Brian Omondi

Central Midfielder - Nairobi United
27 Dec 2026
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Marked for Brian Omondi

8 Edition

The Nairobi United Herald

21 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad21 Sep 2026

60 days out for Brian Magare after a fracture

A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Nairobi United will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.

Squad21 Sep 2026

6 saves: Gad Mathews was the team

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the whole of the defence. 6 saves, several of them the kind nobody expects to see made, and ten outfield players who owe him a drink.

Squad21 Sep 2026

Words exchanged at Nairobi United

Prince Buregeya 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.

The terraces21 Sep 2026

The crowd has taken to Donald Ange Paterne

At 23 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.

Match19 Sep 2026

Nairobi United find a way past Kenya Police

Kenya Police made Nairobi United work for it, but the scoreboard read 1‑0 at the end and the table does not ask how.

Player ratings21 Sep 2026

Frank Ouya ran the middle of the pitch — 6.85

He won it back and then made something of it, which is two jobs and the reason the scoreline looks the way it does. 9 combined actions and a mark of 6.85, and not one of them will make a highlights package.

Player ratings21 Sep 2026

Ovella Ochieng was unplayable

Successful dribbles: 16. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.

Squad21 Sep 2026

Nairobi United are still strangers to each other

5 new signings in one window. Every one may be an upgrade and the side can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild the verdicts never mention.

The dugout21 Sep 2026

The view from the dugout

“We controlled it. There were spells I did not like and we will look at them, but the group showed me something.” Patrick Karisa, on a 1‑0 win that he was already picking apart on the walk to the press room.

In brief

Back issues
7 Edition

The Nairobi United Herald

14 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad14 Sep 2026

A fracture rules Brian Magare out for 67 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Nairobi United will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

Match12 Sep 2026

Muranga Seal take the points off Nairobi United

Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

The dugout14 Sep 2026

No hiding place for Gad Mathews

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Gad Mathews, and the manager let it.

The dugout14 Sep 2026

Patrick Karisa faces the questions

“We were not good enough today and I am not going to dress it up.” Patrick Karisa after 0‑1, in the tone of a man who knows the next question and does not intend to answer it.

Squad14 Sep 2026

A row about effort at Nairobi United

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

The dugout14 Sep 2026

Donald Ange Paterne gets picked when it counts

Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Donald Ange Paterne is on it.

Player ratings14 Sep 2026

Michael Karamor keeps on missing

Shots: 10, not one of them in. A centre forward is paid for one thing, and on this evidence he has forgotten which thing it is.

The dugout14 Sep 2026

Brian Omondi does not fit this one

Ninety specific minutes wanted a different sort of player, and the manager picked one. He is not out of form and he is not in the side, and both are true.

Squad14 Sep 2026

The shirt is Benson Omalla’s

At 24 he has taken a place rather than been given one, and somebody else has to find something to say about it. Nairobi United have a decision that made itself.

In brief

6 Edition

The Nairobi United Herald

7 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad7 Sep 2026

74 days out for Brian Magare after a fracture

A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Nairobi United will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.

Boardroom7 Sep 2026

Nairobi United close the window on a squad of their own making

15 in and 2 out, and no more changes for months. The manager has what he has, the supporters have their opinion of it, and the table will have the last word.

Squad7 Sep 2026

Words at Nairobi United training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Yusuf Mainge is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

Squad7 Sep 2026

Dancan Omala in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Nairobi United this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad7 Sep 2026

Jonas Mailula signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Jonas Mailula commits to Nairobi United for another 3 years.

The dugout7 Sep 2026

Gad Mathews gets picked when it counts

Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Gad Mathews is on it.

Market7 Sep 2026

Nairobi United pick up Jonas Mailula for nothing

The best deals are the ones the accountants never notice. Jonas Mailula arrives at Nairobi United with his wages the only cost and something to prove the only clause.

The dugout7 Sep 2026

The manager makes Tenuka Ranaweera a promise

Nothing in writing and nothing in public: a word about playing time, given face to face at Nairobi United. The team sheets over the next month will show whether it was worth having.

The dugout7 Sep 2026

Izzadin Juma knocks on the manager’s door

“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Izzadin Juma trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

In brief