Faiz Opande

Defensive Midfielder - Kariobangi Sharks
27 Aug 2026
Thursday
Process

Marked for Faiz Opande

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The Kariobangi Sharks Post

24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Triumph

Match

Cup progress for Kariobangi Sharks

A 1‑0 win over Sofapaka, a place in the next round, and the quiet arithmetic every supporter does on the walk home: how many more until a final?

Market

Kariobangi Sharks say no — this time

The offer from Nairobi United for Ally Salum Omar was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.

Market

Kariobangi Sharks get their man

The chase for David Obasanjo ended with $14.0K changing hands and Shabana out of reasons to say no. The supporters will judge the fee the only way that matters: on Saturdays.

Squad

A falling-out at Kariobangi Sharks

Faiz Opande and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Transfer targets

AFC Leopards tell Kariobangi Sharks: Hassan Beja is not for sale

The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.

The terraces

The crowd has taken to Ally Salum Omar

At 20 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.

Match

Kariobangi Sharks keep winning on the road

3 away wins in a row. Travelling support is the truest kind, and this season it is being repaid in the only currency that counts.

Match

Ally Salum Omar sends Kariobangi Sharks past Nairobi United

It finished 1‑0, and it was Ally Salum Omar’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Kariobangi Sharks.

Squad

A row about effort at Kariobangi Sharks

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Ghai Panchol was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

In brief

Back issues
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The Kariobangi Sharks Post

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Transfer targets

Kariobangi Sharks agree $14.0K for David Obasanjo

The clubs have shaken hands with Shabana; the player has not yet. Personal terms are next, and personal terms are where more deals die than anybody prints.

Squad

Words exchanged at Kariobangi Sharks

Faiz Opande and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Transfer targets

Door shut on David Odoyo

Kariobangi Sharks asked and Shabana said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

Squad

A row about effort at Kariobangi Sharks

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Mohammed Habib Sarwari was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Transfer targets

A loan move for Paul Ochuoga is in the works

Kariobangi Sharks have made the call to Gor Mahia. No fee, a share of the wages, and a spare shirt in the position where the squad has been thinnest all season.

The dugout

The form table has caught Timothy Imala

Somebody else has been better, the manager has said so with a team sheet, and there is no argument to be had. He will get the shirt back the only way it can be got back.

The dugout

The view from the dugout

“We did not lose. Some weeks that is all you get, and I would rather have the point than not.” Dennis Karisa chose the glass-half-full version of 0‑0; the supporters left with the other one.

Player ratings

Keegan Ndemi beats them one at a time

Successful dribbles: 12. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.

Match

Kariobangi Sharks draw a blank against AFC Leopards

The crowd waited for a goal that never came. AFC Leopards defended in numbers and left with what they came for, and the two sides could be playing still without troubling a scorer.

In brief