Vivian Akinyi

Vivian Akinyi

Personal information
Full name	Vivian Akinyi Komullo
Date of birth	(1994-05-20) 20 May 1994 (age 30)[1]
Place of birth	Migori County, Kenya
Position(s)	Goalkeeper[2]
Youth career
	True Colours FC
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	Mathare United
	Kenya Sports Journalists
	Makolanders
	Soccer Queens
2018–	Gaspo
International career
	Kenya
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Vivian Akinyi Komullo (born 20 May 1994) is a Kenyan footballer who plays as a goalkeeper. She has been a member of the Kenya women's national team.

Early years

Akinyi was born on 20 May 1994 in Migori County, Kenya, to George Owuor Komullo and Hellen Aoko Komullo.[3] She has an identical twin sister, Sharon Aluoch.[3] The two grew up in the Mathare slums of Nairobi, where they began playing football after their older brother introduced them to the sport.[3] The twins attended Valley View Academy, a private school, where they honed their skills as midfielders on the school's team.[3] However, Akinyi eventually switched to goalkeeper because "the coach would always pick Sharon ahead of [her]".[3]

The twins attended Sega Girls High School on a football scholarship before transferring to Maina Wanjigi High School.[3] They also played for True Colours FC in the Mathare Youth Sports Association.[4]

Club career

At the age of 14, Akinyi and her sister featured for Mathare United in the Kenyan Women's Premier League (KWPL).[3] They continued playing for the club until the women's side was discontinued in 2012.[4]

Akinyi signed with Gaspo ahead of the 2018 KWPL season.[5] She served as the team captain before she was named the manager in late 2022.[6][7]

International career

Akinyi earned her first call-up to the Kenya women's national team in 2014.[3] She played for Kenya at the 2016 Africa Women Cup of Nations.[8][9]

See also

• List of Kenya women's international footballers

References

1. "StartListForMedia" (PDF).
2. "Competitions - 10th Edition Women's AFCON-cameroon 2016 - Team Details - Player Details". CAF.
3. Mballa, Tony (16 October 2020). "Akinyi , Aluoch are an imposing pair that is difficult to separate". The Star. Archived from the original on 26 October 2020. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
4. Ombati, Paul (7 August 2021). "The Football Journey Of Komullo Twins – Sharon And Vivian". Citizen Digital. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
5. Jebet, Rebecca (15 February 2018). "Gaspo FC signs up eight new players". The Standard. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
6. Ousuru, Evans (24 March 2022). "Gaspo's Akinyi demands consistency as WPL enters homestretch". The Star. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
7. Ousuru, Evans (7 December 2022). "Gaspo reshuffle augurs well with team ambitions, says Githua". The Star. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
8. "Kenya name AWCON squad". Soka25east.
9. "Competitions - 10th Edition Women's AFCON-cameroon 2016 - Match Details". CAF.