:Doreen Nabwire
{{Short description|Kenyan footballer (born 1987)}}
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{{Infobox football biography
| club-update =
| name = Doreen Nabwire
| fullname = Doreen Nabwire Omondi
| image = Doreen Nabwire of WorldCoaches at Akvo Track Day Amsterdam.png
| caption = Nabwire in Amsterdam in 2013
| birth_place = Korogocho, Nairobi, Kenya
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1987|3|5}}
| position = Midfielder
| height = {{height|m=1.65}}
| years1 = 2002–2008 |clubs1 = Mathare United Women
| years2 = 2009–2010 |clubs2 = Werder Bremen |caps2 = 18 |goals2 = 7
| years3 = 2010–2011 |clubs3 = PEC Zwolle |caps3 = 16 |goals3 = 1
| years4 = 2011–2013 |clubs4 = Matuu FC |goals4 = 4
| years5 = 2013–2014 |clubs5 = 1. FC Köln |goals5 = 0 |caps5 = 1
| years6 = 2013–2014 |clubs6 = 1. FC Köln II |caps6 = 6 |goals6 = 1
| nationalyears1 = 2001–2016 |nationalteam1 = Kenya
}}
Doreen Nabwire Omondi (born 5 March 1987), nicknamed "Dodo", is a Kenyan former footballer. In 2009, Nabwire became the first Kenyan woman to play professional football in Europe.{{Cite web|last=Kuipers|first=Maaike|date=17 December 2019|title='Mijn voetbalteam moest m'n moeder overtuigen'|url=https://zijspeeltmee.nl/2019/12/17/mijn-voetbalteam-moest-mn-moeder-overtuigen/|url-status=live|access-date=25 October 2021|website=#zijspeeltmee|language=nl|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200813015430/https://zijspeeltmee.nl/2019/12/17/mijn-voetbalteam-moest-mn-moeder-overtuigen/ |archive-date=13 August 2020 }} 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.
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.
Club career
= Early career =
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Born in Ngomongo estate in Korogocho and grew up in Mathare Valley, one of Nairobi's largest slums, Doreen Nabwire grew up with her five siblings and parents. She attended Valley Bridge Primary School in Huruma and Maina Wanjigi High School in Eastleigh.{{Cite web|last=Wasonga|first=Edwin|date=6 June 2010|title=Doreen Nabwire's Journey|url=http://www.kickingaidsout.net/personalstories/Pages/DoreenNabwireJourney.aspx?_x_tr_sl=de&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB&_x_tr_pto=nui,sc|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724054918/http://www.kickingaidsout.net/personalstories/Pages/DoreenNabwireJourney.aspx|archive-date=24 July 2011|access-date=25 October 2021|website=Kicking AIDS Out}}
She started playing football on the streets at the age of ten and was discovered by players who noticed her talent and told her about a project being run by the Nobel Peace Prize nominated{{Cite web|date=4 October 2003|title=Kevin Mitchell: The Pope, Bono and... Mathare United FC|url=http://www.theguardian.com/football/2003/oct/05/sport.comment2|access-date=9 November 2021|website=the Guardian|language=en}} Mathare Youth Sports Association (MYSA) with the aim of empowering young people through football.{{cite web|date=27 August 2021|title=Doreen Nabwire's journey from Nairobi to the Bundesliga|url=https://fifpro.org/en/industry/doreen-nabwire-s-journey-from-nairobi-to-the-bundesliga|url-status=live|access-date=24 October 2021|website=Fédération Internationale des Associations de Footballeurs Professionnels (FIFPro)|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210902174513/https://www.fifpro.org/en/industry/doreen-nabwire-s-journey-from-nairobi-to-the-bundesliga |archive-date=2 September 2021 }} She wanted to join the women's team of Mathare United, but she was held back by her mother who felt that women were not meant to play football. She was later allowed to join the North Villas, a football club in MYSA after her father intervened.
