Mark Ochieng

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

Mark Ochieng
Personal information
Full name Mark Clint Odhiambo Ochieng
Date of birth (1996-12-09) 9 December 1996[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
 Adelaide Olympic
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)
2019–2020 Hume City 18 (1)
2020– Adelaide Olympic 8 (1)
National team‡
2012 Australia U17 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 4 November 2020
‡ 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
  1. "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. 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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