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McDonald Mariga
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Kenyan footballer and politician
OverviewAI-generated
McDonald Mariga is a Kenyan politician and former association football player. Born in Nairobi in 1987, he played as a defensive midfielder. His professional career began in 2005. He represented several clubs, including Enköpings SK FK, Inter Milan, Parma Calcio 1913, and Helsingborgs IF.
Mariga played one match during his career and scored zero total goals. He speaks English. His sibling is Victor Wanyama.
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1952-02-12
Discography
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- The PRISMA 2020 statement: an updated guideline for reporting systematic reviews
· 2021 · cited 85,169x
- QIIME allows analysis of high-throughput community sequencing data
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- Reproducible, interactive, scalable and extensible microbiome data science using QIIME 2
· 2019 · cited 20,903x
- Safety, Activity, and Immune Correlates of Anti–PD-1 Antibody in Cancer
· 2012 · cited 10,836x
- PRISMA 2020 explanation and elaboration: updated guidance and exemplars for reporting systematic reviews
· 2021 · cited 9,067x
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Key facts
- 2013
- → Parma (loan)
- Full name
- McDonald Mariga Wanyama
- Date of birth
- ( 1987-04-04 ) 4 April 1987 (age 39)
- Place of birth
- Nairobi , Kenya
- Height
- 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
- Position
- Defensive midfielder
- Years
- Team
- 2003 2004
- Tusker
- 2004 2005
- Kenya Pipeline
- 2005 2006
- Enköpings SK
- 2006 2007
- Helsingborgs IF
- 2007 2010
- Parma
- 2010 2014
- Inter Milan
- 2011 2012
- → Real Sociedad (loan)
- 2014 2015
- Parma
- 2016 2017
- Latina
- 2017 2018
- Real Oviedo
- 2018 2019
- Cuneo Calcio
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Sports profile
- Sport
- Soccer
- Team
- _Free Agent Soccer
- Position
- Defensive Midfield
- Nationality
- Kenya
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kenya
- Place of birth
- Nairobi
- Sibling
- Victor Wanyama
- Occupation
- association football player
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- Tusker F.C.
- Position played
- midfielder
- Mass
- 88
- Image
- Mariga.jpg
- Height
- 188
Show 5 more facts
- date of birth
- 1987-04-04
- Commons category
- McDonald Mariga
- start of work period
- 2005-00-00
- number of matches played/races/starts
- 1
- total goals in career
- 0
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Encyclopedic overview
McDonald Mariga Wanyama ( Kenyan English: [makˈdanald maˈriɡa waˈnjama] ; born 4 April 1987) is a Kenyan politician and former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. In 2010, he became the first Kenyan footballer to play in and win the UEFA Champions League for Inter Milan.
Club career
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