MYSA was being supported by the Norway Cup, the largest youth football tournament in the world which attracted over 1,000 teams. She was invited to trials for the MYSA team in 1998 and she made the team ahead of the tournament. From then onward, she was part of the team in three consecutive trips to the competition as a teenager. In 1999, she took part in the tournament for the first time with the U-14 team and later won in 2000 and 2001 as captain.
She was promoted to the senior women's Mathare team where she played from 2002 to 2009.{{Cite web|last=Ostwald|first=Herbert|date=3 October 2008|title=Doreen Nabwire aus Kenia im Portrait|url=http://www.fansoccer.de/ffausland/portraets/dodo/dodo.htm|url-status=live|access-date=26 October 2021|website=Fan Soccer|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081004190012/http://www.fansoccer.de:80/ffausland/portraets/dodo/dodo.htm |archive-date=4 October 2008 }}
= Werder Bremen, 2009–2010 =
Nabwire joined SV Werder Bremen{{Cite web |last=Amondi |first=Agnes |date=2020-09-03 |title=Why More Kenyan Players Have Secured Moves Abroad |url=https://herfootballhub.com/why-more-kenyan-players-have-secured-moves-abroad/ |access-date=2023-10-12 |website=Her Football Hub |language=en-GB}} in the German second division in 2009.{{Cite web|date=25 September 2009|title=Werder supports Kenyan Doreen Nabwire for one year|url=https://www.werder.de/en/news/news/en-news-import/imported-news-2305|url-status=live|access-date=22 October 2021|website=SV Werder Bremen|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211022004923/https://www.werder.de/en/news/news/en-news-import/imported-news-2305 |archive-date=22 October 2021 }}{{Cite web|title=Kenyan Girl Signs For Werder Bremen's Female Team {{!}} Goal.com|url=https://www.goal.com/en/news/11/transfer-zone/2009/09/30/1531980/kenyan-girl-signs-for-werder-bremens-female-team|access-date=22 October 2021|website=www.goal.com}} On 27 September 2009, during her debut during the opening match of the season, she scored a brace to take Bremen to 2–2 draw against Hamburger SV II. Her goal made her the first player to score for Werder Bremen in the 2. Bundesliga.{{Cite web|date=27 September 2009|title=Werder Bremen vs. Hamburger SV II – 27 September 2009|url=https://gh.soccerway.com/matches/2009/09/27/germany/2-bundesliga-women/sv-werder-bremen/hamburger-sv-ii/811142/|url-status=live|access-date=25 October 2021|website=Soccerway|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211025165433/https://gh.soccerway.com/matches/2009/09/27/germany/2-bundesliga-women/sv-werder-bremen/hamburger-sv-ii/811142/ |archive-date=25 October 2021 }}{{Cite web|last=Heidler|first=Christian|title=Doreen Nabwire verstärkt Werder Bremen|url=http://www.fansoccer.de/ffausland/portraets/dodo2/dodowerder2009.htm|url-status=live|access-date=25 October 2021|website=Fan Soccer|language=de|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090929013300/http://www.fansoccer.de:80/ffausland/portraets/dodo2/dodowerder2009.htm |archive-date=29 September 2009 }}
During her one-year period with the Bremen-based club she scored seven goals in eighteen games.
