Patrick Matasi Net Worth: Age, Career, Controversies, Match-fixing claims, Wife, How Rich is he in 2025?

Kenyan goalkeeper both in the country and internationally following match-fixing allegations leveled against him in March 2025.

, a clip that earned him a 90-day suspension from football, pending investigations.

The video came on the back of some questionable goalkeeping from the veteran who had been conceding some easy goals for both club and country, something that watered down what has been a good career for him.

Matasi is one of the most experienced goalkeepers, having been professionally in the game for nearly 15 years, and played for some top clubs in Kenya and beyond as well as turning out for national team Harambee Stars.

How old is Patrick Matasi?

Patrick Musotsi Matasi was born on December 11, 1987.

Patrick Matasi’s Career

Patrick Matasi started out as a handball player before he made the transition to football, first joining Kabras United in 2009, where he played for two years.

Matasi would make his Kenyan Premier League bow in 2011 when he joined AFC Leopards and became an instant hit with a number of key saves which made him first-choice goalkeeper at the club.

The goalkeeper spent four years with Ingwe and was part of the team that won the 2013 GOtv Shield (FKF Cup) but he fell down the pecking order and following lack of game time, he joined Posta Rangers in 2015.

Patrick Matasi played for Posta Rangers until 2018 and was instrumental in the club earning promotion back to the Kenyan Premier League in 2016.

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It was also while at Posta Rangers that he made his playing in an international friendly against Uganda, as Harambee Stars drew 1-1 with the Cranes on March 23, 2017 in Nairobi.

Patrick Matasi left Posta Rangers and joined Tusker FC in June 2018 but lasted juts three months with the Brewers before he secured a big-money move to Ethiopian giants St George.

He played in Ethiopia for three years, managing 25 appearances, and in 2021, he returned home and re-joined Tusker FC.

It was while in Ethiopia that he became an and played all the five 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers as Kenya made a return to the continental tournament for the first time in 15 years.

At AFCON 2019, hosted in Egypt, Patrick Matasi was the man in goal as Kenya exited at the group stage following a 2-0 loss to Algeria, 3-2 victory over Tanzania and a 3-0 defeat to Senegal.

He, however, made his mark in the final group match as he saved an early penalty from Sadio Mane before the Teranga Lions went on to secure the big win.

Patrick Matasi started his second stint at Tusker FC in August 2021 and played for the club for three years under the guidance of Robert Matano, forming part of the team that won the 2021-22 FKF Premier League title.

A fallout with the veteran coach saw him ditch the Ruaraka-based giants for and after an initial struggle, he became the club’s first-choice.

Patrick Matasi’s highlight at Kenya Police was winning the FKF Cup in the 2023-24 season, when he saved two penalties in the final against KCB, to be named Goalkeeper of the Tournament.

However, a catalogue of errors in the 2024-25 season forced Police to cut ties midseason when his deal came to an end and he joined

Patrick Matasi had earned 35 caps for Kenya by the time he was getting suspended for match-fixing in March 2025, his last game in a Harambee Stars shirt being a 4-1 loss to Cameroon, when he let in two easy goals in a

Patrick Matasi’s Controversies

Throughout the course of his career, , first in the Mashemeji Derby against Gor Mahia in August 2013, when he was captured waving to fans as he wasted time while AFC Leopards were leading 2-1 before K’Ogalo later equalised to end the game 2-2.

While playing for Posta Rangers, was involved in an altercation with AFC Leopards fans who attacked him on the pitch before they later followed him to the bus station on his way home.

Patrick Matasi’s biggest controversial moments have, however, been while in goal given the series of schoolboy mistakes he has made for Harambee Stars and his clubs.

The most recent ones were in a friendly match against Iran in March 2023 when he allowed a feeble shot to get past him as the Asians secured a late 1-1 draw in the 94th minute before his howlers against Cameroon.

In the crucial , Vincent Aboubakar sent him the wrong way to slot home a penalty before Martin Hongla scored the second when the goalkeeper appeared to move away from the ball in what could have been an easy save.

Michael Olunga pulled one back for Kenya but Bryan Mbeumo scored easily at the near post, when Patrick Matasi failed to even dive to stop the ball, and Christian Bassogog completed the rout after the custodian got out of goal in an attempt to close in on him but failed to do so as the Cameroonian tapped into an empty goal.

In December 2024, while turning out for Kenya Police, the law enforcers were leading 1-0 into time added on against Kakamega Homeboyz but Matasi failed to easily gather the ball from Moses Shumah’s header as the game ended 1-1.

Patrick Matasi Match-fixing claims

On March 26, 2025, showing him engaging in a conversation with men who were allegedly seeking to manipulate a match.

The men can be heard issuing instructions to the goalkeeper to let in goals while promising payment although the authenticity of the videos, when and where they were recorded is not known.

pending investigations and the country’s governing body engaged the Directorate of Criminal Investigations as well as CAF and FIFA to help probe the two clips.

If it is proven that indeed Patrick Matasi was attempting to fix a match, then he would face a lengthy ban from football.

Is Patrick Matasi Married?

is married although he has kept his family private. Kenyans got to learn of his family on June 1, 2021 when the goalkeeper was involved in a road accident at Lessos, along the Kapsabet-Nakuru road, that left him, his wife and son with injuries.