Rosemary Aluoch (5 July 1976 – 4 October 2020) was a Kenyan footballer who played
goalkeeper
In many team sports that involve scoring goal (sport), goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie, or keeper) is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by blocking or i ...
.
Biography
Aluoch played for the
Kenyan women's team from 1995 to 2014. She also played for numerous football clubs in
Kenya
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, the
Democratic Republic of the Congo
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,
Uganda
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, and
Burundi
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. She joined the staff of the Kenyan women's team in 2015, serving as a goalkeepers' coach.
Rosemary Aluoch died in
Kasarani
Kasarani is a mixed-use neighbourhood in northeast Nairobi. Kasarani is also used in reference to the city's second most populated sub-county with the same name, encompasing various neighbourhoods in the northeastern areas of Nairobi. Located ...
on 4 October 2020 at the age of 44.
See also
*
List of Kenya women's international footballers
This is a non-exhaustive list of Kenya women's international footballers – association football players who have appeared at least once for the senior Kenya women's national football team.
See also
* Kenya women's national football team ...
References
1976 births
2020 deaths
Kenyan women's footballers
Women's association football goalkeepers
Kenya women's international footballers
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