= Zwolle, 2010–2011 =
She was voted as the second best player of the team by the fans. In the summer of 2010, she transferred to PEC Zwolle in the Netherlands, who joined the Eredivisie Women that year. On 30 September 2010, she made her debut in a 3–0 loss to ADO Den Haag.{{Cite web|date=30 September 2010|title=ADO Den Haag vs. PEC Zwolle Match Report|url=https://uk.soccerway.com/matches/2010/09/30/netherlands/vrouwen-eredivisie/ado-den-haag/fc-zwolle/966979/|url-status=live|access-date=26 October 2021|website=Soccerway|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210812113727/https://uk.soccerway.com/matches/2010/09/30/netherlands/vrouwen-eredivisie/ado-den-haag/fc-zwolle/966979/ |archive-date=12 August 2021 }} The following league match on 4 October 2010, she scored her debut goal in a 3–2 loss to FC Utrecht.{{Cite web|date=4 October 2010|title=Utrecht vs. PEC Zwolle Match Report|url=https://uk.soccerway.com/matches/2010/10/04/netherlands/vrouwen-eredivisie/fc-utrecht/fc-zwolle/966973/|url-status=live|access-date=26 October 2021|website=Soccerway|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210812113727/https://uk.soccerway.com/matches/2010/10/04/netherlands/vrouwen-eredivisie/fc-utrecht/fc-zwolle/966973/ |archive-date=12 August 2021 }} She only stayed for one season, played 16 matches and scored one goal before returning to her native Kenya. While in playing for Zwolle, she studied and earned the professional UEFA C coaching license.{{Cite web|title=Nabwire: Football was my stepping stone to a better life|url=https://www.fifa.com/news/origin1904-p.cxm.fifa.comfootball-was-my-stepping-stone-to-a-better-life|access-date=22 October 2021|website=www.fifa.com|language=en}}
= MOYAS and Matuu FC, 2011–2013 =
She returned to Kenya in July 2011 and joined MOYAS FC as a player coach and helped them to win the Kenya Super 8 League that year.{{Cite web|last=Machio|first=Dennis|date=19 July 2011|title=Doreen Nabwire is back home after career in Europe|url=https://www.michezoafrika.com/harambee%20stars/doreen-nabwire-is-back-home-after-career-in-europe/2353.aspx|url-status=live|access-date=23 October 2021|website=Michezo Afrika|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722135546/http://www.michezoafrika.com:80/harambee%20stars/doreen-nabwire-is-back-home-after-career-in-europe/2353.aspx |archive-date=22 July 2011 }}{{Cite web|last=Machio|first=Dennis|date=31 July 2011|title=MOYAS take home Super 8 {{as written|wome|ns' [sic]}} title |url=https://www.michezoafrika.com/womenspremierleague/moyas-take-home-super--8-womens-title/2501.aspx|url-status=live|access-date=26 October 2021|website=Michezo Afrika|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110809220151/http://www.michezoafrika.com:80/womenspremierleague/moyas-take-home-super--8-womens-title/2501.aspx |archive-date=9 August 2011 }} She later joined Matuu FC and won the 2012 Kenyan Women's Premier League. In 2013, she became assistant coach of MOYAS FC.{{Cite web|last=Korir|first=Patrick|date=7 March 2013|title=Nabwire appointed MOYAS Coach|url=https://futaa.com/article/51734/nabwire-appointed-moyas-coach|url-status=live|access-date=23 October 2021|website=Futaa|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211023110157/https://futaa.com/article/51734/nabwire-appointed-moyas-coach |archive-date=23 October 2021 }}
= 1. FC Köln, 2013–2014 =
In November 2013, she returned to Germany for the 2013–2014 season, to sign for 1. FC Köln who were then in the second division. She played her only match for the club on 1 December 2013 when she was substituted in the 84th minute in the 2–1 loss to eventual league winners SC Sand.{{Cite web|title=Köln vs. SC Sand – 1 December 2013|url=https://nl.women.soccerway.com/matches/2013/12/01/germany/2-bundesliga-women/1fc-koln/sc-sand/1503329/|url-status=live|access-date=25 October 2021|website=Soccerway|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211025172715/https://nl.women.soccerway.com/matches/2013/12/01/germany/2-bundesliga-women/1fc-koln/sc-sand/1503329/ |archive-date=25 October 2021 }} In February 2014, she suffered a ruptured achilles tendon which ended her season and her club career in Europe.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=27 July 2020|title=Les rêves de Nabwire pour le football féminin kényan|url=http://fr.cafonline.com/news-center/news/les-reves-de-nabwire-pour-le-football-feminin-kenyan|url-status=live|access-date=23 October 2021|website=Confedération Africaine du Football (CAF)|language=fr|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200731155315/https://fr.cafonline.com/news-center/news/les-reves-de-nabwire-pour-le-football-feminin-kenyan |archive-date=31 July 2020 }}
