{"id":75,"date":"2010-08-06T10:02:16","date_gmt":"2010-08-06T02:02:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/?p=75"},"modified":"2021-01-01T05:55:48","modified_gmt":"2021-01-01T05:55:48","slug":"remembering-abass-khamis-magongo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/articles\/remembering-abass-khamis-magongo\/","title":{"rendered":"Remembering Abbas Khamis Magongo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rarely does a player have an impact on a club and its fans the way Abbass Khamis Magongo had on Gor Mahia and its fans in the years from 1984 and 1991. Ask any longtime Kogalo fan to pick the best all time player of the club and they will more than likely name the man fondly known as &#8220;Zamalek&#8221;. As any Kenyan fan and supporter of Harambee stars who the best midfielder ever to play for Kenya is and they will most likely say Abbass Khamis Magongo. Indeed the above two sentiments are confirmed by online polls.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/gormahia.net\/images\/magongo-jog.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/gormahia.net\/articles\/magongo\/magongo1.jpg\" width=\"589\" height=\"304\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/gormahia.net\/articles\/magongo\/magongo2.jpg\" width=\"582\" height=\"513\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/gormahia.net\/articles\/magongo\/magongo3.jpg\" width=\"579\" height=\"351\" \/><\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/gormahia.net\/images\/magongo-aicc.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Magongo made an impact immediately upon joining<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/gormahia.net\/articles\/magongo\/magongo4.jpg\" width=\"580\" height=\"299\" \/><\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 593px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/gormahia.net\/images\/magongo-nyangi-pierre.jpg\" width=\"593\" height=\"259\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Magongo on the far right with Peter Ochieng and George Nyangi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/gormahia.net\/articles\/magongo\/magongo5.jpg\" width=\"579\" height=\"483\" \/><\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/gormahia.net\/images\/magongo-zamalek.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">In 1994, Magongo faced off with Zamalek again<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/gormahia.net\/articles\/magongo\/magongo6.jpg\" width=\"584\" height=\"168\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gormahia.net\/images\/magongo\/magongo1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"503\" height=\"260\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gormahia.net\/images\/magongo\/magongo2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"492\" height=\"434\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gormahia.net\/images\/magongo\/magongo3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"515\" height=\"313\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gormahia.net\/images\/magongo-austin-tirus.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"493\" height=\"260\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Magongo (#16) tracking back to help keeper Tirus Omondi and\u00a0sweeper Austin Oduor<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gormahia.net\/images\/magongo\/magongo4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"487\" height=\"275\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gormahia.net\/images\/magongo\/magongo6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"498\" height=\"145\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gormahia.net\/images\/magongo\/magongo5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"499\" height=\"416\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gormahia.net\/images\/magongo\/magongo6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"477\" height=\"137\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Story by Muroro-Pacho<\/p>\n<p>Milimani-Strathmore<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = 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