Kenyan international and Tusker FC goalkeeper Patrick Matasi is the highest-ranked local-based player in terms of Market Value, according to TransferMarkt rankings of the Kenyan players listed.The 35-year-old custodian is valued at €150,000 approximately Ksh 19,635,669 going with the current exchange rate to rank top of all the players plying their trade within the country.Overall, he is ranked at 19th among all the Kenyan players valued in the list, with current Harambee Stars Captain Michael Olunga occupying the top spot with a market value of €9,000,000, the equivalent of Ksh 1.178B.Matasi sends message to clubs interested in signing himMatasi is currently having his second stint with the Brewers and was the best goalkeeper during the season run by the FKF Caretaker Committee and FKF Transition Committee by extension after keeping 17 clean sheets.He is well experienced having featured for AFC Leopards before moving to Posta Rangers, then Tusker for the first stint which was followed by a three-year stay with Ethiopia’s Saint George SA, then returning to Tusker for the second stint.Following the goalkeeper on the list is his teammate at Tusker 23-year-old Daniel Sakari who has been valued at €125,000, approximately Ksh 16,363,058, a defender who joined the Brewers in June last year from Kariobangi Sharks.##NAJAVA_MECA_6905832##Sakari sits just above the widely-traveled Clifton Miheso of Kenya Police FC who is ranked third at €100,000, equal to Ksh 13,090,446.The 29-year-old started out at Thika United before joining Sofapaka FC, then moved to Finland to join VPS before returning to the country to play for AFC Leopards. His stay at Ingwe was shortlived as he left for South Africa’s Golden Arrows after just six months. He spent another six months in South Africa then joined Zambia’s Buildcon FC and followed it with a move to Portugal’s CO Montijo. After Portugal, he came back home to join Gor Mahia FC which he left for his current station.Jonah Ayunga’s market value sky-rockets after a blistering start in ScotlandK’Ogalo’s trio of Philemon Otieno, Yusuf Mainge, and John Macharia are the other local-based players featured on TransferMarkt at €100,000 each for Otieno and Mainge while Macharia is valued at €75,000 (Ksh 9,817,834).Tusker’s second-choice custodian Brian Bwire and AFC Leopard’s Cliff Nyakeya are the only other players featured on the list and are both valued at €50,000 (Ksh 6,545,223) each.
