Harambee Stars captain and Tottenham Hotspur player Victor Wanyama has turned  28 years old today.

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His elder brother, a former Kenyan international footballer McDonald Mariga has penned a sweet message to him as he celebrates his special day.

Happiest birthday bro @victorwanyama 🙏🏾🤗mo love,' he wrote.

Wanyama's younger brother Harry also wished him a happy birthday. His message read;

Happy birthday big man

May God continue blessing you 😊❤️🤟🏾

@victorwanyama.

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Messages from his fans include;

brianmandela Happy birthday skipper @

chrisosale The best day of the year has arrived. So, let us celebrate it with a lot of joy. Happy birthday bro @victorwanyama

aggyofula Happy Blessed birthday Victor

nailaabdallahahmed Happy birthday victor

its_jmoh Happy birthday to the captain @victorwanyama

karwithapurity Happy birthday and many more to come

sheilaakinyi Happy birthday champ,

kash_kashy Party wapi? And happy birthday Victor

machmajok Happy Birthday @victorwanyama May you age with grace be blessed.

Wanyama captained the national team during their first match at AFCON against Algeria, where they lost 2 - 0 to the African giants.

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Kenya is in Pool C alongside neighbours Tanzania, Algeria and Senegal.

Kenyan football enthusiasts are hoping that the gods of football are going to smile upon them and show favour for them to advance onto the next group stages.

Raila Odinga took to Twitter to comment about the Harambee Stars' performance in their first match and he tweeted,

After a 15-year absence from the tournament you played your hearts out but didn't get a favorable result. Keep your heads up and keep going, kuteleza sio kuanguka. The whole nation is still rooting for you #HarambeeStars all the best in the rest of your #AFCON2019 fixtures.

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