Number 09 · The national game
Ann Aluoch
DEF · Retired · Kenya · 2010–2018
The captain who took Kenya to its first Nations Cup
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Total score of 80
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League strength (25)
13
Prestige (20)
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Titles won (20)
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Impact (15)
The 2016 campaign
She captained the Harambee Starlets through the qualifying campaign that took Kenya to its first Africa Women Cup of Nations, in Cameroon in 2016.
Algeria, home and away
Kenya drew 2-2 in Algiers and 1-1 in Nairobi and went through on away goals — the tie that ended decades of the women's national team being an afterthought.
What it cost
The same team had withdrawn from competitions in 2010 and 2012 for lack of money. Qualification was achieved with no professional league behind it.
Honours and milestones
- 2016 Africa Women Cup of Nations qualification (captain)
Career record
Kenyan Women's Premier League clubs, Harambee Starlets
Did you know
Through on away goals, with no league behind them
Kenya drew 2-2 in Algiers and 1-1 in Nairobi and reached its first Africa Women Cup of Nations on away goals. She was the captain of that campaign. The same national team had pulled out of competitions in 2010 and 2012 because there was no money to travel, and there was still no professional women's league at home.
2-2 / 1-1
The draws in Algiers and Nairobi
2016
Kenya's first Nations Cup
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Professional leagues behind the squad