{"id":66512,"date":"2022-08-29T13:50:55","date_gmt":"2022-08-29T13:50:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/migori-youth-captain-joins-nairobi-city-stars"},"modified":"2022-08-29T14:05:49","modified_gmt":"2022-08-29T14:05:49","slug":"migori-youth-captain-joins-nairobi-city-stars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/migori-youth-captain-joins-nairobi-city-stars","title":{"rendered":"Migori Youth captain joins Nairobi City Stars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Kenya. <\/strong><\/span>Nairobi City Stars have made their second signing by snapping up Migori Youth defensive midfielder and skipper Clifford Ouma.<\/p>\n<p>Ouma, 22, signed a one-year deal with Simmba Wa Nairobi from the second-tier side.<\/p>\n<p>The immediate former skipper will replace Sven Yidah who has since joined South Africa\u2019s top-tier side Marumo Gallants.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s an honour to join this great football club. I have worked so hard to get this chance, and now that I\u2019m here, I want to push myself even further,\u201d said Ouma.<\/p>\n<p>He added: \u201cI choose to join City Stars because currently, it\u2019s the best club in the country. There will be a lot of work to do but I firmly believe under this great management, the technical bench together with my teammates, we can do it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ouma thanked his former club Migori Youth, and their fans for the platform they gave him in the past few years, and for all the support and understanding granted to him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had an unbelievable time there but feel the moment was right to sample another level and environment. Now I\u2019m at the perfect club to do this,\u201d added the youthful midfielder.<\/p>\n<p>Team coordinator Samson Otieno said; \u201cAs far back as 2019, we had spotted him but there was no vacancy for him until now. 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