Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 29 May 1976 | ||
Place of birth | Kitui, Kenya | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Wazito (manager) | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
1994–2002 | Mathare United | ||
Managerial career | |||
2002–2010 | Mathare United | ||
2008–2009 | Kenya | ||
2011 | Sofapaka | ||
2011–2012 | Kenya | ||
2013–2015 | Tusker | ||
2015–2019 | Mathare United | ||
2019–2020 | Kenya | ||
2020- | Wazito | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Francis Kimanzi (born 29 May 1976) [1] is a Kenyan football coach who manages Wazito.
Kimanzi played club football for Mathare United between 1994 and 2002, before becoming manager. [1]
Kimanzi was appointed full-time manager of the Kenyan national side on 11 December 2008, [2] having held the post as a caretaker since May 2008. [3] He was sacked from the post of national team coach after the 2008 CECAFA Cup in January 2009 due to disputes between him and Kenyan football administrators. [4] After a one-year spell coaching club side Sofapaka, he was reappointed as head coach of the Kenyan national team in November 2011. [5] In June 2012 he was sacked as manager of Kenya alongside his entire coaching staff after Kenya failed to qualify for the 2013 African Nations Cup. [6]
After coaching Tusker, he returned to Mathare United as manager in 2015. [7] In August 2019 he was linked with a return to the Kenya national team. [8] He returned to the Kenyan national team as manager in August 2019. [9] [10] Kimanzi has publicly spoken out against foreign coaches in Africa. [11] In October 2020, he was dismissed from coaching Kenya. [12] In November 2020 he became manager of Wazito. [13]