Mark Ochieng
Mark Ochieng is a Kenyan-Australian professional footballer who plays as a right back for Hume City in the National Premier Leagues Victoria.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Mark Clint Odhiambo Ochieng | ||
Date of birth | [1][2] | 9 December 1996||
Place of birth | Nairobi, Kenya[1] | ||
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
Playing position(s) |
Right back Winger | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Hume City | ||
Number | 2 | ||
Youth career | |||
West Torrens Birkalla | |||
2011–2012 | FFSA NTC | ||
2014–2018 | Adelaide United | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2013 | AIS | 14 | (1) |
2014–2018 | Adelaide United | 22 | (1) |
2015–2018 | Adelaide United NPL | 45 | (3) |
2018 | Adelaide Comets | 9 | (0) |
2019 | Dandenong City | 10 | (0) |
2019– | Hume City | 13 | (1) |
National team‡ | |||
2012 | Australia U17 | 2 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 30 September 2019 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 22 September 2012 |
Early life
Ochieng's father played international football for Kenya. After growing up in Nairobi, the family moved to Plympton, South Australia when Ochieng was nine, where his father worked as an electrician.[3]
Club career
Adelaide United
He made his senior professional debut for Adelaide United FC in the 2014 FFA Cup in a match against Wellington Phoenix FC at the Marden Sports Complex on 5 August 2014.[4] Adelaide won the match 1–0 in regulation time.
On 12 January 2017, Ochieng scored his first goal for Adelaide against Melbourne City, the 87th-minute strike helping Adelaide United to just their second win of the season.
Ochieng was released by Adelaide United in May 2018.[5]
References
- "AIS Men's Football – Mark Ochieng". www.ausport.gov.au. Archived from the original on 12 February 2014. Retrieved 10 September 2014.
- http://www.gfxuploader.com/image.php?di=OUAT
- Jai Bednall (24 July 2014). "Adelaide United's Mark Ochieng will start in Friday night's game against La Liga side Malaga at Adelaide Oval". The Advertiser. Retrieved 3 April 2016.
- "Adelaide United vs Wellington Phoenix, Westfield FFA Cup, Round of 32, 5th Aug 2014". FFA Cup. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
- "Adelaide United's Ben Garuccio confirmed as signing at Scotland's Heart of Midlothian". The Advertiser. 25 May 2018.
External links
- Mark Ochieng profile AdelaideUnited.com.au
- Mark Ochieng at Soccerway