Kevin Ochieng Opondo (born 5 October 1985) is a Kenyan former

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who played as a

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Career

Born in

Kajiado Kajiado is a town in Kajiado County, Kenya. The town is located south of Nairobi, along the Nairobi – Arusha highway ( A104 road). Kajiado has an urban population of 24,678 (2019 census). Local people are predominantly of the Maasai tribe. ...

, Ochieng played club football for

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 ...

, Al-Shabab SC (Seeb),

Sofapaka Sofapaka Football Club (Sofapaka: Sote kama Familia kwa Pamoja Kuafikia Azimio – Kiswahili: ''We as a Family together to achieve a goal'') is a football club, based in Wundanyi, Taita Taveta County. They play their home games at the Wundan ...

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 ...

Posta Rangers Posta Rangers Football Club is a Kenyan professional football club, based in Nairobi, which currently competes in the Kenyan Premier League. It competes in the Kenyan Premier League and competed in the 2012 KPL Top 8 Cup The KPL Top 8 Cup (a ...

and

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 ...

. He earned 25 caps for the Kenyan national team, scoring twice.

References

1985 births Living people Kenyan men's footballers Kenya men's international footballers Mathare United F.C. players Al-Shabab SC (Seeb) players Sofapaka F.C. players Gor Mahia F.C. players Posta Rangers F.C. players Nairobi City Stars players Men's association football midfielders Kenyan expatriate men's footballers Kenyan expatriates in Oman Expatriate men's footballers in Oman {{Kenya-footy-bio-stub