International career
In 2006, she was a member of the squad that represented Kenya in the first ever Street Football World Cup in 2006 held in Berlin, Germany, leading them to the title.{{Cite web|date=9 September 2006|title=Mathare Youth Sports Association (Mysa) Wins Street Football World Cup – 2006|url=http://www.kenyaembassyberlin.de/Past-Events.138.0.html|url-status=live|access-date=25 October 2021|website=Kenya Embassy Berlin|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211025160955/http://www.kenyaembassyberlin.de/Past-Events.138.0.html |archive-date=25 October 2021 }}{{Cite web|last=Schwarz|first=Laura Marallo|date=12 October 2009|title=MYSA player lives her dream at Werder Bremen|url=http://www.streetfootballworld.org/news-center/newsfolder/mysa-player-lives-her-dream-at-werder-bremen|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101225081053/http://www.streetfootballworld.org/news-center/newsfolder/mysa-player-lives-her-dream-at-werder-bremen|archive-date=25 December 2010|access-date=26 October 2021|website=Street Football World}} It was this tournament that exposed her to Europe and gave her the opportunity to feature for international clubs.{{Cite web|last=Natiom|first=Lokeder|date=19 October 2021|title=Doreen Nabwire appointed to Fifa Advisory group|url=https://nation.africa/kenya/sports/football/doreen-nabwire-appointed-to-fifa-advisory-group-3588540?view=htmlamp|url-status=live|access-date=24 October 2021|website=Nation Africa|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211019155318/https://nation.africa/kenya/sports/football/doreen-nabwire-appointed-to-fifa-advisory-group-3588540?view=htmlamp |archive-date=19 October 2021 }} In 2006, she captained the Kenya under-20 against Nigeria and also played in matches against Djibouti and Cameroon.
= Senior national team =
Nabwire played for the Kenya women's national football team and served as the skipper at one point.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=19 October 2021|title=Former Harambee Starlets captain Doreen Nabwire lands FIFA appointment|url=https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/sports/football/2001426651/former-harambee-starlets-captain-doreen-nabwire-lands-fifa-appointment|url-status=live|access-date=25 October 2021|website=The Standard|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211019201317/https://standardmedia.co.ke/sports/football/2001426651/former-harambee-starlets-captain-doreen-nabwire-lands-fifa-appointment |archive-date=19 October 2021 }}{{Cite web|last=Ujerumani|first=Mkenya|date=17 October 2013|title=Kenyan Football Captain Coming to Germany to Encourage more Girls to Take up Football|url=https://mkenyaujerumani.de/2013/04/17/kenyan-football-captain-coming-to-germany-to-encourage-more-girls-to-take-up-football/|url-status=live|access-date=25 October 2021|website=Mkenya Ujerumani|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130609053537/http://mkenyaujerumani.de:80/2013/04/17/kenyan-football-captain-coming-to-germany-to-encourage-more-girls-to-take-up-football/ |archive-date=9 June 2013 }} She made her debut for the team in 2001 at the age of 15 in a friendly match against Ethiopia, where she played 70 minutes before being taken off. In 2016, she doubled as a player and team manager for the team.