Paul Were Net Worth: Age, Career, Family, Wife, How Rich is he in 2025?

Paul Were is among Kenyan players who excited fans in the Kenyan Premier League and in Harambee Stars colours.

A flying left-footed winger, known for his pace and trickery, Were, popularly known as Maldez, played for some of Kenya’s top clubs with notable successful stints at Tusker FC, AFC Leopards and later Mathare United, as well as spells in Europe and South Africa.

The winger is capped 29 times for Kenya, for who he has three goals, and 15 years since his first stint in the Kenyan top flight, he is still going strong, , a country he has played in for seven different clubs.

How old is Paul Were?

was born on October 8, 1993 in Kakuma, Northern Kenya.

Paul Were’s Football Career

Paul Were honed his skills at the famous Mathare Youth Sports Association (MYSA) known to have produced many of Kenya’s top footballers past and present.

He would play for Mathare Youth before he left to join Tusker FC in 2010. At Tusker, Paul Were made a name for himself, dazzling with his pace down the wings.

Loved for his ability to take on players and show some tricks and flicks, the diminutive winger became a fan-favourite and was a mainstay in the team as Tusker went on to win the 2011 Kenyan Premier League title under then coach Sammy ‘Pamzo’ Omollo.

Paul Were left Tusker in June 2012 to join local rivals AFC Leopards and he made an instant impact when he was named man of the match on his Ingwe debut, having assisted Allan Wanga to score in their 1-0 win over Sofapaka.

Were was part of the AFC Leopards team that won the 2013 GOtv Shield, now FKF Cup, a year after lifting the President’s Cup, and in February 2014, he attracted interest from South Africa.

It was later revealed that South African club Bidvest Wits had invited Paul Were for trials and after five days, he returned home to rejoin Ingwe for the rest of the season.

However, in July 2024, South African club AmaZulu came in for the pacy winger and signed him, handing him a three-year contract, but he lasted just a season as his deal was terminated in June 2015 after the club suffered relegation.

After his short stint in South Africa, Paul Were began a five-year adventure in Europe, most of which was spent in Greece.

Between 2015 and 2020, the now 31-year-old played in Greece for AEL Kalloni, Acharnaikos, PS Kalamata, AO Trikala, AO Egaleo, and AO Diavolitsiou. There was a brief stint in Kazakhstan with Kaisar from 2018-2019.

Paul Were would return home and had a brief six-month spell with his boyhood club South B United in the FKF Division Two league but in August 2023, he secured a big move to Rwandan club Rayon Sport, signing a one-year deal. by the end of the season, he after lifting the Peace Cup to earn qualification to the CAF Confederation Cup.

and after spending time without a club, he made a in February 2024 and was part of the team that secured promotion back to the top flight at the end of the 2022-24 season.

In September 2024, Paul Were packed his bags and went back to Greece once again, having secured a deal with fourth tier side, where he signed a contract until June 2025. This is his seventh stint in Greece.

Paul Were’s Family

Not much is known about Paul Were’s family but the winger constantly celebrates his mother and sisters with social media posts.

Is Paul Were Married?

Paul Were is married although not much is known about his wife as he prefers to keep her out of the limelight. The left-footed winger also has children with his wife.