Willis Ochieng Oganyo (born 10 October 1981 in

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) is a Kenyan football player. The former goalkeeper is currently been involved with Gor Mahia,FCUK Zoo, Zetech clubs among others as a goalkeeper trainer. Owing to heavy accusations of match fixing, Gor Mahia and FCUK Zoo sacked him.

Career

Ochieng played 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 ...

club Chemelil Sugar and

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, before moving to

Free State Stars Free State Stars Football club is a South African professional football club based in Bethlehem, Free State that plays in the National First Division. Formerly known as Makwane Computer Stars and Qwa Qwa Stars, their most significant honour i ...

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where he played from 2003 to 2005. He joined

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club

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in 2006. In the middle of the 2007 season he moved to IFK Mariehamn and played eight matches for the club. The following year he started as the club's first keeper, but got injured in his sixth match which meant his season was over. He signed a three-year contract with the club after his first season in

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. Ochieng was reported to be playing for Tanzanian football club

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. Finnish police is investigating the corruption case after he left IFK Mariehamn. Singaporean

Wilson Raj Perumal Wilson Raj Perumal (born 31 July 1965) is a convicted Singaporean match-fixer. Perumal is accused on several match fixing scandals, including Asiagate in 2007–2009 and the 2008–2011 Finnish match-fixing scandal. He was first jailed for ma ...

is said to have paid 50 000 euros to Ochieng of possibly having allowed two times some easy goals. He signed a one-year contract with Western Stima as a

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on 7 December 2012. It is reported he will play the role of goalkeeper coach as well as playing for the club. Ochieng was part of the Kenyan squad that participated at the

2004 African Cup of Nations The 2004 African Cup of Nations, known as the NOKIA African Cup of Nations, Tunisia 2004 for sponsorship reasons (also referred to as AFCON 2004 or CAN 2004) is the 24th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the biennial international men's footb ...

References

External links

Guardian Football

Player profile in Finnish
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ochieng, Willis 1981 births Living people Kenyan men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Kenya men's international footballers Free State Stars F.C. players IFK Mariehamn players 2004 African Cup of Nations players Skellefteå FF players Western Stima F.C. players Chemelil Sugar F.C. players Kenyan Premier League players National First Division players Veikkausliiga players Mumias Sugar F.C. players Kenyan expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden Expatriate men's footballers in Finland Expatriate men's soccer players in South Africa Kenyan expatriate sportspeople in South Africa Kenyan expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Kenyan expatriate sportspeople in Finland