{{Cite web|last=Avilia|first=Cherise|date=30 July 2016|title=Starlets squad for Spain tour released|url=https://supersport.com/football/kenya/news/160730/Starlets_squad_for_Spain_tour_released|url-status=live|access-date=22 October 2021|website=SuperSport|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160731170424/http://www.supersport.com:80/football/kenya/news/160730/Starlets_squad_for_Spain_tour_released |archive-date=31 July 2016 }}{{Cite web|last=Makhandia|first=Agnes|date=11 November 2016|title=Starlets focused: Nabwire says early arrival in Cameroon gives them an edge|url=https://www.pressreader.com/kenya/the-star-kenya/20161111/282037621738977|url-status=live|access-date=22 October 2021|website=Press Reader|publisher=The Star (Kenya)|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211022161158/https://www.pressreader.com/kenya/the-star-kenya/20161111/282037621738977 |archive-date=22 October 2021 }} She served in that role in September 2016 at the 2016 CECAFA Women's Championship where Kenya lost to Tanzania in the finals.{{Cite web|date=23 September 2016|title=Tanzania beats Kenya's harambee Starlets to win Cecafa Women's Championship|url=http://www.cecafafootball.org/tanzania-beats-kenyas-harambee-starlets-to-win-cecafa-womens-championship/|url-status=live|access-date=23 October 2021|website=CECAFA|publisher=Council for East and Central Africa Football Associations|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160924023203/http://www.cecafafootball.org/tanzania-beats-kenyas-harambee-starlets-to-win-cecafa-womens-championship/ |archive-date=24 September 2016 }}
She was part of the Harambee Starlets squad that qualified for the 2016 Africa Women Cup of Nations (AWCON) in Cameroon for the first time in the country's history.
Life after football
= Managerial career =
After retiring from playing football, Nabwire continued her involvement in football. She worked as a coach, while working with NGOs to improve women's football in Kenya. She also worked with a Premier League team.{{Cite web|date=22 December 2019|title=Nabwire: Football was my stepping stone to a better life|url=https://www.fifa.com/news/football-was-my-stepping-stone-to-a-better-life|url-status=live|access-date=22 October 2021|website=Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA)|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211025195006/https://www.fifa.com/news/football-was-my-stepping-stone-to-a-better-life |archive-date=25 October 2021 }}
From 2010 to 2011, while playing for FC Zwolle, she obtained the UEFA-C coaching license at the Landstede Sportcentrum in Zwolle. After returning to Kenya from the Netherlands, she became a trainer at the Nairobi-based National Youth Talent Academy. Nabwire also worked as a Player-coach specifically as an assistant coach for Matuu FC, which he helped in securing the 2012 Kenyan Women's Premier League. In March 2013, she left Matuu and worked as a trainer of FKF Girls Premier League club MOYAS Ladies.
Since 2016 she has been the team manager of the Kenyan women's national team Harambee Starlets, which qualified for the finals of the Africa Cup for the first time in April 2016. She currently holds the CAF B License after undergoing the CAF training course in September 2020 in Kenya.{{Cite web|last=Mballa|first=Tony|date=7 September 2021|title=Caf roll out inaugural 'B' coaching license in Kenya|url=https://www.the-star.co.ke/sports/football/2021-09-07-caf-roll-out-inaugural-b-coaching-license-in-kenya/|url-status=live|access-date=22 October 2021|website=The Star|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211022213303/https://www.the-star.co.ke/sports/football/2021-09-07-caf-roll-out-inaugural-b-coaching-license-in-kenya/ |archive-date=22 October 2021 }}{{Cite web|last=Ng’ang’a|first=Joseph|date=8 September 2021|title=CAF B License coaching course ongoing|url=https://www.kenyanews.go.ke/caf-b-license-coaching-course-ongoing/|url-status=live|access-date=22 October 2021|website=Kenya News Agency|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210925203143/https://www.kenyanews.go.ke/caf-b-license-coaching-course-ongoing/ |archive-date=25 September 2021 }}
= Football Kenya Federation =
