Forward
Ayub Timbe Masika
Club
K.R.C. Genk
League
Belgium
Region
Europe
Signed
2011
Estimated peak value · 2017
$214,000 / KSh 22m
Estimated, not a transfer fee — a €200,000 valuation around his 2016-17 season; his move to Beijing Renhe was for an undisclosed fee. At $1.07 to the euro and KSh 103.
Profile
Belgium
A winger who came out of Kenya into the Belgian academies, winning the Belgian Super Cup and the Belgian Cup on Genk's books before 62 appearances and 14 goals at Lierse made him a first-choice international.
China, England and Japan
Beijing Renhe bought him in 2017 and he returned 17 goals in 49 Chinese Super League games, with a loan at Heilongjiang and another at Reading in England. Vissel Kobe took him to Japan.
Thailand — the treble season
At Buriram United he won the league, the Thai FA Cup and the Thai League Cup in the same 2021-22 season. Nanjing City, Sabail in Azerbaijan and a return to Belgium followed — 210 appearances and 37 goals in all.
Kenya
He has 31 caps and five international goals.
Cup and continental record
The Belgian Cup in 2012-13 and the Belgian Super Cup on Genk's books. With Buriram United: the Thai FA Cup and the Thai League Cup in 2021-22, alongside the league title, and AFC Champions League football with them.
Managers he played under
He was on the books at Genk under Mario Been and Emilio Ferrera, and played under Thorsten Fink at Vissel Kobe alongside Andrés Iniesta and Lukas Podolski.
Career record
193 league appearances and 36 goals across Genk, Lierse, Beijing Renhe, Reading, Vissel Kobe, Buriram United, Nanjing City and Sabail, now a winger at Crossing Schaerbeek in Belgium. 31 caps and 5 goals for Kenya between 2012 and 2024.
Career appearances and goals reconciled against Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayub_Masika)
210
Appearances
37
Goals
0
Assists
31
Caps
5
Int'l goals
Listing
Historic Top 20
Archived as part of Kenya's historic professional export record.
See the Hall of Fame Top 20Either side of him in the archive
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