{"id":36780,"date":"2026-09-07T21:02:17","date_gmt":"2026-09-07T21:02:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/36780\/"},"modified":"2026-09-07T21:02:17","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T21:02:17","slug":"former-harambee-stars-midfielder-obtains-uefa-a-coaching-license-in-belgium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/36780\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Harambee Stars midfielder obtains UEFA A coaching license in Belgium"},"content":{"rendered":"

It allows coaches to work with professional reserve teams, top-flight youth academies up to U18 level, second-tier professional men\u2019s clubs and top-tier women\u2019s teams.<\/p>\n

Omolo\u2019s latest achievement comes after he had already begun preparing for life beyond playing while continuing his professional career in Europe.<\/p>\n

He also holds an Executive MBA in Sports Management, giving him a combination of advanced coaching education, sports management knowledge and extensive experience at the professional and international level.<\/p>\n

\"Pyramids<\/a><\/p>\n

Omolo brought his playing career to an end in 2024 after leaving Belgian side KV Oostende, closing an 18-year journey that saw him become one of Kenya\u2019s longest-serving professionals in European football.<\/p>\n

He started his European career in Belgium in 2007 with CS Vis\u00e9 before moving to Luxembourg, where he joined CS Fola Esch.<\/p>\n

After two seasons at Fola Esch, he returned to Belgium, playing for Beerschot AC and Lommel United before joining Royal Antwerp, where he spent three seasons between 2014 and 2017.<\/p>\n

\"Charlton<\/a><\/p>\n

He later moved to Cercle Brugge and was part of the team that won the Belgian First Division B title in the 2017-2018 campaign, earning promotion to the top flight.<\/p>\n

Omolo subsequently continued his career in Turkey with BB Erzurumspor and Kocaelispor before returning to Belgium, where he rejoined CS Vis\u00e9 in 2022.<\/p>\n

He later signed for KV Oostende in 2023, his final professional club.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It allows coaches to work with professional reserve teams, top-flight youth academies up to U18 level, second-tier professional…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":36781,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[4],"tags":[7,19796,19795],"class_list":["post-36780","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-belgium","tag-belgium","tag-harambee-stars","tag-johanna-omolo"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@be\/117231782953421420","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36780","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36780"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36780\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36781"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36780"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}