Since 2016, she had been holding a key administrative role at the Football Kenya Federation including working as the Women's Football Development Officer and Director of Women's football. With this, her role includes, heading the women's desk at the federation, managing and running the Women's leagues and developing and implementing grassroots women football activities.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=27 July 2020|title=Nabwire steering Kenya's global success drive|url=https://www.cafonline.com/development/women-football/news/nabwire-steering-kenya-s-global-success-drive|url-status=live|access-date=24 October 2021|website=Confedération Africaine du Football (CAF)|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211025160712/https://www.cafonline.com/development/women-football/news/nabwire-steering-kenya-s-global-success-drive |archive-date=25 October 2021 }}{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=29 July 2021|title=Une nouvelle ère pour le football féminin au Kenya|url=http://fr.cafonline.com/development/women-football/news/une-nouvelle-ere-pour-le-football-feminin-au-kenya|url-status=live|access-date=25 October 2021|website=Confedération Africaine du Football (CAF)|language=fr|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211027044839/https://fr.cafonline.com/development/women-football/news/une-nouvelle-ere-pour-le-football-feminin-au-kenya |archive-date=27 October 2021 }} She also doubles as the Football Kenya Federation (FKF)'s Deputy Competitions Manager.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=27 July 2020|title=Nabwire steering Kenya's global success drive|url=https://www.cafonline.com/news-center/news/nabwire-steering-kenya-s-global-success-drive|url-status=live|access-date=22 October 2021|website=Confedération Africaine du Football (CAF)|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200728095354/https://www.cafonline.com/news-center/news/nabwire-steering-kenya-s-global-success-drive |archive-date=28 July 2020 }}{{Cite web|last=Willis|first=Seth|date=28 July 2020|title=Harambee Starlets will soon play in FIFA World Cup – Nabwire|url=https://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/harambee-starlets-will-soon-play-in-fifa-world-cup-nabwire/1tv0yz22zzak31aw3azqtwkxra|url-status=live|access-date=22 October 2021|website=Goal|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211022220237/https://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/harambee-starlets-will-soon-play-in-fifa-world-cup-nabwire/1tv0yz22zzak31aw3azqtwkxra |archive-date=22 October 2021 }} In July 2021, she led the federation to launch a women's football strategy to grow women's football in Kenya.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=14 July 2021|title=Football Kenya Federation launches women football strategy|url=https://footballkenya.org/football-kenya-federation-launches-women-football-strategy/|url-status=live|access-date=25 October 2021|website=Football Kenya Federation|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210714103326/https://footballkenya.org/football-kenya-federation-launches-women-football-strategy/ |archive-date=14 July 2021 }}
= FIFA =
In November 2019, Nabwire was one of the 24 women from FIFA's 211 member associations who graduated from the FIFA-UEFA Women in Football Leadership Programme. In October 2021, she was appointed unto FIFA's technical advisory group on the growth and advancement of women's football.{{Cite web|last=Dia|first=Jules|date=20 October 2021|title=Nomination: l'ancienne internationale kenyane, Doreen Nabwire, intègre le groupe FIFA Advisory|url=https://sportnewsafrica.com/feminine-zone/nomination-lancienne-internationale-kenyane-doreen-nabwire-integre-la-fifa/|access-date=22 October 2021|website=Sport News Africa|language=fr-FR|archive-date=21 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211021102844/https://sportnewsafrica.com/feminine-zone/nomination-lancienne-internationale-kenyane-doreen-nabwire-integre-la-fifa/|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web|date=18 October 2021|title=Technical Advisory Group to focus on growth and advancement of women's football|url=https://www.fifa.com/football-development/the-future-of-football/media-releases/technical-advisory-group-to-focus-on-growth-of-womens-football|url-status=live|access-date=25 October 2021|website=Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA)|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211018144325/https://www.fifa.com/football-development/the-future-of-football/media-releases/technical-advisory-group-to-focus-on-growth-of-womens-football |archive-date=18 October 2021 }} The grouped is headed by Jill Ellis and has fellow African Asisat Oshoala also as a member.
