Aldrine Kibet

Aldrine Kibet is a Kenyan footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Spanish club RC Celta Fortuna and the Kenya national team team.

Club career

Kibet rose to prominence in August 2023 while representing St. Anthony's Boys Kitale at the 2023 Kenya Secondary Schools Sports Association Games in Kakamega, where he played alongside box-to-box midfielder, now at in Barcelona, and Amos Wanjala, currently with Torrellano CF. His standout performances, including leading his team to the title, earned him the LG/SJAK Sports Personality of the Month award for August 2023. In 2023, he moved to Spain and joined . On 16 July 2025, RC Celta de Vigo announced the signing of Kibet on a four-year contract; initially registered in the Juvenil team, he was assigned to the B-team in Primera Federación.

Early life

Kibet attended Poror Primary School in Baringo and Mama Ngina Primary school in Nakuru and honed his football skills at Nakuru Youth Sports Association. He later joined St. Anthony's School and this is where his football prowess came to the fore which opened his doors to the Kenya U18 and U20 teams, and a place in Nastic Academy and all the way to Celta Fortuna.

International career

Kibet was part of Kenya's U18 that won silver at the CECAFA U18 championship held in Kisumu, Kenya in November 2023. He scored three goals after finding the net in three of four different group games against Sudan, Rwanda, and Somalia to emerge the tournament's golden boot winner
He was included in the Kenya U20 team that took part in the 2024 CECAFA U-20 Championship in October 2024, in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. He fired in a hattrick in Kenya's 4–0 win over Sudan at the Azam Complex.
Kibet was part of Kenya U20 that qualified for the 2025 U-20 Africa Cup of Nations tournament held in Cairo, Egypt, in May 2025