Ex-Harambee Stars coach Engin Firat diesEngin Firat, the Turkish coach who was in charge of Kenya’s national football team Harambee Stars between 2021 and 2024, is dead. On Monday, Lebanese top-flight side Nejmeh Sporting Club where Firat served as head coach confirmed that he died following a “sudden heart attack” while at Istanbul Airport in Turkey. Rest in peace, coach Engin Firat. Breach of contract claimsFirat, 55, served as Harambee Stars coach from September 19, 2021 to December 2024. Nick Mwendwa, then chairman of Football Kenya Federation (FKF), appointed Firat Harambee Stars coach on September 19, 2021, initially on a bizarre two-month contract.
