Kenyan football player

Michael Olunga Ogada ( hold 26 March 1994 ) is a Kenyan master football player who plays as a striker for Qatari cabaret Al-Duhail and the Kenya national team .

Club career [edit ]

early career and Gor Mahia [edit ]

While even a student at the Upper Hill School, Olunga began his career with the Liberty Sports Academy in the Nairobi County League. He scored 32 goals for the side during the 2012 temper, helping them finish the season unbeaten and gain promotion to the Nairobi Provincial League. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] He made headlines when he scored seven goals in a single peer helping his team to an 8–0 succeed. [ 4 ]

initially reported to be attending trials in France, Olunga signed for Kenyan Premier League side Tusker on a annual loan deal from Liberty on 19 December 2012. [ 5 ] After finishing the 2013 temper with two goals for Tusker, Olunga was loaned to fellow Premier League side Thika United for another year, [ 6 ] before joining Gor Mahia before the begin of the 2015 season. [ 7 ] He finished the season as the club ‘s peak scorer in the league with 19 goals to help the side win a read 15th league title without losing a one match, including the second gear goal in a 2–0 winnings over Muhoroni Youth on their final league meet of the season. [ 8 ]

Djurgården [edit ]

On 17 February 2016, Olunga joined swedish slope Djurgårdens IF on a four-year contract, after joining the team ‘s pre-season aim camp on test. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] He scored his first two goals for Djurgården on 8 August 2016 against IFK Göteborg in a 3–1 acquire. [ 11 ] He was besides named man of the match [ 12 ] and Djurgården coach Mark Dempsey praised him for his match winning heroics. [ 13 ] In the future equal Olunga scored once again in the 2–2 draw versus IF Elfsborg at the Tele2 Arena. [ 14 ] [ 15 ] On 27 August, he scored the match-winning goal against Gefle IF with a volley in the 86th minute. In the survive 12 games of the Allsvenskan Olunga scored 12 goals which earned him a fifth put in the Allsvenskan top scorekeeper postpone. [ 16 ] He was nominated for Newcomer of the year in Swedish football by a jury of Allsvenskan coaches and swedish journalists angstrom well as the coaches of the swedish national teams. The award late went to Alexander Isak. On 10 November 2016, Kenyan football site Soka reported that Djurgården had turned down offers on Olunga from La Liga side Betis, Lokeren, belgian champions Club Brugge and swedish champions Malmö FF. [ 17 ]

Guizhou Zhicheng [edit ]

In 2017, Olunga joined taiwanese club Guizhou Zhicheng. [ 18 ]

Girona ( loan ) [edit ]

On 1 September 2017, Olunga was loaned to La Liga side Girona FC, for one year. [ 19 ] On 13 January 2018, he made his La Liga debut against Las Palmas scoring a hat-trick in the couple of 22 minutes during a 6–0 acquire, becoming both the beginning Kenyan player and the first Girona player to score a hat-trick in La Liga. [ 20 ]

Kashiwa Reysol [edit ]

On 10 August 2018, Olunga joined japanese baseball club Kashiwa Reysol. [ 21 ] On 24 November 2019, he scored eight goals for Kashiwa in a 13–1 victory over Kyoto Sanga. [ 22 ] Olunga finished the season with 27 league goals as Kashiwa finished the J2 temper as champions and won promotion to the beginning division. [ 23 ] In J1 League bring on 26 July 2020, Olunga scored a hat-trick against Vegalta Sendai ; the match finished in a 5–1 victory. [ 24 ] Olunga finished as the top scorer in the 2020 japanese J1 League with 28 goals, [ 25 ] winning the Golden boot and the J-League 2020 MVP. He is the inaugural African player to win the J-league MVP award. [ 26 ]
In January 2021, Olunga moved to Qatar Stars League champions Al-Duhail on a three-seasons condense, [ 27 ] for a reported transplant fee of €6 million. [ 28 ] He made his introduction for the club on 12 January, in a 3–1 away passing against Al Sadd. [ 29 ] On 25 January 2021, Olunga scored a hat-trick in Duhail ‘s 6–0 succeed against Al Ahli in the Emir of Qatar Cup. [ 30 ] Three months late, he scored a hat-trick in 4–3 winnings against irani club Esteghlal in the AFC Champions League. [ 31 ] Olunga finished as the top scorer of the tournament, but Al-Duhail crashed out of the contest after a 1–1 guide with team Al Ahli Saudi in late April. [ 32 ]

International career [edit ]

Olunga made his debut for the Kenya national team in a friendly against Seychelles at the Stade Linité in Victoria on 28 March 2015. [ 33 ] He scored his foremost goal for the Harambee Stars in a friendly against South Sudan which resulted in a 2–0 acquire. On 27 July 2019, during the 2019 AFCON Olunga scored a double to complete a comeback against Tanzania .

personal life [edit ]

Olunga studied geospatial technology at the Technical University of Kenya and pursued a Bachelor of Engineering degree. For this reason, he is regularly known as “ The Engineer ” by Kenyan football fans. [ 34 ] He has stated that he looks up to Dutch hitter Robin van Persie as a role model. [ 35 ]

career statistics [edit ]

club [edit ]

As of 10 May 2021[36]

International goals [edit ]

Scores and results list Kenya’s goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Olunga goal.[37]

Honours [edit ]

Tusker
Gor Mahia
Kashiwa Reysol
Individual

References [edit ]