{"id":9285,"date":"2017-01-30T22:30:17","date_gmt":"2017-01-30T22:30:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/?p=9285"},"modified":"2017-02-04T16:34:22","modified_gmt":"2017-02-04T16:34:22","slug":"the-greatest-goalkeepers-ever-to-play-for-gor-mahia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/stories\/the-greatest-goalkeepers-ever-to-play-for-gor-mahia\/","title":{"rendered":"The greatest goalkeepers ever to play for Gor Mahia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With skipper\u00a0 Jerim Onyango having finally decided to hung his gloves and his boots, its time to take a trip down memory lane to remember the best players ever to man the posts for Gor Mahia Kogalo.<\/p>\n<h3>James Sianga Abawa<\/h3>\n<figure style=\"width: 820px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/gormahia.net\/images\/sianga-zamani.jpg\" width=\"820\" height=\"678\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sianga pictured here while playing for Kenya Polytechnic<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/gormahia.net\/articles\/keepers\/James Sianga.jpg\" width=\"636\" height=\"318\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Mid 1970s to early 1980s: Dan Odhiambo, George Ayuka, Charles Ondiek<\/h3>\n<figure style=\"width: 578px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/gormahia.net\/images\/abbas-dan-odhiambo.jpg\" width=\"578\" height=\"355\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dan Odhiambo and Mahmoud Abbas both pictured here, were rivals for the national team starting position<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/gormahia.net\/articles\/keepers\/Dan Odhiambo.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"494\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>David Ochieng &#8220;Kamoga&#8221;<\/h3>\n<figure style=\"width: 496px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/gormahia.net\/images\/kamoga-aag-87.jpg\" width=\"496\" height=\"336\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">David Ochieng Kamoga at the 1987 All Africa games<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/gormahia.net\/articles\/keepers\/David Ochieng Kamoga.jpg\" width=\"653\" height=\"441\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Tairus Omondi &#8220;Tairero&#8221;<\/h3>\n<figure style=\"width: 350px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/gormahia.net\/images\/awich-tom-tirus-91.jpg\" width=\"350\" height=\"516\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tirus Omondi at CECAFA club cup 1991 with Fred Awich and Tom Odhiambo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/gormahia.net\/articles\/keepers\/tirus-omondi-tairero.jpg\" width=\"644\" height=\"341\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Charles Omondi &#8220;Korea&#8221;<\/h3>\n<figure style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gormahia.net\/images\/korea.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Omondi Korea during his recent days as a coach<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/gormahia.net\/articles\/keepers\/Charles Omondi Korea.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"223\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Joseph Asembo<\/h3>\n<figure style=\"width: 605px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/gormahia.net\/images\/gm-95.jpg\" width=\"605\" height=\"425\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Joseph Asembo and Michael Kisaghi were the Gor Mahia goakleeping duo in 1995 and 1996<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/gormahia.net\/articles\/keepers\/Joseph Asembo.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"253\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Mathew Ottamax and Victor Onyango<\/h3>\n<figure style=\"width: 312px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/gormahia.net\/images\/tom-odhiambo-ottamax-london-96.jpg\" width=\"312\" height=\"466\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ottamax and Tom Odhiambo in 1996 in London<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/gormahia.net\/articles\/keepers\/victor onyango ottamax.jpg\" width=\"643\" height=\"284\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Ivo Mapunda, Jerim Onyango, Boniface Oluoch<\/h3>\n<figure style=\"width: 639px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/gormahia.net\/images\/mapunda-towel.jpg\" width=\"639\" height=\"423\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mapunda and the terrible 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