Vivian Akinyi
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Vivian Akinyi Komullo | ||
| Date of birth | 20 May 1994[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Migori County, Kenya | ||
| Position | 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.
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]
