Report: Kenyan teams earned Sh40m from sale of players last year
Harambee Stars midfielder Timothy Ouma poses for a photo with other members of Czech side Slavia Prague after being unveiled by the team on February2, 2025.
Uganda accounted for the highest number of newcomers in the FKF-PL at eight followed by Tanzania at six.
In women’s club football, 21 Kenyan players moved abroad, and four foreign players joined from other countries. Tanzania was the preferred destination for the Kenyan players with 11 transfers.
Kenya trails countries in the region and those from north Africa in terms of revenue the country’s football teams earned from the sale of players to other countries, a report by the world football governing body Fifa has shown.
Kenya came a distant second in transfer fees received for men’s club football in East Africa last year. The Global Transfer Report 2024 released by Fifa last week shows that international transfers in men’s professional football globally reached a staggering 22,779 last year.
