Mark Ochieng

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Mark Ochieng
Personal information
Full name Mark Clint Odhiambo Ochieng
Date of birth (1996-12-09) 9 December 1996 (age 25)[1][2]
Place of birth Nairobi, Kenya[1]
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Right back
Winger
Club information
Current team
 Hume City
Youth career
West Torrens Birkalla
2011–2012
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)
2019–2020 Hume City 18 (1)
2020 Adelaide Olympic 8 (1)
2021– Hume City 18 (0)
National team‡
2012 Australia U17 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 7 September 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 22 September 2012

Mark Ochieng is a Kenyan-Australian professional footballer who plays as a right back for Adelaide Olympic in the National Premier Leagues South Australia.

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[]

  1. ^ a b "AIS Men's Football – Mark Ochieng". www.ausport.gov.au. Archived from the original on 12 February 2014. Retrieved 10 September 2014.
  2. ^ http://www.gfxuploader.com/image.php?di=OUAT
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "Adelaide United vs Wellington Phoenix, Westfield FFA Cup, Round of 32, 5th Aug 2014". FFA Cup. 31 July 2017. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  5. ^ "Adelaide United's Ben Garuccio confirmed as signing at Scotland's Heart of Midlothian". The Advertiser. 25 May 2018.

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