Personal life
= Family life =
Nabwire comes from a footballing family. She is the third of a family of six. Her brother Eric Johana Omondi plays for Jönköpings Södra and previously played for Mathare United, while Felix Oucho also played for Mathare United and is currently a coach at a club in Busia. Her other brother, Anthony Kadudu featured for Tusker FC while her younger sister, Christine Nafula is a footballer who plays for the Kenya women's national team.{{Cite web|last=Anyango|first=Shania|date=16 June 2017|title=Germans gave me a car and pocket money – Doreen 'Dodo' Nabwire, Kenya's only female professional footballer|url=https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/entertainment/index.php/features/2001233988/germans-gave-me-a-car-and-pocket-money-doreen-dodo-nabwire-kenyas-only-female-professional-footballer|url-status=live|access-date=22 October 2021|website=The Standard|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211022150711/https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/entertainment/index.php/features/2001233988/germans-gave-me-a-car-and-pocket-money-doreen-dodo-nabwire-kenyas-only-female-professional-footballer |archive-date=22 October 2021 }}{{Cite web|last=Aseka|first=Laureen|date=13 December 2020|title=Doreen Nabwire Exclusive : From the Slums to Stardom in Europe|url=https://tisini.co.ke/2020/12/13/doreen-nabwire-exclusive-from-the-slums-to-stardom-in-europe/|url-status=live|access-date=26 October 2021|website=Tisini|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201213120344/https://tisini.co.ke/2020/12/13/doreen-nabwire-exclusive-from-the-slums-to-stardom-in-europe/ |archive-date=13 December 2020 }} She has three sons.
= Girls Unlimited =
In 2009, she co-founded Girls Unlimited, a Community Based Organization (CBO) which uses a variety of sports including football, tennis, volleyball and netball to nurture and develop youths' talents to bring social change and development in communities in Kenya.{{Cite web|date=24 November 2015|title=Empowerment Through Soccer|url=https://uscpublicdiplomacy.org/story/empowerment-through-soccer|url-status=live|access-date=25 October 2021|website=USC Center on Public Diplomacy|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151126043523/http://uscpublicdiplomacy.org/story/empowerment-through-soccer |archive-date=26 November 2015 }} The organization targets girls in primary and secondary schools within Kenyan communities and empowers them by teaching life skills, decision making and ways to improve their confidence.{{Cite web|last=Dennis|first=Machio|date=31 October 2013|title=Kenyan International joins German side FC Köln|url=https://www.michezoafrika.com/womenspremierleague/kenyan-international-joins-german-side-fc-k%C3%B6ln/14619|url-status=live|access-date=25 October 2021|website=Michezo Afrika|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131104030609/http://www.michezoafrika.com:80/womenspremierleague/kenyan-international-joins-german-side-fc-k%C3%B6ln/14619 |archive-date=4 November 2013 }}{{Cite web|date=4 September 2016|title=Sammelaktion für das Projekt "Girls Unlimited": Container in Nairobi angekommen|url=https://www.fvm.de/news/uebersicht/detailseite/sammelaktion-fuer-das-projekt-girls-unlimited-container-in-nairobi-angekommen/|url-status=live|access-date=25 October 2021|website=Fußball-Verband Mittelrhein|language=de|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211025160818/https://www.fvm.de/news/uebersicht/detailseite/sammelaktion-fuer-das-projekt-girls-unlimited-container-in-nairobi-angekommen/ |archive-date=25 October 2021 }}{{Cite web|last=Amondi|first=Agnes|date=4 August 2021|title=Doreen Nabwire's Rise To Football's High Table|url=https://yazakenya.com/career/doreen-nabwire-s-rise-to-football-s-high-table|url-status=live|access-date=25 October 2021|website=YAZA Kenya|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210804074250/https://yazakenya.com/career/doreen-nabwire-s-rise-to-football-s-high-table |archive-date=4 August 2021 }} Since 2015, the organization has been organizing an annual women's football tournament dubbed the Dada Football Tournament to promote women's football in Kenya.