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AfricaPress-Kenya:<\/strong> Harambee Stars striker Michael Olunga\u00a0has reportedly extended his contract with Japanese league side\u00a0Kashiwa Reysol\u00a0for a year.<\/p>\n

The 26-year-old has scored 26 goals this season and is expected to win the Golden boot in his debut season in the J-League.<\/p>\n

In 2019, Olunga finished the season with 27 league goals as Reysol finished the J2 season as champions, winning promotion to the first division.<\/p>\n

Olunga\u2019s contract with the J-League outfit was set to expire in January 2021.<\/p>\n

The striker was ruled out of the national team\u2019s Africa Cup of Nations Qualifier against Comoros due to coronavirus (Covid-19) related restrictions.<\/p>\n

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Japan’s Levain Cup football final had to be postponed after 13 players and staff at Kashiwa Reysol, tested positive for the Covid-19<\/p>\n

Nelsinho Baptista\u2019s men were due to face FC Tokyo at Tokyo’s National Stadium in front of a sold-out, socially distanced crowd of 24,000.<\/p>\n

Olunga just got verified on Twitter!<\/strong><\/p>\n

In October, the former Gor Mahia and Thika United star\u00a0finally got verified on Twitter.<\/p>\n

Olunga had previously pleaded with Twitter to verify him, an issue which, to fans, seemed to take too long.<\/p>\n

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For the past week, the #VerifyOlunga hashtag has been trending on Twitter, with the ex-Gor Mahia man\u2019s fans piling pressure on the company to add a blue badge alongside Olunga\u2019s name.<\/p>\n

Olunga is among the most-followed Kenyan sportsmen on social media, averaging over 540,000 followers on Facebook and over 61,000 on Twitter.<\/p>\n

He was named the Meiji Yasuda Konami August 2020 Most-Valuable-Player after his goals helped propel Kashiwa Reysol to fifth on the J-League log. In the month of August alone, he scored six goals in six appearances.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s humbling to be named the Meiji Yasuda Konami August 2020 MVP. Firstly to thank God for His unending grace. Secondly, My teammates, coaching staff, subordinate staff, and fans for their support. Thanks, and to many more Folded hands. Inshallah. GOD ABOVE ALL.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

AfricaPress-Kenya: Harambee Stars striker Michael Olunga\u00a0has reportedly extended his contract with Japanese league side\u00a0Kashiwa Reysol\u00a0for a year. The 26-year-old has scored 26 goals this season and is expected to win the Golden boot in his debut season in the J-League. In 2019, Olunga finished the season with 27 league goals as Reysol finished the J2 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":19224,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,8,17],"tags":[683,6438,6437],"class_list":["post-19223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-homepage-english","category-sport","tag-harambee-stars","tag-kashiwa-reysol","tag-michael-olunga"],"yoast_head":"\nHarambee Stars striker Michael Olunga extends Kashiwa Reysol contract - kenya<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Harambee Stars striker Michael Olunga\u00a0has reportedly extended his contract with Japanese league side\u00a0Kashiwa Reysol\u00a0for a year.\u00a0The\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sport\/harambee-stars-striker-michael-olunga-extends-kashiwa-reysol-contract\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Harambee Stars striker Michael Olunga extends Kashiwa Reysol contract\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Harambee Stars striker Michael Olunga\u00a0has reportedly extended his contract with Japanese league side\u00a0Kashiwa Reysol\u00a0for a year.\u00a0The\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sport\/harambee-stars-striker-michael-olunga-extends-kashiwa-reysol-contract\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"kenya\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-12-15T22:08:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2020\/12\/michael_olunga_exten5fd8223193285.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"893\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"623\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sport\/harambee-stars-striker-michael-olunga-extends-kashiwa-reysol-contract#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sport\/harambee-stars-striker-michael-olunga-extends-kashiwa-reysol-contract\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Harambee Stars striker Michael Olunga extends Kashiwa Reysol contract\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-12-15T22:08:22+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sport\/harambee-stars-striker-michael-olunga-extends-kashiwa-reysol-contract\"},\"wordCount\":325,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sport\/harambee-stars-striker-michael-olunga-extends-kashiwa-reysol-contract#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2020\/12\/michael_olunga_exten5fd8223193285.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Harambee Stars\",\"Kashiwa Reysol\",\"Michael Olunga\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"homepage-english\",\"sport\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sport\/harambee-stars-striker-michael-olunga-extends-kashiwa-reysol-contract#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sport\/harambee-stars-striker-michael-olunga-extends-kashiwa-reysol-contract\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sport\/harambee-stars-striker-michael-olunga-extends-kashiwa-reysol-contract\",\"name\":\"Harambee Stars striker Michael Olunga extends Kashiwa Reysol contract - 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