Nakuru Top Fry AllStars
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The former Nakuru AllStars logo. | |
| Full name | Nakuru Top Fry AllStars |
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| Nickname(s) | AllStars, Top Fry |
| Founded | 2010 (reformed from the 1961 club) |
| Ground |
Afraha Stadium, Nakuru, Kenya (capacity: 8,200) Nakuru Athletic Ground (training) Nakuru, Kenya |
| Chairman | Pierre Vendelboe |
| Manager | Peter Okidi & Nick Yakhama |
| League | Kenyan Premier League |
| 2013 |
FKF Division One, 1st (Zone B, Group 1) Promotion play-off winners (promoted) |
| Website | Club home page |
The Nakuru Top Fry AllStars, commonly known as Nakuru AllStars, Top Fry AllStars or simply Top Fry, are a Kenyan professional football club based in Nakuru, that competes in the Kenyan Premier League, the top tier of football in Kenya.
The club was reformed and created as a continuation of the former Nakuru AllStars, who won the Kenya National Football League in 1963 and 1969.
In 2010, Kenyan Robert Muthomi reformed and revived the club and its name with a selection of players at under-15 level. Muthomi is a player's representative who includes Kenyan international Patrick Oboya amongst his clients. The club receives media attention from Denmark as prominent sports website Bold.dk co-founder Pierre Vendelboe is an investor in the club.[1] Vendelboe was part of a consortium which purchased the football club AC Nakuru, and included and merged it with the rest of the Nakuru AllStars club.
Among the members of the new technical staff is Sammy Nyongesa who was a player with the original team in 1969 when it last won the league. He has also previously coached the Kenya national football team and is known in Nakuru for running the Youth Olympic centre that produced such as players as Ambrose Ayoyi and John Muiruri.
In 2011, the Nakuru AllStars played in the FKL Nationwide League. When the new owners came in the former team had amassed 9 points from 12 matches and were firmly in the relegation spot but by the end of the season the team had gained 39 points to finish in position 10 out of the 16 teams that made the league under the tutelage of former Kenyan international Simon Mulama.
On 8 May 2013, the Nakuru AllStars signed a sponsorship deal with Menengai Oil Refineries, and through their Top Fry brand, changed the team's name to Nakuru Top Fry AllStars.[2]
Current squad
- As of 27 June 2012.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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References
- ↑ "Real Life Football Manager: Hvorfor Nakuru AllStars". Bold.dk. 18 May 2011. Retrieved 29 May 2011.
- ↑ Jeff Kinyanjui (8 May 2013). "Div One side lands millions in sponsorship deal". Futaa.com. Retrieved 12 May 2013.
- ↑ http://www.futaa.com/football/kenya/division-one-zone-b/nakuru-allstars
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