Macharia adds wealth of experience having won two league titles with Gor Mahia
Mathare United is delighted to announce that Kenyan international John Macharia has committed his future to club by signing a one-year deal.
Capped by the Harambee Stars, the left-footed midfielder spent the 2024/2025 season at Bandari.
Macharia brings with him a wealth of experience from competing in the FKF Premier League and overseas. The 26-year-old spent four years in the Georgian topflight with Kolkheti Poti, whom he joined in 2017, just a year after clearing his O-Levels.
After his sojourn in Europe, the Nakuru native returned to the country at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic and signed for Gor Mahia, with whom he won two league titles in four seasons.
“To play in the Premier League is a big achievement and to do so with Mathare United is every player’s dream,” said Macharia.
Referred to as Mashaa by his peers, Macharia links up with former Gor teammates Peter Oudu, Musa Masika and John Nyawir. Macharia and Masika’s link-up stretches way beyond professional football, with the two part of the golden age class that led Laiser Hill to the 2016 Kenya Secondary School Sports Association (KSSSA) national title.
Blessed with pace and an eye for the spectacular, Macharia is well known to Head Coach John Kamau, who managed him during his stint with the Kenyan Under-20 team.