Maurice Sunguti (born 6 October 1977) is a

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striker who has played for clubs in

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and

Tanzania Tanzania, officially the United Republic of Tanzania, is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It is bordered by Uganda to the northwest; Kenya to the northeast; the Indian Ocean to the east; Mozambique and Malawi to t ...

Career

Born in

, Sunguti began his career with local side

AFC Leopards Abaluhya Football Club Leopards Sports Club, officially abbreviated as AFC Leopards, is a Kenyan professional football club based in Nairobi. It currently competes in the Kenyan Premier League, the top tier of the Kenyan football league syst ...

. He left the club in 1997 and became a journeyman, playing professionally in the

Superettan Superettan (; ) is an association football league and the second highest league in the Swedish football league system, league system of Swedish football, Swedish men's football. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and rel ...

with

Friska Viljor FC Friska Viljor FC is a Swedish football club located in Örnsköldsvik in Örnsköldsvik Municipality, Västernorrland County. Background The club was formed in February 1994 from the football section of the multi-sport club IF Friska Viljor, a ...

and winning the Tanzanian league twice with

Young Africans S.C. Young Africans Sports Club (commonly referred to as Yanga) is a Tanzanian professional association football, football club based at Jangwani ward of Ilala District in Dar es Salaam Region, Tanzania. Founded in 1935, the club plays their home g ...

International career

Sunguti represented the senior

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from 1997 to 2004. He played at the

2004 African Cup of Nations The 2004 African Cup of Nations was held from 24 January to 14 February 2004 in Tunisia. It was the 24th edition of the biennial international men's football championship of Africa, organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). Tun ...

finals. He also participated at the 2001

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, scoring a goal against Eritrea.

Honors

Club

;

Kenyan Premier League The Kenyan Premier League (KPL), officially known as the FKF Premier League, is a professional league for men's football clubs in Kenya. Standing at the top of the Kenyan football league system, the league was formed in 1963 under the Kenya Foo ...

:: Champion (1): 1998 ;

SC Villa Sports Club Villa is a professional football club based in Kampala, Uganda, that competes in the Uganda Premier League. Overview Sports Club Villa had humble beginnings in 1975, playing under the name Nakivubo Boys. The club was renamed N ...

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:: Champions (2):

2001 The year's most prominent event was the September 11 attacks against the United States by al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror. The United States led a Participan ...

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:: Champion (1):

;

(Yanga) *

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:: Champions (2): 2007/8, 2008/9

References

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sunguti, Maurice 1977 births Living people Kenyan men's footballers Kenyan expatriate men's footballers Kenya men's international footballers 2004 African Cup of Nations players A.F.C. Leopards players Express FC players Tusker F.C. players Young Africans S.C. players Superettan players Men's association football forwards Tanzanian Premier League players