Robert Matano is a former Kenyan

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

, and currently the

head coach A head coach, senior coach, or manager is a professional responsible for training and developing athletes within a sports team. This role often has a higher public profile and salary than other coaching positions. In some sports, such as associat ...

Tanzania Premier League 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 ...

side Fountain Gate Matano is a four-time

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 ...

winning coach having won the title with Sofapaka F.C. on their debut season in 2009, and with

Tusker F.C. Tusker FC is a professional football club based in Nairobi, Kenya. It is the second most successful club in Kenya with thirteen Kenyan league championships. They also have four Kenyan cup titles. In addition, it has won four East African CECAF ...

in the 2012, 2020–21, and 2021–22 seasons.

Career

Matano was a defender who turned out for Abeingo, Nakuru Youth Olympic, Hakati FC, Kenatco FC then

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 ...

. After ten years of playing, he moved to coaching starting out at Pumwani Sportif in 1986. The list of teams he coached thereafter till the year 2000 includes; Kenya Pipeline, Shamako Babes, Bayer East Africa, Safari Park, Timsales, Kimbo FC, and Re-Union. From the year 2005, he coached topflight sides including promoted

World Hope Nairobi City Stars is a professional football club based in Nairobi, Kenya that currently competes in the first tier Kenyan Premier League. History The club was founded in 2003 as World Hope Football Club after a majority of players followed hea ...

, Sofapaka, AFC Leopards, Ulinzi Stars, and Tusker over two stints. He was named the coach of the month in June 2021, and was picked as the coach of the yearMozzart Sport, 14 Sep 202
Matano reigns supreme in coaches' award
/ref> at the close of the 2020–21 season to add on to a similar award earned in 2009.

Kenya National team

Matano made it to the national fold as an assistant coach to the Kenya National team in 2006.

Honours

World Hope *

FKF President's Cup The FKF President's Cup is the top knockout tournament in Kenyan football and is the Kenyan equivalent to the FA Cup. It was started in the 1950s, but during its existence, the knockout tournament has had different names depending on largely, sp ...

: 2005 Sofapaka *

: 2009 Tusker * Kenyan Premier League: 2012, 2020–21, 2021–22 *

Kenyan Super Cup The Kenyan Super Cup is a Kenyan football (soccer), football championship contested by the winners of the Kenyan Premier League and the FKF President's Cup. Having been formed in 2009, it is the Kenyan equivalent to the FA Community Shield of Eng ...

: 2021–22 AFC Leopards *

: 2017 Individual * Coach of the Year: 2009, 2020–21 * Coach of the Month: June 2021

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Matano, Robert 1964 births Living people Kenyan men's footballers Kenyan football managers A.F.C. Leopards managers Men's association football defenders