Ibrahim Olunga

Defensive Midfielder - Kariobangi Sharks U18
3 May 2029
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The Kariobangi Sharks Post

29 Nov 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad29 Nov 2027

The knee: Sphamandla Sithole out for 111 days

111 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Kariobangi Sharks lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.

Squad29 Nov 2027

A row about effort at Kariobangi Sharks

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

Squad29 Nov 2027

Ayanda Tibe 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 Kariobangi Sharks this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

The dugout29 Nov 2027

Faiz Opande knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Kariobangi Sharks, and both men came out saying it was fine.

The dugout29 Nov 2027

When it matters, Ian Karani plays

It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.

Market29 Nov 2027

Sphamandla Sithole placed on the list

Kariobangi Sharks have made Sphamandla Sithole available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.

In brief

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The Kariobangi Sharks Post

13 Sep 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Market13 Sep 2027

Faiz Opande asks to leave Kariobangi Sharks

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

The dugout13 Sep 2027

Ibrahim Olunga: that is not what I was promised

“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Kariobangi Sharks have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

The dugout13 Sep 2027

Joseph Mwangi frozen out at Kariobangi Sharks

This is not rotation. Joseph Mwangi has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Kariobangi Sharks is pretending otherwise.

Squad13 Sep 2027

Kariobangi Sharks lose Joseph Mwangi

60 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.

Squad13 Sep 2027

Faiz Opande falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

Squad13 Sep 2027

Joseph Mwangi 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 Kariobangi Sharks this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Match11 Sep 2027

Kariobangi Sharks see off Posta Rangers

Three points for Kariobangi Sharks, 1‑0 the final word against Posta Rangers in a contest settled by the finer margins.

Boardroom13 Sep 2027

Wages swallow 91% of the Kariobangi Sharks income

Every club pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time it has been tried.

The dugout13 Sep 2027

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.” Timothy Miheso, on a 1‑0 win that he was already picking apart on the walk to the press room.

In brief