Michael Kamure
Michael "Azeu" Kamure (born 26 September 1973) is a Kenyan football manager and former player, who was most recently the head coach of FKF Premier League side Nairobi Stima.
 Kamure in 2013 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 26 September 1973 | ||
| Place of birth | Kitale, Kenya | ||
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) | ||
| Playing position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Unattached | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1986–1990 | Kenyatta youth | ||
| 1990–1993 | Nairobi youth | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1993–1997 | Kenyatta Hospital | ||
| 1998–2006 | NSSF | ||
| 2007–2009 | Trust Bank | 38 | (4) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2009–2010 | Kenyatta Hospital | ||
| 2011–2013 | Ligi Ndogo | ||
| 2013– |
Nairobi Stima (assistant/Head Coach) 2015/2016= Zetech University Football Team = Head Coach | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
He currently works at Football Kenya Federation as a Head of Projects & National Teams.
Playing career
Michael Kamure started as a youth player aged 10 at Kenyatta youth team. In 1991, he was selected to join the Nairobi youth team in the squad that represented the country in the Aberdeen International Football Festival in Scotland, where the team finished third. After completing his studies, he moved to the Kenyatta Hospital football team, where he played in midfield with former A.F.C. Leopards assistant coach Nicholas Muyoti and Ulinzi Stars central defender Mulinge Ndeto.[1][2] He moved to the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) and then to Trust Bank and Postbank FC. He subsequently became a coach.
Coaching career
Kamure started his coaching career as an assistant at his former team Kenyatta Hospital before moving back to KEMRI. In May 2011, Ligi Ndogo Academy director Ibrahim Mbikalo recommended him to be signed on by the club as their head coach.
A holder of several coaching certificates from the Dutch KNVB Academy, Kamure's first match in charge of Ligi Ndogo ended in a 3-2 Nationwide League win over Iron Strikers on 19 May 2011. He led his team to a second-place finish in the 2011 season, unbeaten in the second half of the league and the team's best ever finish. Several of the squad members were scouted by premier league sides, including Tusker, Sofapaka and Muhoroni. In 2012, Kamure managed a sixth-place finish, with 15 wins in 37 games in the league. He guided the team to five more wins the following season before leaving the club on 1 September 2013.
On 6 February 2014, it was reported that Kamure joined Nairobi Stima, who were promoted to the newly formed Kenyan National Super League, as an assistant coach ahead of the 2014 season. In January 2015, Kamure was promoted to the position of Head coach at Nairobi Stima F.C. He left the team after only four months in-charge after contractual dispute with the management of the club and joined Zetech University Football Team as the Head Coach .[3]
Managerial statistics
- As of 13 December 2013
| Team | From | To | Record | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | Win % | |||||
| Kenyatta Hospital | 2009 | 2010 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 60.00 | ||
| Ligi Ndogo | May 2011 | September 2013 | 74 | 37 | 22 | 15 | 50.00 | ||
| Total | 94 | 49 | 30 | 15 | 52.13 | ||||
References
- Muyoti, Nicholas. "Muyoti Pleads With Rival Ingwe Camps To Reconcile". The People. Isaac Swila. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
- Mulinge, James Ndeto. "Mulinge to carry Ulinzi's pride to the Stars". Futaa.com. Brian Moseti. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
- Michael, Kamure. "Change of roles at Nairobi Stima". futaa.com. Vincent Opiyo Admin. Retrieved 6 February 2014.