Henry Motego is a former Kenya international

Kenya national football team

The Kenya national football team, nicknamed the Harambee Stars, is the national team of Kenya and is controlled by Football Kenya Limited, the governing body of football in Kenya. They have never qualified for the World Cup finals.-History:...

 football forward who played for clubs in Kenya

Kenya

Kenya , officially known as the Republic of Kenya, is a country in East Africa that lies on the equator, with the Indian Ocean to its south-east...

 and Oman

Oman

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.

Club career

Born in Gucha District

Gucha District

Gucha District is a district in Nyanza Province, western Kenya. It is also known by the name: South Kisii District or Ogembo District. Its population is approximately 461,000...

, Motego began playing football in the local league for Shabana Kisii

Shabana Kisii

Shabana Football Club was a Kenyan football club based in Kisii. The club was formed in 1980 by Kisii based businessman Dogo Khan. They used to play in the Kenyan Premier League, but were relegated after the 2005–2006 season...

. He helped the club gain promotion to the Kenyan Premier League

Kenyan Premier League

The Kenyan Premier League is the first division football league in Kenya. It was formed in 1963 under the Kenya Football Federation but is now controlled by Football Kenya Limited....

 in 1988. After performing well with Shabani, he was noticed by Kenya Breweries F.C.

Tusker F.C.

Tusker FC is a football club based in Nairobi, Kenya. It is the third most successful club in Kenya with nine Kenyan league championships and three Kenyan cup wins. In addition, it has won four East African CECAFA Clubs Cup titles....

 and signed for the club in 1989.

In 1991, Motego signed for Omani league side Al-Oruba SC for two seasons.

Motego returned to play for Kenya Breweries until he retired in 2000.

International career

Motego made several appearances for the Kenya national football team

Kenya national football team

The Kenya national football team, nicknamed the Harambee Stars, is the national team of Kenya and is controlled by Football Kenya Limited, the governing body of football in Kenya. They have never qualified for the World Cup finals.-History:...

, including six FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup

The FIFA World Cup, often simply the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association , the sport's global governing body...

 qualifying matches. He played for Kenya at the 1988

1988 African Cup of Nations

The 1988 African Cup of Nations was the 16th edition of the African Cup of Nations, the soccer championship of Africa . It was hosted by Morocco, who replaced original host Zambia. Just like in 1986, the field of eight teams was split into two groups of four. The tournament final was held in...

, 1990

1990 African Cup of Nations

-Semi-finals:-----Third Place Play-off:-Final:-Top scorers:4 goals Djamel Menad3 goals Djamel Amani Rashidi Yekini2 goals Rabah Madjer Chérif Oudjani Emmanuel Maboang Abdoulaye Traoré Webster Chikabala...

 and 1992 African Cup of Nations

1992 African Cup of Nations

The 1992 African Cup of Nations was the 18th edition of the African Cup of Nations, the soccer championship of Africa . It was hosted by Senegal. The field expanded to twelve teams, split into four groups of three; the top two teams in each group advanced to the quarterfinals...

finals.

Career as a manager

After he retired from playing, Motego became an assistant coach with Tusker. He was appointed manager in October 2002.

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