Dennis ''Wise'' Okoth is a retired Kenyan

midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...

who featured for

Kenyan Premier League The Kenyan Premier League (KPL), officially known as the FKF Premier League and as the BetKing Premier League (BPL) for sponsorship reasons, is a professional league for men's association football clubs in Kenya. Standing at the top of the Kenyan ...

sides

Nairobi City Stars Nairobi City Stars is an association football club based in Nairobi, Kenya that currently competes in the first tier Kenyan Premier League. History The club was founded in 2003 as World Hope Football Club after a majority of players followed head ...

Gor Mahia F.C. Gor Mahia Football Club (), commonly also known as ''K'Ogalo'' (), is a association football, football club based in Nairobi, Kenya. They have won the Kenyan Premier League a record 19 times, and have also won the FKF President's Cup a record 11 ...

and Sony Sugar. He is currently a local and school coach.

Career

Player

Okoth first turned out for

World Hope Nairobi City Stars is an association football club based in Nairobi, Kenya that currently competes in the first tier Kenyan Premier League. History The club was founded in 2003 as World Hope Football Club after a majority of players followed head ...

since its inception in 2003 and was part of the squad that promoted the side to the

in the 2004/5 season. He was at the club till 2008 season and extended his stay for another two seasons in 2009 and 2010 after the club was rechristened

. He then moved to

in 2011 and then to Sony Sugar in the 2012 season. He returned to

in 2013 and 2014 before calling it a day at the end of that season.

Coaching

After active playing, he stayed on at City Stars as assistant coach in 2015, sometimes as interim coach, and in 2016 when the team was relegated. He served as the City Stars U-20 coach in 2016 team.Capital FM, 15 Sep 201
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/ref> He currently coaches his childhood team Dagoretti Santos F.C. and Rusinga School where is engaged as a Soccer coach.

Honours

Club

;World Hope * KFF Nationwide Champion: (2004) *

FKF President's Cup The FKF President's Cup (known as the Betway Shield cup for sponsorship reasons) is the top knockout tournament in Kenyan football. It was created in 1956, but during its existence the knockout tournament has had different names. It is the Kenya ...

: (2005)

Individual

;Nairobi City Stars * Fair Play player of the year (2009):

KPL Awards The KPL Awards, also known as the KPL Footballer of the Year Awards (FOYA), refer to an awards ceremony held to honour association football players, coaches, officials and journalists participating in the Kenyan Premier League. They are conferred ...

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Okoth, Dennis Living people Kenyan footballers Nairobi City Stars players Gor Mahia F.C. players SoNy Sugar F.C. players Kenyan Premier League players Men's association football midfielders 1982 births