Violet Wanyonyi


Violet Nanjala Wanyonyi is a Kenyan professional footballer who plays as a forward for Saudi Women's First Division League club United Eagles and the Kenya national football team.

Club career

Wanyonyi, a native of Webuye in Bungoma County, began her football journey at Misemwa Primary School. She later moved on to Utithi Secondary School in Makueni before joining Archbishop Njenga Girls High School in Kakamega in 2018. A year later, in 2019, she was honored as the School Player of the Year.
In 2020, she signed with Trans Nzoia Falcons Ladies Football Club, making her debut in the top-tier Kenyan Women's Premier League. During her first season, she finished as the league's second-highest goalscorer with 21 goals, just behind Thika Queens' Mwanalima Adam Jereko.
In 2021, she joined Kenya's most successful women's football club, Vihiga Queens, with whom she competed in the CAF Women's Champions League CECAFA Qualifiers and later in the inaugural finals of the tournament, scoring a total of five goals. Her impressive performances earned her a nomination for the Most Promising Girl at the Kenyan Sports Personality of the Year in December 2021, where she finished as runner-up.

AM Laâyoune

After undergoing trials in early March 2022, Wanyonyi signed a two-year contract with AMFF Laâyoune in September of the same year. After seven matches, the Harambee Starlets striker had already made a strong impression, scoring seven goals in seven appearances to lead the scoring charts at the time. After her two-year contract ended, she was set to join Israel's Ligat Nashim; however, the deal fell through due to escalating security concerns amid the ongoing Gaza war. Consequently, the Laâyoune-based club offered her a contract extension for another season, which she accepted, rejoining them for the 2024–25 season. With a dominant performance throughout the season, she finished as the league's top goalscorer, netting 28 goals in 26 games.

United Eagles

In September 2024, Wanyonyi joined Saudi Women's First Division League side United Eagles ahead of the 2025–26 season.

International career

In October 2021, Wanyonyi received her maiden call-up to the Kenya national senior women's team for the 2022 Women's Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against South Sudan.

Honours

;Vihiga Queens
;Individual