Collins Sichenje
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Collins Lusaka Sichenje | ||
Date of birth | (2003-09-19) 19 September 2003 (age 20) | ||
Place of birth | Butere, Kenya | ||
Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Vojvodina | ||
Number | 29 | ||
Youth career | |||
0000–2019 | Green Commandos | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2019–2021 | AFC Leopards | 1 | (0) |
2021–2022 | PAOK B | 0 | (0) |
2022 | AFC Leopards | ||
2022– | AIK | 8 | (0) |
2023 | → KuPS (loan) | 20 | (0) |
2024– | → Vojvodina (loan) | 3 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2021– | Kenya | 3 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 August 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15:08, 5 February 2024 (UTC) |
Collins Lusaka Sichenje (born 19 September 2003) is a Kenyan professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Serbian SuperLiga club Vojvodina, on loan from Swedish side AIK.[1][2][3][4]
Club career
Sichenje started his career with Green Commandos.[5] After that, he signed for Kenyan Premier League side AFC Leopards in September 2019.[6] In July 2021, he joined B side of Greek team PAOK but failed to settle and returned to his former side without making an appearance.[7] Two months later, he joined Allsvenskan side AIK on a four-year deal.[8] On 7 August 2022, he made his professional league debut starting in a 1–0 defeat to Kalmar.[9] He received interest from teams in Spain.[10]
On 31 March 2023, he joined Veikkausliiga side KuPS on loan for the season.[11][12] After the season, he returned to AIK as the purchase option was not exercised. Sichenje made 23 appearances for KuPS in total.
On 11 July 2024, Sichenje joined Serbian SuperLiga club Vojvodina, on a six-month loan deal, with option to make the loan a permanent transfer.[4]
International career
In 2020, he was first called up to Kenya national team.[13] In March 2021, Sichenje made his debut for Kenya in a 1–0 friendly win over South Sudan.[14]
Honours
KuPS
- Veikkausliiga runner-up: 2023
Career statistics
- As of 25 August 2024[15]
Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
AFC Leopards | 2019–20 | Kenyan Premier League | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | |||
AIK | 2022 | Allsvenskan | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4[b] | 0 | – | 12 | 0 | |
2023 | Allsvenskan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | |||
2024 | Allsvenskan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | |||
Total | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
KuPS (loan) | 2023 | Veikkausliiga | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1[b] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 |
Vojvodina (loan) | 2024–25 | Serbian SuperLiga | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4[c][b] | 0 | – | 7 | 0 | |
Career total | 31 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 0 |
- ^ Includes Svenska Cupen and Suomen Cup
- ^ a b c Includes UEFA Europa Conference League
- ^ Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
References
- ^ "AIK:s räddning i backkrisen: Collins slipper straff". fotbollskanalen.se.
- ^ "Chefsscouten om Sichenje Collins: "Internationell i sättet"". fotbollsthlm.se.
- ^ "AIK-debutanten hyllades: "Har sån jäkla stor respekt för honom"". aftonbladet.se.
- ^ a b "Kolins Sičenje peto pojačanje Vojvodine!". FK Vojvodina official website.
- ^ "Shichenje: AFC Leopards star left Kenya's Cecafa Cup squad to chase PAOK dream". goal.com (Archived). Archived from the original on 24 April 2023. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
{{cite web}}
: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "Sichenje Extends Stay At The Den". A.F.C. Leopards. 17 October 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
- ^ "Sichenje reveals his plan after returning to the den". mozzartsport.co.ke. 14 February 2022. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
- ^ "Sichenje Collins till AIK Fotboll" (in Swedish). AIK Fotboll. 1 April 2022. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
- ^ "KALMAR VS. AIK 1 - 0". Soccerway. 7 August 2022. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
- ^ "Impressive Collins Sichenje on the radars of Spanish top-flight club". mozzartsport.co.ke.
- ^ "Kuopion Palloseura ja puolustaja Collins Sichenje pelaajasopimukseen". Kuopion Palloseura. 31 March 2023. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
- ^ "Collins Sichenje". footballcritic. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
- ^ "Badi, Sichenje earn maiden Stars call up". the-star.co.ke.
- ^ "Kenya vs. South Sudan". national-football-teams.com. 13 March 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
- ^ Collins Sichenje, Global Sports Archive
External links
- Collins Sichenje at Soccerway
- Collins Sichenje at WorldFootball.net
- Collins Sichenje at National-Football-Teams.com
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