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McDonald Mariga
Personal information
Full name	McDonald Mariga Wanyama
Date of birth	April 4, 1987 (1987-04-04) (age 22)
Place of birth	Nairobi, Kenya
Height	187 cm
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Parma F.C.
Number	17
Youth career
-2003 2003-2004 2005	Kamukunji High School Ulinzi Stars Tusker FC Pipeline FC
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2005 2006–2008 2007–2008 2008-	Enköpings SK Helsingborgs IF → Parma (loan) Parma	01 (0) 37 (6) 18 (0) 41 (3)
National team
2006-	Kenya	024 (3)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

McDonald Mariga (born 4 April 1987) is a Kenyan footballer player who plays for Parma.

Contents 1 Club career 2 International career 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Club career

Mariga started his playing career at Ulinzi Stars before moving to Pipeline FC. Mariga was a member of the Kamukunji High School 'Golden Boys', which also included Kenyan striker Dennis Oliech (Auxerre, France), that won two consecutive National Championships in 2002 & 2003.

The central midfielder came to Sweden in 2005 to play for third Division side Enköpings SK. After only one season at ESK, he signed for Helsingborgs IF before the 2006 season. His success at Olympia was immediate.^[1] Following initial interest from Portsmouth manager Harry Redknapp, Mariga looked set to sign for the Premier League team, but work permit issues held up the deal which was supposed to have cost around 2.7 million euros.

He moved to the Serie A club Parma F.C. on loan in August 2007. The Italian club had an option to buy him in the summer for a fee of 20 million Swedish kronor (around €2 million).^[2] Mariga agreed to a four year deal to keep him at Serie A side Parma for four years until the end of June 2012, after the club paid a transfer fee for Swedish Kronor 18 million (approx. 1.94 million euros). The deal, brokered by former Swede great Martin Dahlin, now an agent, falls short of the 20 Million Kronnor asking price initially set by Helsingborgs. 25% of the transfer fee will go to Enkopings SK, the club that first got Mariga to Sweden in 2005.

Mariga, who was rated at close to 0.8M euros way back in July last year saw his price tag gradually grow to the current figure fetched in just under a year after great performances in the Italian Serie A since he moved from Helsingborgs at the close of the European transfer window last August.

Mariga played 35 times for Parma in the Serie B during the 2008-2009 season scoring three time to help them back to Serie A for the 2009-2010 season.

[edit] International career

Mariga scored his first international goal for Kenya against Swaziland on 25/03/2007.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Kenyan Footie - Kenyan Football Portal

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