Harambee Starlets young sensation Jentrix Shikangwa has officially completed her move from Kenya Women Premier League side Vihiga Queens to Turkish top tier outfit Fatih Karagümrük S.K.This is after the Kenyan international was formally unveiled on Sunday evening by the professional football club based in the Karagümrük neighbourhood of the Fatih district in İstanbul, Turkey.“Jentrix Shikangwa Milimu in Karagumruk. We have coloured Milimu, the successful wing player of the Kenya National Team. We wish success to Jentrix Shikangwa Milimu who will continue her career in Karagumruk,” the club posted on her unveiling.Jentrix Shikangwa Milimu Karagümrük’te. 🔴⚫️Kenya Milli Takımı’nın başarılı kanat oyuncusu Milimu’yu renklerimize bağladık. Kariyerine Karagümrük’te devam edecek olan Jentrix Shikangwa Milimu’ya başarılar dileriz. pic.twitter.com/LePrNvDNYY— VavaCars Fatih Karagümrük SK (@karagumruk_sk) January 30, 2022 Since breaking into the limelight following her heroics in the 2019 edition of the CECAFA Championships where her brace in the final saw Starlets wrestle the title from the hands of Tanzania, the winger has never looked back on her football career that has been on an upward trajectory since then. It is in the same year that she was voted as the Most Promising Player by the SOYA panelists.The performance in the regional tournament where she netted ten goals earned Shikangwa a name despite being a student at the Wiyeta Girls. It is that display that set the ball rolling for her rise to professional football as it is understood agents soon started milling around the Queens camp in a bid to sign her into their respective agencies.Before making her debut in the national team in 2018 where she played her first match at the age of 16 against Ethiopia, the left-footed attacker had starred in primary and secondary School games.The great Jentrix Shikangwa , reminds me of Anami Derrick. pic.twitter.com/P3QzLijZZA— Max (@BettKMax) January 18, 2022 She clinched the Golden Boot in the primary school games in 2015 and 2016 and went on to take the secondary school games by storm as she inspired Wiyeta to claim both the national and East Africa titles.Despite having to strike a balance between studies and football, Shikangwa was always available for national team duties as she was involved in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics qualifiers where she netted the sole goal in the return game away to Ghana but was not enough to inspire the team to edge the West Africans who prevailed 3-2 on aggregate.Shikangwa, who helped Queens win the Kenyan Women’s Premier League three times in a row, is best remembered for helping the team make history by qualifying for the first-ever CAF Women’s Champions League held in Egypt in 2021. Her famous double in the final helped Queens knock out Ethiopia’s CBE to proceed to the tournament.🇰🇪 An outstanding performance capitalized by a brace from Jentrix Shikangwa sends Vihiga Queens straight to the #TotalEnergiesCAFWCL! 🤩What a player!🌟#ItsTimeItsNow pic.twitter.com/pXIpmuSpsA— #ItsTimeItsNow (@CAFwomen) September 9, 2021 Her move comes barely days after the club’s first-choice goalkeeper Lilian Awuor, who has a number of Harambee Starlets caps and appearances under her belt, signed with French side ASJ Soyaux Charante.Heroic Kenyan goalkeeper Lilian Awuor unveiled in France after sealing dream move to SoyauxAdditional reporting by Meshack Kisenge
