Bonaventure Ombira Maruti (born 10 April 1976) is a Kenyan former football striker who last played for
Vollen UL in
Norway
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Maruti played 23 international matches for the
Kenyan national team. He is Follo's leading scorer all-time. He surpassed the previous mark of 34 goals for the first team held by Oddmund Vaagsholm. He has scored 36 goals in 66 games overall (as of 09/09/08).
He has helped the two youth players from Kenya to settle into the area. Christian Bwamy and Joanes Muingi both signed by Follo from Kenyan club
Mathare United
Mathare United Football Club is a professional association football, football club based in Nairobi, Kenya. The club competed in the Kenyan Premier League (the highest tier of the Kenyan football league system), but in 2023, the club was relegat ...
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In 2011, he joined
Fram Larvik. In 2013, he stepped down two tiers to play for Vollen.
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1976 births
Living people
Kenyan men's footballers
Men's association football forwards
Kenya men's international footballers
Footballers from Nairobi
Gor Mahia F.C. players
Mathare United F.C. players
Flint City Bucks players
Örebro SK players
Bryne FK players
Follo FK players
USL League Two players
Allsvenskan players
Norwegian First Division players
Norwegian Second Division players
Kenyan expatriate men's footballers
Kenyan expatriate sportspeople in Norway
Kenyan expatriate sportspeople in Sweden
Kenyan expatriate sportspeople in the United States
Expatriate men's footballers in Norway
Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden
Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States
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