Elizabeth Muteshi prides herself in being the current top scorer in the Nakuru City Queens football team, having scored eight goals in the league.

Born in Kajiado as the firstborn in a family of four siblings, Muteshi says her interest in football started while she was six years old.

“I loved watching Leonel Messi and admired how he played. This made me join the street football games organised by boys in our estate,” Muteshi fondly recalls.

She narrates how while in class four, she wanted to join the school football team but her father was against it on claims that ‘football is a boys' thing’.

But this did not deter her dreams.

In 2017 while in class seven, Muteshi got an opportunity to play for Kajiado’s Flora Queens who were taking part in the County league.

Her love for the sport continued to grow when she completed primary school and joined Nangili Girls high school.

Here, she was made the games captain, a position she used to ensure her school team made it to the regional level.

As fate would have it, Muteshi was introduced to Nakuru city Queens coach Peter Esitoko through a friend, prompting the coach to visit Nangili girls and watch Muteshi do what she does best.

“The coach was impressed with my skills and signed me to Nakuru city Queens. My dream is to make my team proud as well as Nakuru City,” she adds.

The youngest and top scorer in the team has participated in 14 matches and named player of the match twice.

Away from the football pitch, Muteshi who scored a B plus in her Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examination in 2022 hopes to get a sponsor to help her get through a course in either nursing or aviation.

She currently resides at the Club House with other team members who come from humble backgrounds.

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