Doreen Nabwire

Doreen Nabwire
	Nabwire in Amsterdam in 2013
Personal information
Full name	Doreen Nabwire Omondi
Date of birth	5 March 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth	Korogocho, Nairobi, Kenya
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team
2002–2008	Mathare United Women
2009–2010	Werder Bremen
2010–2011	PEC Zwolle
2011–2013	Matuu FC
2013–2014	1. FC Köln
2013–2014	1. FC Köln II
International career
2001–2016	Kenya
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Doreen Nabwire Omondi (born 5 March 1987), nicknamed "Dodo",^[1]^[2] is a Kenyan former footballer. In 2009, Nabwire became the first Kenyan woman to play professional football in Europe.^[3] She also played and served as captain of the Kenya women's national football team. She played for FC Zwolle in de Eredivisie Vrouwen from 2010 to 2011.^[3]

Since 2016, she has been working as the Women's Football Development Officer and Director of Women's football for the Football Kenya Federation.

Nabwire co-founded a Community Based Organization (CBO) called Girls Unlimited in 2009, which uses a variety of sports to nurture and develop youths' talents to bring social change and development in communities in Kenya.

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^ ^a ^b Kuipers, Maaike (17 December 2019). "'Mijn voetbalteam moest m'n moeder overtuigen'". #zijspeeltmee (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 13 August 2020. Retrieved 25 October 2021.

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[:7-3] Kuipers, Maaike (17 December 2019). "'Mijn voetbalteam moest m'n moeder overtuigen'". #zijspeeltmee (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 13 August 2020. Retrieved 25 October 2021.

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