Doreen Nabwire

Doreen Nabwire Omondi (born 5 March 1987), nicknamed "Dodo", She also played and served as captain of the Kenya women's national football team. She played for FC Zwolle in de Eredivisie Vrouwen from 2010 to 2011.

She started playing football on the streets at the age of ten and was discovered by players who noticed her talent and told her about a project being run by the Nobel Peace Prize nominated Mathare Youth Sports Association (MYSA) with the aim of empowering young people through football. She wanted to join the women's team of Mathare United, but she was held back by her mother who felt that women were not meant to play football.

Werder Bremen, 2009–2010 Nabwire joined SV Werder Bremen in the German second division in 2009. On 27 September 2009, during her debut during the opening match of the season, she scored a brace to take Bremen to 2–2 draw against Hamburger SV II. Her goal made her the first player to score for Werder Bremen in the 2. Bundesliga.

During her one-year period with the Bremen-based club she scored seven goals in eighteen games. The following league match on 4 October 2010, she scored her debut goal in a 3–2 loss to FC Utrecht. She only stayed for one season, played 16 matches and scored one goal before returning to her native Kenya.

MOYAS and Matuu FC, 2011–2013 She returned to Kenya in July 2011 and joined MOYAS FC as a player coach and helped them to win the Kenya Super 8 League that year. She later joined Matuu FC and won the 2012 Kenyan Women's Premier League. In 2013, she became assistant coach of MOYAS FC.

1. FC Köln, 2013–2014 In November 2013, she returned to Germany for the 2013–2014 season, to sign for 1. FC Köln who were then in the second division. In February 2014, she suffered a ruptured achilles tendon which ended her season and her club career in Europe. In 2006, she captained the Kenya under-20 against Nigeria and also played in matches against Djibouti and Cameroon. She made her debut for the team in 2001 at the age of 15 in a friendly match against Ethiopia, where she played 70 minutes before being taken off. She served in that role in September 2016 at the 2016 CECAFA Women's Championship where Kenya lost to Tanzania in the finals.

She was part of the Harambee Starlets squad that qualified for the 2016 Africa Women Cup of Nations (AWCON) in Cameroon for the first time in the country's history.

From 2010 to 2011, while playing for FC Zwolle, she obtained the UEFA-C coaching license at the Landstede Sportcentrum in Zwolle.

Football Kenya Federation Since 2016, she had been holding a key administrative role at the Football Kenya Federation including working as the Women's Football Development Officer and Director of Women's football. She also doubles as the Football Kenya Federation (FKF)'s Deputy Competitions Manager. In July 2021, she led the federation to launch a women's football strategy to grow women's football in Kenya.

FIFA In November 2019, Nabwire was one of the 24 women from FIFA's 211 member associations who graduated from the FIFA-UEFA Women in Football Leadership Programme. The grouped is headed by Jill Ellis and has fellow African Asisat Oshoala also as a member. She has three sons.

Other activities Nabwire is an avid Manchester United fan. Nabwire published her autobiography in January 2011, titled Traumpass which was co-authored with Herbert Ostwald.

Nabwire holds a diploma in Tours, Travel, and Cabin Crew and has worked at the Phoenix Safaris, Kenya in the past. 2. Bundesliga

FC Zwolle 2010–11 Eredivisie

1. FC Köln 2013–14 2. Bundesliga

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Honours MYSA

Norway Cup U14: 2000, 2001 CECAFA Women's Championship runner-up: 2016

Awards and recognition In 2007, Nabwire was selected as Kenya's Football for Hope Ambassador and served as a representative for her country during the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa.