Mike Origi
Michael "Mike" Okoth Origi (born 16 November 1967 in Murang'a), also often referred to as Mike Okoth, is a retired Kenyan footballer. For the most part of his career, he played as a professional in Belgium.
Club career[edit]
Origi played for Kenyan clubs Shabana and Kenya Breweries (now Tusker). In 1992 he moved to Omani club Boshar and three months later to K.V. Oostende in Belgium. His most successful season was in 1998–99, when his club Racing Genk won the Belgian Pro League. In 2006, at the age of 38, he was still active, although in a low-division league.
Origi was known in Belgium for being a calm football player; never complaining, never protesting and never injuring an opponent. Amongst the fans he was known for being very friendly and "normal".[citation needed]
International career[edit]
Origi was a regular player for the Kenya national team and played in the Africa Cup of Nations in 1990, 1992 and 2004.[citation needed]
Personal life[edit]
Origi is of Luo ethnicity.[1] His brother, Austin Oduor, was also a football player and a long term captain of Gor Mahia in the Kenyan Premier League. His other brothers, Gerald and Anthony, also played for Kenya Breweries, the former in the mid '90s. His nephew Arnold is a goalkeeper for Norwegian Tippeligaen side Lillestrøm and the Kenya national team.
His son Divock played for the Genk U-15 team but signed for Lille in May 2010. He scored on his debut for the Ligue 1 side against Troyes on 4 February 2013.[2] He was selected to be part of the Belgium national team for the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil by former player and current manager Marc Wilmots,[3] and became the youngest Belgian player ever to score at a World Cup finals when he scored in the 88th minute of a 1–0 win over Russia to secure a spot in the knockout stage for the Red Devils.[4][5]
References[edit]
- ^ Robin Toskin: Script error: No such module "Vorlage:Internetquelle". The Standard, 29. Juni 2014, abgerufen am 5. Juli 2014.
- ^ Divock Origi scores debut goal in Ligue 1 - Retrieved 5 February 2013.
- ^ "Adnan Januzaj included in Belgium's World Cup squad". BBC. 13 May 2014. Retrieved 13 May 2014.
- ^ "Belgium v Russia". BBC. 22 June 2014. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
- ^ "Divock Origi's Late Goal for Belgium Defeats Russia". Bleacher Report. 22 June 2014. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
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