Eric Ouma Otieno (born 27 September 1996) is a Kenyan international

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who plays for Swedish club

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. Mainly a left back, he can also be deployed in all other positions on the left side.

Club career

Born in

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, Ouma signed a six-month contract with

Gor Mahia Gor Mahia Football Club (), commonly also known as ''K'Ogalo'' (), is a 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 times. They are the o ...

in January 2016, before renewing it until the end of the year during the summer. Ouma left Gor Mahia at the end of his contract, going on to sign a six-month contract with Georgian club Kolkheti Poti in January 2017. In February 2018 he moved to Albanian club KS Kastrioti, and by September 2018 he was playing for Swedish club Vasalund, for whom he made 22 appearances, scoring 2 goals. He moved to

for the 2020 season.

International career

Ouma made his international debut for

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in 2016. He was a squad member at the

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* 1996 births Living people Footballers from Nairobi Kenyan footballers Association football fullbacks Gor Mahia F.C. players FC Kolkheti-1913 Poti players KS Kastrioti players Vasalunds IF players AIK Fotboll players Kenyan Premier League players Division 2 (Swedish football) players Ettan Fotboll players Kenya international footballers 2019 Africa Cup of Nations players Kenyan expatriate footballers Kenyan expatriate sportspeople in Georgia (country) Kenyan expatriate sportspeople in Albania Kenyan expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Expatriate footballers in Georgia (country) Expatriate footballers in Albania Expatriate footballers in Sweden {{Kenya-footy-bio-stub