "Sichenje Collins till AIK Fotboll" (in Swedish). AIK Fotboll. 1 April 2022. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
  10. ↑ "KALMAR VS. AIK 1 - 0". Soccerway. 7 August 2022. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
  11. ↑ "Impressive Collins Sichenje on the radars of Spanish top-flight club". mozzartsport.co.ke.
  12. ↑ "Kuopion Palloseura ja puolustaja Collins Sichenje pelaajasopimukseen". Kuopion Palloseura. 31 March 2023. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
  13. ↑ "Collins Sichenje". footballcritic. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
  14. ↑ "Badi, Sichenje earn maiden Stars call up". the-star.co.ke.
  15. ↑ "Kenya vs. South Sudan". national-football-teams.com. 13 March 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
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