Sammy Onyango’s biography, net worth, fact, career, awards and life story

Intro Football player
Was Athlete 
Football player 
Association football player 
From Kenya 
Type Sports 
Gender male
Birth 3 March 1961, Migori County, Kenya
Death 2 August 2002, Kisumu, Kenya
(aged 41 years)
Star sign Pisces
Sports Teams
Gor Mahia F.C.
Kisumu Telkom
Kenya national football team

Sammy Onyango (3 March 1961 – 2 August 2002) was a Kenya international football winger who played club football in Kenya.

Club career

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 17 in 1981.

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 92 goals including 79 league goals. In 1990, he joined Kisumu Posta, the club he would finish his playing career with in the 1994.

International career

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 finals. He also won a silver medal with Kenya at the 1987 All-Africa Games in Nairobi.

Personal

Onyango died in a traffic accident in Kisumu on 2 August 2002.

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