- His full name is Emmanuel Ake Richard Muttendango
- He was born on 11 June 1980 in Mombasa
- Ake’s mother is from Kenya, and his father from Seychelles.
- He started his senior career with Black Panther in the Coast Provincial League (3rd level in Kenya). He then moved to Mombasa-based Coast Stars in the Kenyan Premier League.
- A Dutch tourist and his son met his mother in Kenya and found out about his football-skills. In Kenya he wouldn’t be able to get a living out of playing football. The Dutchman tried to give him a future and arranged a temporarily Visa for Ake and invited him over to the Netherlands, to stay with them and to play a test match with FC Oss
- After unsuccessful trials in Netherlands he left the guest-family and travelled to his father in Denmark.[1]
- As a 20-year-old, Ake was signed by Akademisk Boldklub, where he spent four seasons from 2000 to 2004
- He has spent the past ten seasons playing for different clubs in Denmark.
- On 1 February 2012 he agreed to play at Danish 2nd Division club Svebølle B&I, because the club was managed by his old team mate but he was denied a working permit for Denmark and was forced to leave the country only a month after signing with Svebølle.
- He scored the third goal against Burkina Faso, earning Kenya its first-ever win at the Nations Cup.
