Edwin Buliba
Kenyan footballer
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Edwin Buliba Angaba | ||
| Date of birth | (2000-12-28) 28 December 2000 (age 23) | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2016 | Vapor Sports | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017 | Vapor Sports | ||
| 2019–20 | Nairobi City Stars | 5 | (0) |
| 2020–22 | Nairobi City Stars | 38 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 May 2023 | |||
Edwin Buliba Angaba is a Kenyan defender who turns out for Kenyan Premier League side Nairobi City Stars
Career
Buliba, a Kakamega High and Kamukunji High School alumnus, formerly turned out for Kawangware-based Vapor Sports before joining Nairobi City Stars in 2017. He is one of the players who stayed on at the club upon promotion to the premier league at the end of the 2019–20 National Super League.[1]
Buliba was handed his Kenyan Premier League debut by head coach Sanjin Alagic in the second game of the 2020/21 season against KCB on 4 December 2020 in Kasarani[2] when he came on as a second-half substitute. He went on to earn a total of eight games as a substitute in his first topflight season.[3]
He earned his first start Premier League start under coach Nicholas Muyoti against Nzoia Sugar in Ruaraka on 8 December 2021 and went on to register[4] a total of eight starts[5] in the 2021–22 season.
He stayed on for the 2022-23 season,[6][7] and despite a tough season, believes the team will finish the league on a high.[8][9]
Honours
Nairobi City Stars
- National Super League: 2019–20
References
- ^ Nation, 30 Jul 2020 City Stars keep veterans ahead of KPL return
- ^ Nairobi City Stars, 8 Dec 2020 Top flight bow excites Buliba
- ^ Mozzart Sport, 1 Sep 2021 City Stars defender elated after League cameo
- ^ Mozzart Sport, 16 Dec 2021 City Stars defender over the moon after rare consecutive clean sheets
- ^ Vhome bnb, 17 Dec 2021 Buliba thanks Muyoti for keeping faith in him, Masawa excited to return to City Stars fold
- ^ Mozzart Sport, 24 Aug 2022 Nairobi City Stars tie eleven players to lengthy deals
- ^ The-Star, 25 Aug 2022 Eleven players re-new contracts at City Stars
- ^ Nation, 5 May 2023 Buliba: City Stars in the FKF-PL to stay
- ^ Michezo Afrika, 9 May 2023 City Stars can finish in top ten- Edwin Buliba
