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Dennis Oliech
Personal information
Full name Dennis Oguta Oliech[1]
Date of birth (1985-02-02) 2 February 1985 (age 39)
Place of birth Mathare, Nairobi, Kenya
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Auxerre
Number 14
Youth career
2001–2003 Mathare United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2005 Al-Arabi 17 (12)
2005–2007 Nantes 32 (4)
2007–2013 Auxerre 165 (25)
2013- Ajaccio 1 (1)
International career‡
2002– Kenya ? (32)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:55, 26 October 2012 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17:56, 16 October 2012 (UTC)

Dennis Oguta Oliech (locally /ˈdɛnɪs [invalid input: 'ɵ']ljeɪtʃ/; born 2 February 1985) is a Kenyan professional footballer who plays as a striker for Ligue 1 club AC Ajaccio.

Club career

Oliech started playing football for Dagoretti Santos in his earlier years, then Mathare United.

He turned professional in 2003 playing for 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.[2]

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 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. On January 22, 2013, Oliech was unveiled by AC Ajaccio of Ligue 1 after completing a move from Ligue 2 side Auxerre and signing a two and a half year contract. He was handed the number 29 jersey and went on to score on his debut against Evian Thonon Gaillard in a 1-1 draw.

International career

His first international match was in 2002, when Kenya lost to 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 Islands. He played at the 2004 African Cup of Nations.

International goals

Scores and results list Kenya's goal tally first.

Personal life

Oliech's older brother, Nixon Onywanda, is the coach of the Kenyan side Dagoretti Santos (for which Oliech once played).[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Dennis Oliech Soccerway profile". Soccerway. Retrieved 26 October 2012.
  2. ^ "It's OK For Oliech to Hold Out For a Better Deal" (reprint, registration & fee required). The East African Standard. Kenya: allAfrica. 2 February 2004. Retrieved 16 November 2011.
  3. ^ The Standard, April 15, 2009: KPL slaps three-month ban on Denis Oliech’s brother

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