Allan Thigo is a former

Kenya international The Kenya International is an annual open international badminton tournament held in Kenya. This tournament is organised by the Kenya Badminton Association, with the sanctioned by the Badminton Confederation of Africa (BCA) and Badminton World ...

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midfielder.

Career

Born in

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, Thigo began playing club football for local side Kisumu Hot Stars at age 18. He spent most of his playing career with Gor Mahia F.C., helping the club reach the final of the

1979 African Cup Winners' Cup The 1978 season of the African Cup Winners' Cup football club tournament was won by Canon Yaoundé in two-legged final victory against Gor Mahia. This was the fifth season that the tournament took place for the winners of each African country's do ...

. Thigo made 81 appearances for the senior

Kenya national football team The Kenya national football team, colloquially known as the Harambee Stars, represents Kenya in association football. It is controlled by the Football Kenya Federation, the governing body of football in Kenya, and competes as a member of the ...

, including two

FIFA World Cup The FIFA World Cup, often called the World Cup, is an international association football competition among the senior List of men's national association football teams, men's national teams of the members of the FIFA, Fédération Internatio ...

qualifying matches, and he played at the

1972 African Cup of Nations The 1972 African Cup of Nations was the eighth edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the association football championship of Africa ( CAF). It was hosted by Cameroon, in the cities of Yaoundé and Douala. Just like in 1970, the field of eight te ...

finals. After Thigo retired from playing football, he became a coach. He has managed Gor Mahia. He is now coaching the Africa Nazarene University football team!

References

External links

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Profile at Safaricom
Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Kenyan men's footballers Kenya men's international footballers 1972 African Cup of Nations players Gor Mahia F.C. players Men's association football midfielders {{Kenya-footy-bio-stub