* Managing Director E-World Group Of Companies * CEO Warrior Sports & Leisure Clothline * Production and Film Director - E-World Productions * Former FKF Vice President * Former Kenya National Team Player Sammy Tiyoi Sholei (born 18 May 1967) is a former

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player. Sholei began his football career in

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town, in the

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. Sholei, a lanky and effective midfielder played for Rivatex and Raymonds FC (both now defunct) before moving to Kenya Breweries FC (now renamed Tusker FC). Sholei was part of the Kenya Breweries FC team that reached the finals of the

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in 1994 that failed to hang onto a 2–2 away draw to succumb to a shocking 3–0 loss at the hands of Zaire's

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in the return tie in Nairobi. He retired from club and international football in 1997. He was also a Kenya national football team player, having earned his first call up under coach Mohamed Kheri back in 1991. He earned 20 Caps for Kenya, including appearances against Algeria in

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qualifying on 2 and 14 June 1996. Sholei is currently the Chief Executive Officer of an IT firm E-World Communications, which he founded in 2005 that offers IT Consultancy. In 2008, Sholei became an online journalist for a Kenyan soccer website KenyaFootball.

References

External links

Kenyan Footie
– Kenyan Football Portal
Sammy Sholei: Being a Harambee Star @ KenyaFootball.comSammy Sholei: Motema Pembe @ KenyaFootball.com Sammy Sholei hits back at Sam Nyamweya @ www.michezoafrika.com
Living people Kenyan men's footballers Kenya men's international footballers Expatriate men's footballers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo 1967 births Men's association football players not categorized by position {{kenya-footy-bio-stub