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Dennis Oliech Personal information Date of birth 2 February 1985 Place of birth Nairobi, Kenya Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) Playing position Forward Club information Current club 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– Auxerre 151 (21) National team‡ 2002– Kenya ? (31) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:32, 16 November 2011 (UTC).
† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17:32, 16 November 2011 (UTC)Dennis Oliech (born on 2 February 1985) is a Kenyan professional football forward currently playing for Auxerre.
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Club career
Dennis 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 to change his citizenship form Kenyan to Qatari. but he refused the offer.[1]
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 25th 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 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. This was the same year he was voted as one of the most promising talents alongside Wayne Rooney of Manchester United.
International goals
- Scores and results list Kenya's goal tally first.
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1. 7 September 2002 Moi International Sports Centre, Nairobi, Kenya Togo
3–0 3–0 2004 African Cup of Nations qualification 2. 3 December 2002 CCM Kirumba Stadium, Mwanza, Tanzania Burundi
1–0 1–1 2002 CECAFA Cup 3. 6 December 2002 National Stadium, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Eritrea
2–0 4–1 2002 CECAFA Cup 4. 6 December 2002 National Stadium, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Eritrea
3–1 4–1 2002 CECAFA Cup 5. 9 December 2002 National Stadium, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Sudan
1–0 1–0 2002 CECAFA Cup 6. 14 December 2002 National Stadium, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Tanzania
3–2 3–2 2002 CECAFA Cup 7. 15 March 2003 Moi International Sports Centre, Nairobi, Kenya Uganda
2–0 2–2 Friendly 8. 23 March 2003 Moi International Sports Centre, Nairobi, Kenya Tanzania
3–0 4–0 Friendly 9. 29 March 2003 Moi International Sports Centre, Nairobi, Kenya Mauritania
3–0 4–0 2004 African Cup of Nations qualification 10. 31 May 2003 Moi International Sports Centre, Nairobi, Kenya Trinidad and Tobago
1–1 1–1 Friendly 11. 13 June 2003 Accra Sports Stadium, Accra, Ghana Ghana
2–0 3–1 Friendly 12. 5 July 2003 Moi International Sports Centre, Nairobi, Kenya Cape Verde
1–0 1–0 2004 African Cup of Nations qualification 13. 15 November 2003 Moi International Sports Centre, Nairobi, Kenya Tanzania
1–0 3–0 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification 14. 15 November 2003 Moi International Sports Centre, Nairobi, Kenya Tanzania
3–0 3–0 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification 15. 2 February 2004 Stade 15 Octobre, Bizerte, Tunisia Burkina Faso
2–0 3–0 2004 Africa Cup of Nations 16. 4 September 2004 Moi International Sports Centre, Nairobi, Kenya Malawi
2–0 3–2 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification 17. 9 October 2004 National Stadium, Gaborone, Botswana Botswana
1–0 1–2 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification 18. 17 November 2004 Nyayo National Stadium, Nairobi, Kenya Guinea
1–0 2–1 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification 19. 26 March 2005 Moi International Sports Centre, Nairobi, Kenya Guinea
1–0 1–0 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification 20. 8 September 2007 Nyayo National Stadium, Nairobi, Kenya Angola
2–1 2–1 2008 Africa Cup of Nations qualification 21. 7 June 2008 Nyayo National Stadium, Nairobi, Kenya Guinea
1–0 2–0 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification 22. 7 June 2008 Nyayo National Stadium, Nairobi, Kenya Guinea
2–0 2–0 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification 23. 14 June 2008 Nyayo National Stadium, Nairobi, Kenya Zimbabwe
2–0 2–0 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification 24. 12 October 2008 Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry, Guinea Guinea
2–3 2–3 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification 25. 28 March 2009 Nyayo National Stadium, Nairobi, Kenya Tunisia
1–1 1–2 2010 FIFA World Cup qualificaiton 26. 14 November 2009 Moi International Sports Centre, Nairobi, Kenya Nigeria
1–0 2–3 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification 27. 25 June 2011 Nyayo National Stadium, Nairobi, Kenya Sudan
1–1 1–2 Friendly 28. 3 September 2011 Nyayo National Stadium, Nairobi, Kenya Guinea-Bissau
2–1 2–1 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualification 29. 11 November 2011 Stade Linité, Victoria, Seychelles Seychelles
2–0 3–0 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification 30. 11 November 2011 Stade Linité, Victoria, Seychelles Seychelles
3–0 3–0 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification 31. 15 November 2011 Nyayor National Stadium, Nairobi, Kenya Seychelles
2–0 4–0 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification Personal
His older brother, Nixon Onywanda, is the coach of the Kenyan Nationwide League side Dagoretti Santos (for which Oliech once played).[2].
See also
References
- ^ "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. http://allafrica.com/stories/200402040383.html. Retrieved 16 November 2011.
- ^ The Standard, April 15, 2009: KPL slaps three-month ban on Denis Oliech’s brother
External links
- Dennis Oliech French league stats at LFP.fr (French)
- Dennis Oliech at National-Football-Teams.com
Kenya squad – 2004 Africa Cup of Nations 1 Mathenge • 2 Mulama • 3 Waweru • 4 W. Ochieng • 5 Opiyo • 6 Otieno • 7 Shaban • 8 Oyombe • 9 Baraza • 10 Onyiso • 11 Odede • 12 Juma • 13 Muiruri • 14 Kassim • 15 Gikenya • 16 Omondi • 17 Sunguti • 18 D. Ochieng • 19 Mambo Mumba • 20 Oliech • 21 Ake • 22 Okoth Origi • Coach: MuleeAJ Auxerre – current squad 1 Sorin (c) · 2 Hengbart · 3 Boly · 4 Grichting · 5 Dudka · 6 Coulibaly · 7 Chafni · 8 Le Tallec · 9 Haddad · 10 Licata · 11 Sahar · 13 Missilou · 14 Oliech · 15 Del Valle · 16 Pontdemé · 17 Jemâa · 18 Contout · 19 Sanogo · 20 Sidibé · 21 Cissé · 22 Segbefia · 23 Berthod · 25 Kossoko · 26 Acapandié · 27 A.Traoré · 28 Kallé · 29 N'Dinga · 30 Léon · 31 Haller · 32 Meïté · 33 Châtelain · 34 Calvet · 35 Fall · 36 Madiba · 37 Monconduit · 38 Camps · 39 Akichi · 40 Baltus · Manager: Fournier
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