Former Nairobi City Stars centre back Wycliffe Otieno has formally announced his retirement from competitive football and his subsequent transition into coaching.Otieno had been a free agent since August last year when he left City Stars who released more than half a dozen players in the month.##NAJAVA_MECA_6948993##Simba wa Nairobi got rid of seasoned players during the month and replaced them with relatively younger ones whom a majority had not featured in the top flight before.Otieno who was among those who left the club during that did not make a move in the past two transfer windows and was thought to be eyeing a transfer in mid-season window that is slated to open next month.However, the former Nairobi Stima man has come out to announce his exit from the active scene and his next move.”I have hung my boots and proceeded to coaching,” he said.City Stars too honchos also confirmed that their former player had called time on his career.Otieno who joined City Stars from Kariobangi Sharks revealed that coaching had been running in his blood since his days at Upper Hill Secondary School.”It is a path I have long known and will certainly pursue. I knew I would become a football coach when I was in high school. Time is ripe for me to get the requisite badges and education,” he said.Retired Mwepu collapses due to a suspected heart attackSources close to the player indicate that he will be roped in to the Mathare United technical bench.Otieno joined Thola Glass/ Kenya School of Law after finishing his secondary school studies. He later joined the defunct Nairobi Stima before crossing to Kariobangi Sharks.
