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{{Infobox football biography
| name        = Dennis Oliech
| image        = [[Image:Dennis Oliech.jpg|250px]]
| caption      =
| fullname     = Dennis Oguta Oliech<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.soccerway.com/players/dennis-oliech/1390/ |title=Dennis Oliech Soccerway profile |work=Soccerway |accessdate=26 October 2012}}</ref>
| height       = {{height|m=1.81}}
| birth_date   = {{Birth date and age|1985|2|2|df=y}}
| birth_place  = [[Mathare]], [[Nairobi]], [[Kenya]]
| position     = [[Forward (association football)|Striker]]
| currentclub  = [[AJ Auxerre|Auxerre]]
| clubnumber   = 14
| youthyears1  = 2001–2003 | youthclubs1 = [[Mathare United F.C.|Mathare United]]
| years1       = 2003–2005 | clubs1 = [[Al-Arabi SC (Qatar)|Al-Arabi]] | caps1 = 17  | goals1 = 12
| years2       = 2005–2007 | clubs2 = [[FC Nantes|Nantes]]             | caps2 = 32  | goals2 = 4
| years3       = 2007– | clubs3 = [[AC Ajaccio|Ajaccio]]           | caps3 = 165 | goals3 = 25
| nationalyears1      = 2002– | nationalteam1 = [[Kenya national football team|Kenya]]
| nationalcaps1       = ?     | nationalgoals1 = 32
| club-update         = 22:55, 26 October 2012 (UTC)
| nationalteam-update = 17:56, 16 October 2012 (UTC)
}}

'''Dennis Oguta Oliech''' ({{IPAc-en|local|ˈ|d|ɛ|n|ɪ|s|_|ɵ|l|j|eɪ|tʃ}}; born 2 February 1985) is a [[Kenya]]n professional [[Association football|football]]er who plays as a [[Forward (association football)|striker]] for [[Ligue 1]] club [[AC AJACCIO|Ajaccio]].

==Club career==
Oliech started playing football for [[Dagoretti Santos]] in his earlier years, then [[Mathare United F.C.|Mathare United]].

He turned professional in 2003 playing for [[Al-Arabi SC (Qatar)|Al-Arabi]] in [[Qatar]] until late 2005. In 2004 he was offered a chance to change his citizenship from Kenyan to Qatari. But he refused the offer.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://allafrica.com/stories/200402040383.html |title=It's OK For Oliech to Hold Out For a Better Deal |format=reprint, registration & fee required |newspaper=The East African Standard |location=Kenya |publisher=allAfrica |date=2 February 2004 |accessdate=16 November 2011 }}</ref>

In 2005, Oliech signed a four-year contract with the French Ligue 1 team [[FC Nantes]] and started playing for them at the start of 2006.  However, FC Nantes were relegated in 2007 after finishing bottom of Ligue 1 and Oliech was signed on loan by [[AJ Auxerre|Auxerre]] who were in need of goals after a bad start to their season. In January Auxerre signed him from Nantes.
On September 25, 2011, Oliech scored his first ever hat-trick for Auxerre in a 4–1 win over Sochaux. The hat-trick was accomplished within the span of 16 minutes.

== International career ==
His first international match was in 2002, when [[Kenya national football team|Kenya]] lost to [[Nigeria national football team|Nigeria]] 3–0.

Having come on in the second half Oliech scored which was the winning goal for the national team in the [[African Cup of Nations]] qualifiers for the 2004 finals against [[Cape Verde national football team|Cape Verde Islands]]. He played at the [[2004 African Cup of Nations]].

