{{Short description|Kenyan footballer (born 2000)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{Infobox football biography |name = Brian Bwire |image = |fullname = Brian Okoth Bwire<ref>{{soccerway|brian-bwire/570555}}</ref> |birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|2000|06|19}} |birth_place = Bureti, Kenya<ref>{{NFT player|84311}}</ref> |height = 1.81 m |position = Goalkeeper |currentclub = Polokwane City |clubnumber = 50 |youthyears1 = |youthclubs1 = |years1 = 2018–2021 |clubs1 = Kariobangi Sharks |caps1 = |goals1 = |years2 = 2021–2024 |clubs2 = Tusker |caps2 = |goals2 = |years3 = 2024– |clubs3 = Polokwane City |caps3 = 26 |goals3 = 0 |nationalyears1 = 2021 |nationalteam1 = Kenya |nationalcaps1 = 2 |nationalgoals1 = 0 | pcupdate = 4 January 2026 }}
'''Brian Okoth Bwire''' is a Kenyan professional footballer who plays as goalkeeper for South African Premier Soccer League side Polokwane City.
He has been capped for the Kenya national team.<ref>Citizen, 11 Jun 2024 [https://www.citizen.digital/sports/brian-bwire-the-gaffe-against-uganda-cyberbullying-and-dreams-of-a-return-to-the-national-team-n343792/ Brian Bwire: The Gaffe Against Uganda, Cyberbullying And Dreams Of A Return To The National Team]</ref>
==Career== Bwire turned out for Kenyan Premier League side Kariobangi Sharks,<ref>Mozzart Sport, 9 Aug 2021 [Kariobangi Sharks' blue eyed boy, Bwire, breaks rank with club, heads for the exit]</ref><ref>Goal, 7 Sep 2021 [https://www.goal.com/en-ke/news/bwire-and-sakari-tusker-seal-double-signing-from-kariobangi-sharks/1a8yoh081y2e513b1aefd34myj/ Bwire and Sakari: Tusker seal double signing from Kariobangi Sharks]</ref> and Tusker FC.<ref>The Star, 120 Aug 2021 [https://www.the-star.co.ke/sports/football/2021-08-10-sharks-custodian-bwire-decamps-to-tusker/ Sharks custodian Bwire decamps to Tusker]</ref> He joined Polokwane City F.C. in 2024.<ref>Kickoff, 10 Jul 2024 [https://www.snl24.com/kickoff/sanews/premiership/polokwane-city/kenya-national-team-goalkeeper-bwire-set-for-polokwane-city-switch-20240710/ Polokwane sign Kenyan goalkeeper]</ref>
He broke into the Kenya National team setup in 2021 and made his debut against Mali in a 2022 World Cup qualifier at Nyayo Stadium.<ref>Mozzart Sport, 11 Oct 2021 [https://www.mozzartsport.co.ke/football/news/bwire-elated-by-harambee-stars-debut-three-years-after-first-call-up/8553/ Bwire elated by Harambee Stars debut three years after first call up]</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
{{Polokwane City F.C. squad}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bwire, Brian}} Category:2000 births Category:Living people Category:Kenyan men's footballers Category:F.C. Kariobangi Sharks players Category:Tusker F.C. players Category:Polokwane City F.C. players Category:Kenyan Premier League players Category:Men's association football goalkeepers Category:Kenyan expatriate men's footballers Category:Expatriate men's soccer players in South Africa Category:Kenyan expatriate sportspeople in South Africa Category:21st-century Kenyan sportsmen