{"id":26112,"date":"2021-04-17T21:40:30","date_gmt":"2021-04-17T21:40:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/?p=26112"},"modified":"2021-04-17T21:40:30","modified_gmt":"2021-04-17T21:40:30","slug":"former-harambee-starlets-coach-ouma-joins-sofapaka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sport\/former-harambee-starlets-coach-ouma-joins-sofapaka","title":{"rendered":"Former Harambee Starlets coach Ouma joins Sofapaka"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"card-text\"><strong>AfricaPress-Kenya:<\/strong> sofapaka Football Club Wednesday appointed Ex-Harambee Starlets head coach David Ouma as their new assistant coach.<\/p>\n<p>Ouma, who previously spent five years at the club in different capacities before being appointed to the national women football team, will double up as the club\u2019s Sports Director and Assistant coach of the senior team.<\/p>\n<p>Two days after leaving Harambee Starlets, Ouma will rejoin Sofapaka\u00a0after eight years and will now work under head coach Ken Odhiambo to deliver the second league title for the 2009 league champions.<\/p>\n<div class=\"row justify-content-center mb-2 mx-0\">\n<div class=\"text-center ad-max\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe are pleased to announce the return of coach David Ouma. As a Sports Director, his work would entail being in charge of Youth Development structures and recruitment of talented players,\u201d read a press statement by Sofapaka.<\/p>\n<p>Batoto ba Mungu\u00a0President Elly Kalekwa praised Ouma as a passionate sportsman.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOuma is back home. I knew he would one day come back where his heart really is. He spent five good years with us in different capacities and during those years, he showed great passion in his work and that is why when he had the chance to work with him again, we didn\u2019t think twice,\u201d Kalekwa said.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"art-img\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-fluid w-100\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.standardmedia.co.ke\/images\/wednesday\/adudo8kn7p1de6076fe36d0d98.jpg\" \/><\/div><figcaption class=\"bg-light mb-3 p-3\"><strong>Former Harambee Starlets head coach Ouma (left) and Sofapaka President Elly Kalekwa.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Speaking during his unveiling Ouma thanked God and the club for paving his way into the national team saying he was delighted to be back home where it all began.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFirst of all, I want to thank God that I\u2019m finally back at Sofapaka. It has been a journey, I worked here for about six years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI then went to be an assistant coach of national men football team Harambee Stars under Bobby Williamson, then I was appointed the head coach of the national women team Harambee Starlets,\u201d Ouma said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can say Sofapaka was my stepping stone to national duties. It helped in my coaching transition and that is why I\u2019m back since I want to give back after earning a lot of experience and knowledge in the last few years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy plan with the team is to ensure that we remain as competitive as possible, going into the future assignments.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ouma was replaced by coach Charles Okere as the new Harambee Starlets coach.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AfricaPress-Kenya: sofapaka Football Club Wednesday appointed Ex-Harambee Starlets head coach David Ouma as their new assistant coach. Ouma, who previously spent five years at the club in different capacities before being appointed to the national women football team, will double up as the club\u2019s Sports Director and Assistant coach of the senior team. Two days [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":26099,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,8,17],"tags":[8179,1861,3089],"class_list":["post-26112","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-homepage-english","category-sport","tag-david-ouma","tag-harambee-starlets","tag-ouma"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Former Harambee Starlets coach Ouma joins Sofapaka - kenya<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"sofapaka Football Club Wednesday appointed Ex-Harambee Starlets head coach David Ouma as their new assistant coach.Ouma\" \/>\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\/former-harambee-starlets-coach-ouma-joins-sofapaka\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Former Harambee Starlets coach Ouma joins Sofapaka\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"sofapaka Football Club Wednesday appointed Ex-Harambee Starlets head coach David Ouma as their new assistant coach.Ouma\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sport\/former-harambee-starlets-coach-ouma-joins-sofapaka\" \/>\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=\"2021-04-17T21:40:30+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2021\/04\/dktozqd7pana0aj6076fd933a9d7.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"600\" \/>\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\/former-harambee-starlets-coach-ouma-joins-sofapaka#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sport\/former-harambee-starlets-coach-ouma-joins-sofapaka\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Former Harambee Starlets coach Ouma joins Sofapaka\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-04-17T21:40:30+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sport\/former-harambee-starlets-coach-ouma-joins-sofapaka\"},\"wordCount\":380,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sport\/former-harambee-starlets-coach-ouma-joins-sofapaka#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2021\/04\/dktozqd7pana0aj6076fd933a9d7.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"David Ouma\",\"harambee starlets\",\"Ouma\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"homepage-english\",\"sport\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sport\/former-harambee-starlets-coach-ouma-joins-sofapaka#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sport\/former-harambee-starlets-coach-ouma-joins-sofapaka\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sport\/former-harambee-starlets-coach-ouma-joins-sofapaka\",\"name\":\"Former Harambee Starlets coach Ouma joins Sofapaka - 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