Mike Origi

Mike Origi

Personal information
Full name	Michael Okoth Origi
Date of birth	(1967-11-16) 16 November 1967
Place of birth	Murang'a, Kenya
Height
Position(s)	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1984–1988	Shabana
1989–1991	Kenya Breweries
1991–1992	Boshar
1992–1996	KV Oostende	71	(11)
1996–1998	KRC Harelbeke	56	(11)
1998–2002	Genk	81	(20)
2002	Molenbeek	27	(10)
2002–2004	Heusden-Zolder	57	(9)
2004–2006	Tongeren	55	(25)
International career
1989–2004	Kenya	120	(28)
Medal record Kenya Breweries Winner Moi Golden Cup 1989 KV Oostende Winner Second Division Final Round 1993 Genk Winner First Division 1998–99 Winner Belgian Cup 1999–00 Winner First Division 2001–02
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Michael "Mike" Okoth Origi (born 16 November 1967), also often referred to as Mike Okoth, is a Kenyan former footballer. For the most part of his career he played as a professional in Belgium.

Club career

Origi played for Kenyan clubs Shabana and Kenya Breweries (now Tusker). In 1992 he moved to Omani club Boshar and three months later to K.V. Oostende in Belgium. His most successful season was in 1998–99, when his club Racing Genk won the Belgian Pro League. In 2006, at the age of 38, he was still active, although in a low-division league.

Origi was known in Belgium for being a calm football player; never complaining, never protesting and never injuring an opponent. Amongst the fans he was known for being very friendly and "normal".

International career

Origi was a regular player for the Kenya national team and played in the Africa Cup of Nations in 1990, 1992 and 2004.

Personal life

Origi is of Luo ethnicity. His brother, Austin Oduor, was also a football player and a long term captain of Gor Mahia in the Kenyan Premier League. His other brothers, Gerald and Anthony, also played for Kenya Breweries, the former in the mid '90s. His nephew Arnold is a goalkeeper for Norwegian Tippeligaen side Lillestrøm and the Kenya national team.

His son Divock played for the Genk U-15 team but signed for Lille in May 2010. He scored on his debut for the Ligue 1 side against Troyes on 4 February 2013. He was selected to be part of the Belgium national team for the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil by former player and current manager Marc Wilmots, and became the youngest Belgian player ever to score at a World Cup finals when he scored in the 88th minute of a 1–0 win over Russia to secure a spot in the knockout stage for the Red Devils.

External links

• Mike Origi at National-Football-Teams.com