Victor Wanyama

Victor Wanyama (2012 )

Victor Mugabe Wanyama ( born June 25, 1991 Nairobi ) is a Kenyan soccer player on the position of a midfielder who zurmeist is used as a defensive midfielder. Since 2013, the brother of Inter Milan midfielder McDonald Mariga plays for Southampton FC.

Club career

Born in the Kenyan capital Nairobi Victor Wanyama began his active career as a football player, as well as his brothers Thomas Wanyama (also a later professional ) and the aforementioned McDonald Mariga, the Kenya Amateur and Amateur Football Committee and rose only in mature adolescence in a professional football training one. After he served from 2006 the local JMJ Youth Academy, the son of the former AFC Leopards and national team player Noah Wanyama was delivered to various other schools over the years. He has played, among others, in 2006 in his home at the Nairobi City Stars and was also more from 2006 to 2007 in the offspring of AFC Leopards active, in which he often already allowed me exercising in the men's team. Wanyamas career in Europe finally began in the youth teams of the Swedish first division club Helsingborgs IF. There he accomplished while the jump in the second team, but never brought it into the first team. After his return home in 2008 and graduating from JMJ Youth Academy, he signed before the 2008/ 09 season, his first professional contract with the Jupiler League club Germinal Beerschot and then moved up free transfer to Belgium. There he was, however, initially mainly in young active, but almost regularly trained with the pros, where he finally made ​​his professional league debut in the 2008/ 09 season. He played on 4 October 2008 in a 0-0 draw against KV Kortrijk over the full match times and also completed so that his only duty stake for the pros this season.

Only in the season 2009/10 he found his way back into the first team, for which he, however, in the initial phase came only to shorter inserts and was in addition also still actively represented in parallel in youth. In his sometimes quite short assignments he replaced among other things 27 September 2009 in the 0-1 defeat against RSC Anderlecht in 73 minutes and asked yet again in the 87th minute with a red card prematurely dismissed. After a match suspension and a one hour use in the subsequent match against Standard Liege, in which he also contributed an assist, among other things, Wanyama made ​​the final breakthrough into the first team and was used from this point on almost regular playing time. Although he was not represented several times in the first team or came only brief appearances, he brought it up to the end of the season on 15 league operations and was also still present in four games of the Europa League play-offs, in which the team graduated six. In the season 2010/11 the Kenyan-born advanced slowly to a root force in the defensive line of his team. Up to half of the season, although often over the full duration in use, it was some time on or replaced and only came regularly from November 2010 through the full 90 minutes to use. During this time, also, his first competitive goal in professional football, the Wanyama after Čustović edge in the opposing goal he managed 11 December 2010 in the 1-1 draw against KVC Westerlo housed. At the end of the season in which the team again could not keep up with the top box, 1.88 m was great defense Recke on a balance of 26 league appearances and one hit. In addition, he was once again represented in four games of the Europa League play-offs, where he also contributed a hit. Unlike last year, to relatively many applications it brought Victor Wanyama in Belgian football Cup of the season 2010/11, where it was used in four games and the team reached the quarter-finals. After his previously in the summer of 2010 expiring contract was extended, the young defender in 2011 was again on the wish list various international associations.

This Wanyama was brought in during this time included with the German representatives Hannover 96 and Werder Bremen in conjunction. In addition, should also clubs like Aston Villa or the Glasgow Rangers have expressed an interest in the young Kenyan national team. End of June 2011 finally gave the Scottish runners-up 2010/11 Celtic FC obligation Wanyamas for rumored 1.1 million euros announced and presented to the player a contract with a term until 2015. Due to the early lack of a work permit, the transfer almost a week was to Scotland until it officially confirmed. After he stood out positively changed during his time at Celtic in many games Wanyama in the English Premier League for Southampton FC. This transfer, the Celtic earned about 14.5 million euros, is the biggest transfer in the history of Glasgow's traditional clubs.

National

Even as a 15 -year-old debuted the younger brother of current Inter Milan Stars 2007 in an unofficial match against Nigeria in the senior team in his home country. His real debut should be followed only in 2009, when he brought it even to a number of international appearances. With the Kenyan national Wanyama played numerous games of qualifying for World Cup 2010 and is also currently represented with the team in qualifying for the African Cup in 2012, where also comes regularly to his missions. About any inserts in the youth national team of his native country is owing to the sometimes difficult to access data nothing definite is known.

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