===International goals===
:''Scores and results list Kenya's goal tally first.''
{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" style="font-size:90%"
! # !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition
|-
| 1. || 7 September 2002 || [[Moi International Sports Centre]], [[Nairobi]] || {{fb|TOG}} || <center>3–0 || <center>3–0 || [[2004 African Cup of Nations qualification|2004 African Cup of Nations qualifier]]
|-
| 2. || 3 December 2002 || [[CCM Kirumba Stadium]], [[Mwanza]] || {{fb|BDI}} || <center>1–0 || <center>1–1 || [[2002 CECAFA Cup]]
|-
| 3. || 6 December 2002 || [[Benjamin Mkapa National Stadium|National Stadium]], [[Dar es Salaam]] || {{fb|ERI}} || <center>2–0 || <center>4–1 || 2002 CECAFA Cup
|-
| 4. || 6 December 2002 || National Stadium, Dar es Salaam || {{fb|ERI}} || <center>3–1 || <center>4–1 || 2002 CECAFA Cup
|-
| 5. || 9 December 2002 || National Stadium, Dar es Salaam || {{fb|SUD}} || <center>1–0 || <center>1–0 || 2002 CECAFA Cup
|-
| 6. || 14 December 2002 || National Stadium, Dar es Salaam || {{fb|TAN}} || <center>3–2 || <center>3–2 || 2002 CECAFA Cup
|-
| 7. || 15 March 2003 || Moi International Sports Centre, Nairobi || {{fb|UGA}} || <center>2–0 || <center>2–2 || [[Exhibition game|Friendly]]
|-
| 8. || 23 March 2003 || Moi International Sports Centre, Nairobi || {{fb|TAN}} || <center>3–0 || <center>4–0 || Friendly
|-
| 9. || 29 March 2003 || Moi International Sports Centre, Nairobi || {{fb|MTN}} || <center>3–0 || <center>4–0 || 2004 African Cup of Nations qualifier
|-
| 10. || 31 May 2003 || Moi International Sports Centre, Nairobi || {{fb|TTO}} || <center>1–1 || <center>1–1 || Friendly
|-
| 11. || 13 June 2003 || [[Accra Sports Stadium]], [[Accra]] || {{fb|GHA}} || <center>2–0 || <center>3–1 || Friendly
|-
| 12. || 5 July 2003 || Moi International Sports Centre, Nairobi || {{fb|CPV}} || <center>1–0 || <center>1–0 || 2004 African Cup of Nations qualifier
|-
| 13. || 15 November 2003 || Moi International Sports Centre, Nairobi || {{fb|TAN}} || <center>1–0 || <center>3–0 || [[2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)|2006 FIFA World Cup qualifier]]
|-
| 14. || 15 November 2003 || Moi International Sports Centre, Nairobi || {{fb|TAN}} || <center>3–0 || <center>3–0 || 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifier
|-
| 15. || 2 February 2004 || [[Stade 15 Octobre]], [[Bizerte]] || {{fb|BFA}} || <center>2–0 || <center>3–0 || [[2004 Africa Cup of Nations]]
|-
| 16. || 4 September 2004 || Moi International Sports Centre, Nairobi || {{fb|MWI|1964}} || <center>2–0 || <center>3–2 || 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifier
|-
| 17. || 9 October 2004 || [[Botswana National Stadium|National Stadium]], [[Gaborone]] || {{fb|BOT}} || <center>1–0 || <center>1–2 || 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifier
|-
| 18. || 17 November 2004 || [[Nyayo National Stadium]], Nairobi || {{fb|GUI}} || <center>1–0 || <center>2–1 || 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifier
|-
| 19. || 26 March 2005 || Moi International Sports Centre, Nairobi || {{fb|GUI}} || <center>1–0 || <center>1–0 || 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifier
|-
| 20. || 8 September 2007 || Nyayo National Stadium, Nairobi || {{fb|ANG}} || <center>2–1 || <center>2–1 || [[2008 Africa Cup of Nations qualification|2008 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier]]
|-
| 21. || 7 June 2008 || Nyayo National Stadium, Nairobi || {{fb|GUI}} || <center>1–0 || <center>2–0 || [[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)|2010 FIFA World Cup qualifier]]
|-
| 22. || 7 June 2008 || Nyayo National Stadium, Nairobi || {{fb|GUI}} || <center>2–0 || <center>2–0 || 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifier
|-
| 23. || 14 June 2008 || Nyayo National Stadium, Nairobi || {{fb|ZIM}} || <center>2–0 || <center>2–0 || 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifier
|-
| 24. || 12 October 2008 || [[Stade du 28 Septembre]], [[Conakry]] || {{fb|GUI}} || <center>2–3 || <center>2–3 || 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifier
|-
| 25. || 28 March 2009 || Nyayo National Stadium, Nairobi|| {{fb|TUN}} || <center>1–1 || <center>1–2 || 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifier
|-
| 26. || 14 November 2009 || Moi International Sports Centre, Nairobi || {{fb|NGA}} || <center>1–0 || <center>2–3 || 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifier
|-
| 27. || 25 June 2011 || Nyayo National Stadium, Nairobi || {{fb|SUD}} || <center>1–1 || <center>1–2 || Friendly
|-
| 28. || 3 September 2011 || Nyayo National Stadium, Nairobi || {{fb|GNB}} || <center>2–1 || <center>2–1 || [[2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualification|2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier]]
|-
| 29. || 11 November 2011 || [[Stade Linité]], [[Victoria, Seychelles|Victoria]] || {{fb|SEY}} || <center>2–0 || <center>3–0 || [[2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)|2014 FIFA World Cup qualifier]]
|-
| 30. || 11 November 2011 || Stade Linité, Victoria || {{fb|SEY}} || <center>3–0 || <center>3–0 || 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifier
|-
| 31. || 15 November 2011 || Nyayo National Stadium, Nairobi || {{fb|SEY}} || <center>2–0 || <center>4–0 || 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifier
|-
| 32. || 16 October 2012 || Nyayo National Stadium, Nairobi || {{fb|RSA}} || <center>1–1 || <center>1–2 || Friendly
|}

==Personal life==
Oliech's older brother, Nixon Onywanda, is the coach of the Kenyan side Dagoretti Santos (for which Oliech once played).<ref>The Standard, April 15, 2009: [http://www.eastandard.net/sports/InsidePage.php?id=1144011654&cid=38& KPL slaps three-month ban on Denis Oliech’s brother]</ref>

==See also==
* [[Luo people of Kenya and Tanzania]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Lfpfr|first=Dennis|last=Oliech}}
* {{nfteams|3645}}

{{Kenya Squad 2004 Africa Cup of Nations}}

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