Michael Kamure


Michael "Azeu" Kamure is a Kenyan football manager and former player, who was most recently the head coach of FKF Premier League side Nairobi Stima.
He currently works at Football Kenya Federation as a logistics specialist.

Playing career

Michael Kamure started as a youth player aged 10 at Kenyatta youth team. In 1990, he was selected to join the Nairobi youth team and at the age of 16 he joined the squad that represented the country in the Aberdeen International Football Festival in Scotland, where the team finished third. After completing his studies, he moved to the Kenyatta Hospital football team, where he played in midfield with former A.F.C. Leopards assistant coach Nicholas Muyoti and Ulinzi Stars central defender Mulinge Ndeto. He moved to the National Social Security Fund and then to Trust Bank. He subsequently became a coach.

Coaching career

Kamure started his coaching career as an assistant at his former team Kenyatta Hospital before moving back to KEMRI. In May 2011, Ligi Ndogo Academy director Ibrahim Mbikalo recommended him to be signed on by the club as their head coach.
A holder of several coaching certificates from the Dutch KNVB Academy, Kamure's first match in charge of Ligi Ndogo ended in a 3-2 Nationwide League win over Iron Strikers on 19 May 2011. He led his team to a second-place finish in the 2011 season, unbeaten in the second half of the league and the team's best ever finish. Several of the squad members were scouted by premier league sides, including Tusker, Sofapaka and Muhoroni. In 2012, Kamure managed a sixth-place finish, with 15 wins in 37 games in the league. He guided the team to five more wins the following season before leaving the club on 1 September 2013.
On 6 February 2014, it was reported that Kamure joined Nairobi Stima, who were promoted to the newly formed Kenyan National Super League, as an assistant coach ahead of the 2014 season. In January 2015, Kamure was promoted to the position of Head coach at Nairobi Stima F.C. He left the team after only four months in-charge.

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