David Ochieng (born 7 October 1992) is a Kenyan professional

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who plays as a defender for

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club

Mathare United Mathare United Football Club is a professional association football club, based in Nairobi, Kenya. They currently compete in the Kenyan Premier League, the top tier of the Kenyan football league system, and won their first league title during the ...

and the Kenya national team.

Club career

Born in

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, Ochieng spent his early career with Nairobi Stima, Tusker and

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. He joined the

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in February 2016, leaving the club ahead of the 2018 season. He spent the 2018 season with Swedish club

Brommapojkarna Idrottsföreningen Brommapojkarna, more commonly known as Brommapojkarna (meaning ''the Bromma boys'') or simply BP, is a Swedish football club located in the borough of Bromma, in the western parts of Stockholm municipality. Brommapojkarna is t ...

. On 11 March 2019, he joined

AFC Leopards Abaluhya Football Club Leopards Sports Club, officially abbreviated as AFC Leopards, or simply known as AFC, Leopards or ''Ingwe'' (), is a Kenyan association football club based in Nairobi. It currently competes in the Kenyan Premier League, t ...

in Kenya on a short-term deal. In July 2019 he signed for Saudi club Al-Ansar.

International career

He made his senior international debut for

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in 2012, and has appeared in FIFA World Cup qualifying matches.

References

1992 births Living people Footballers from Nairobi Kenyan men's footballers Kenya men's international footballers Nairobi Stima F.C. players Tusker F.C. players Al Taawoun FC players New York Cosmos (2010) players IF Brommapojkarna players A.F.C. Leopards players Al-Ansar FC (Medina) players Saudi Pro League players North American Soccer League (2011–2017) players Allsvenskan players Saudi First Division League players Men's association football defenders Kenyan expatriate men's footballers Kenyan expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia Kenyan expatriate sportspeople in the United States Kenyan expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Expatriate men's footballers in Saudi Arabia Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden Mathare United F.C. players {{Kenya-footy-bio-stub