{{Cite web|last=|date=31 December 2017|title=GALLERY: Otto edge past PKF to retain Dada Football title|url=https://www.jwsports1.com/gallery-otto-edge-past-pkf-to-retain-dada-football-title/|url-status=live|access-date=25 October 2021|website=JWsports1|language=en-GB|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190706162959/http://www.jwsports1.com/gallery-otto-edge-past-pkf-to-retain-dada-football-title/ |archive-date=6 July 2019 }}
= Other activities =
Nabwire is an avid Manchester United fan. A documentary of her life titled Dodo – between corrugated iron and the world stage – ("Zwischen Wellblech und Weltbühne") by German journalist and documentary filmmaker Herbert Ostwald was released in 2009 at the 6th International Football Film Festival 11mm in Berlin. Excerpts of the documentary were shown on Deutsche Welle.{{Cite web|title=Zwischen Wellblech und Weltbühne|url=https://www.11-mm.de/index.php/de/ueber-uns/film-archiv/filme-2009/item/429-zwischen-wellblech-und-weltbuehne|url-status=live|access-date=26 October 2021|website=www.11-mm.de|publisher=11MM|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211026120242/https://www.11-mm.de/index.php/de/ueber-uns/film-archiv/filme-2009/item/429-zwischen-wellblech-und-weltbuehne |archive-date=26 October 2021 }} Nabwire published her autobiography in January 2011, titled Traumpass which was co-authored with Herbert Ostwald.{{Cite web|last=Iselt|first=von Dagmar|date=10 August 2011|title=Traumpass von Doreen Nabwire – Literaturportal AfrikaRoman|url=https://www.afrikaroman.de/traumpass-von-doreen-nabwire/|url-status=live|access-date=25 October 2021|website=AfrikaRoman|language=de-DE|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806101259/https://www.afrikaroman.de/traumpass-von-doreen-nabwire/ |archive-date=6 August 2020 }}{{Cite book|last1=Nabwire|first1=Doreen|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H2r3ZwEACAAJ|title=Traumpass: mein Weg aus den Slums von Nairobi auf die Fussballplätze Europas|last2=Ostwald|first2=Herbert|date=2011|publisher=VGS Egmont|isbn=978-3-8025-3716-5|language=de}}
Nabwire holds a diploma in Tours, Travel, and Cabin Crew and has worked at the Phoenix Safaris, Kenya in the past.
Career statistics
Honours
MYSA
MOYAS
Matuu FC
Kenya
- Street Football World Cup: 2006{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=9 September 2006|title=Kenya Reigns Supreme in World Street Soccer Challenge|url=https://www.dw.com/en/kenya-reigns-supreme-in-world-street-soccer-challenge/a-2083887|url-status=live|access-date=25 October 2021|website=Deutsche Welle (DW)|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211025160448/https://www.dw.com/en/kenya-reigns-supreme-in-world-street-soccer-challenge/a-2083887 |archive-date=25 October 2021 }}
- CECAFA Women's Championship runner-up: 2016
Individual
- Norway Cup U14 Best Player: 2000, 2001
- Magharibi Michezo Awards Football Personality of the Decade: 2018{{Cite web|last=Eshitemi|first=Rodgers|date=23 December 2018|title=Injera, Shikhalo and Nabwire feted at Magharibi Michezo Awards|url=https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/sports/rugby/2001307256/injera-shikhalo-and-nabwire-feted-at-magharibi-michezo-awards|url-status=live|access-date=22 October 2021|website=The Standard|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211022223018/https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/sports/rugby/2001307256/injera-shikhalo-and-nabwire-feted-at-magharibi-michezo-awards |archive-date=22 October 2021 }}
= Awards and recognition =
See also
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [http://ned.worldfootball.net/spieler_profil/doreen-nabwire/ Doreen Nabwire] at WorldFootball.net
- [http://nl.women.soccerway.com/players/doreen-nabwire-omondi/97945/ Doreen Nabwire] at Soccerway
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