Joe Kadenge

Joe Kadenge
Personal information
Date of birth 16 March 1935
Place of birth Kenya
Date of death 7 July 2019 (aged 84)
Position(s) Winger
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Maragoli United
Abaluhya FC
International career
1957–1970 Kenya[1] 63 (25)
Managerial career
1975–1980 Maragoli United F.C.
2002 Kenya
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Joe Kadenge (16 March 1935[2] – 7 July 2019) was a Kenyan football player and coach. Farayi Mungazi, writing for the BBC, has said that he is "regarded as the finest footballer ever produced by Kenya."[3]

  1. ^ Mamrud, Roberto. "Mzee Joe Kadenge - Goals in International Matches". RSSSF.
  2. ^ "State investiture of honours and awards to be bestowed by his excellency Hon. Daniel T. arap Moi, President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Kenya at State House, Nairobi on Jamhuri Day, Thursday, 12th December, 2002". s.l. 8 July 2002 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ Mungazi, Farayi (10 September 2009). "Veteran star wants style". BBC Sport. Retrieved 12 September 2009.