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Francis Kimanzi (born 29 May 1976)[1] is a Kenyan football coach who manages Wazito.

Francis Kimanzi

Personal information
Date of birth	(1976-05-29) 29 May 1976 (age 46)
Place of birth	Kitui, Kenya
Club information
Current team	Wazito (manager)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1994–2002	Mathare United
Teams managed
2002–2010	Mathare United
2008–2009	Kenya
2011	Sofapaka
2011–2012	Kenya
2013–2015	Tusker
2015–2019	Mathare United
2019–2020	Kenya
2020-	Wazito
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

Kimanzi played club football for Mathare United between 1994 and 2002, before becoming manager.[1]

Coaching career

Kimanzi was appointed full-time manager of the Kenyan national side on 11 December 2008,[2] having held the post as a caretaker since May 2008.[3] He was sacked from the post of national team coach after the 2008 CECAFA Cup in January 2009 due to disputes between him and Kenyan football administrators.[4] After a one-year spell coaching club side Sofapaka, he was reappointed as head coach of the Kenyan national team in November 2011.[5] In June 2012 he was sacked as manager of Kenya alongside his entire coaching staff after Kenya failed to qualify for the 2013 African Nations Cup.[6]

After coaching Tusker, he returned to Mathare United as manager in 2015.[7] In August 2019 he was linked with a return to the Kenya national team.[8] He returned to the Kenyan national team as manager in August 2019.[9][10] Kimanzi has publicly spoken out against foreign coaches in Africa.[11] In October 2020, he was dismissed from coaching Kenya.[12] In November 2020 he became manager of Wazito.[13]

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