Mike Origi
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Template:Infobox football biography Michael Okoth Origi (born 16 November 1967) is a Kenyan retired footballer. Initially playing as a goalkeeper he converted to a striker at Shabana,[1][2] a position that he would feature in for both club and country.
He spent most of his professional career in Belgium, while at international level he represented the Kenya national football team on 48 occasions between 1989 and 2004, scoring 17 goals.[3] He is the father of Belgian international footballer, Divock Origi.
Club career
Okoth started his football career with Itierio Secondary School from where he was spotted by Shabana.[4] He would feature for Shabana in the Kenyan Super League and at continental level in the African Champions Cup.[5]
In 1992, he moved to Omani club Al Boshar and after the Africa Cup of Nations K.V. Oostende of the Belgian Second Division.
He would experience success with Racing Club Genk winning the 1998–99 Belgian First Division and the 1999-00 Belgian Cup.[6]
Okoth would end his career in 2006 playing in the Belgian Third Division with K.S.K. Tongeren and later with Cobox 76.
International career
Okoth earned his first international call up in the 1989 CECAFA Cup turning out for a Kenya 'B' team.[7]
He would represent the Harambee Stars in the Africa Cup of Nations in 1990, 1992 and 2004.
- Scores and results list Kenya's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Origi goal.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref. | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Template:Dts | Lilongwe, Malawi | {{ Template:Yesno | alias = Malawi | flag alias = Flag of Malawi.svg | flag alias-2010 = Flag of Malawi (2010–2012).svg | Malawi Army | size = | name = | altlink = national football team | variant =
}} |
1–0 | 1–1 | Friendly | [8] | |||||||||||
| 2 | Template:Dts | Moi International Sports Centre, Nairobi, Kenya | {{ Template:Yesno | alias = Sudan | flag alias = Flag of Sudan.svg | flag alias-1956 = Flag of Sudan (1956-1970).svg | flag alias-air force = Ensign of the Sudanese Air Force.svg | link alias-air force = Sudanese Air Force | flag alias-naval = Naval Ensign of Sudan.svg | link alias-naval = Sudanese Navy | flag alias-army = Flag of the Sudanese Army (1956–present).png | link alias-army = Sudanese Army | flag alias-navy = Naval Ensign of Sudan.svg | link alias-navy = Sudanese Navy | flag alias-military = Insignia of the Sudanese Armed Forces.svg | link alias-military = Sudanese Armed Forces | size = | name = | altlink = national football team | variant =
}} |
2–0 | 2–1 | 1992 African Cup of Nations qualification | [9] | ||
| 3 | Template:Dts | Uganda | {{ Template:Yesno | alias = Zanzibar | flag alias = Flag of Zanzibar.svg | flag alias-Sultanate = Flag of Zanzibar Under British Rule.svg | flag alias-1963 = Flag of the Sultanate of Zanzibar (1963).svg | flag alias-1964 = Zanzibar-jan-1964.svg | flag alias-1964a = Zanzibar-jan-avr-1964.svg | size = | name = | altlink = national football team | variant = | altvar = football
}} |
2–1 | 3–2 | 1991 CECAFA Cup | [10] | ||||||||
| 4 | Template:Dts | Nairobi City Stadium, Nairobi, Kenya | {{ Template:Yesno | alias = Lesotho | flag alias = Flag of Lesotho.svg | flag alias-colonial = Unofficial Basutoland Ensign.svg | flag alias-1966 = Flag of Lesotho (1966–1987).svg | flag alias-1987 = Flag of Lesotho (1987-2006).svg | Lesotho Air Squadron | link alias-military = Lesotho Defence Force | size = | name = | altlink = national football team | variant =
}} |
2–0 | 3–0 | 1994 African Cup of Nations qualification | [11] | ||||||||
| 5 | 3–0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Template:Dts | Moi International Sports Centre, Nairobi, Kenya | {{ Template:Yesno | alias = Mozambique | flag alias = Flag of Mozambique.svg | flag alias-1974 = Flag of Mozambique (1974-1975).svg | flag alias-1975 = Flag of Mozambique (1975–1983).svg | flag alias-1983 = Flag of Mozambique (1983).svg | flag alias-1984 = Flag of Mozambique (WFB 2000).svg | Mozambican Army | flag alias-army = Flag of the Mozambique Army.svg | Mozambique Naval Command | flag alias-navy = Flag of the Mozambique Naval Command.svg | Mozambique Naval Command | link alias-air force = Mozambique Air Force | flag alias-air force = Flag of the Mozambique Air Force.svg | size = | name = | altlink = national football team | variant =
}} |
3–1 | 4–1 | 1994 African Cup of Nations qualification | [12] | ||
| 7 | Template:Dts | Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry, Guinea | {{ Template:Yesno | alias = Guinea | flag alias = Flag of Guinea.svg | size = | name = | altlink = national football team
}} |
1–0 | 1–3 | 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification | [13] | ||||||||||||||
| 8 | Template:Dts | Moi International Sports Centre, Nairobi, Kenya | {{ Template:Yesno | alias = Burkina Faso | flag alias = Flag of Burkina Faso.svg | link alias-military = Burkina Faso Armed Forces | size = | name = | altlink = national football team
}} |
1–2 | 4–3 | 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification | [14] | |||||||||||||
| 9 | 2–3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | 4–3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | Template:Dts | Nakivubo Stadium, Kampala, Uganda | {{ Template:Yesno | alias = Uganda | flag alias = Flag of Uganda.svg | flag alias-colonial = Flag of the Uganda Protectorate.svg | flag alias-1962 = Flag of Uganda 1962.svg | flag alias-military = Flag of the Uganda People's Defence Force.svg | link alias-military = Uganda People's Defence Force | Ugandan Land Forces | flag alias-army = Flag of the Ugandan Land Forces.svg | flag alias-air force = Flag of the Uganda People's Defence Air Force.svg | Ugandan Air Force | size = | name = | altlink = national football team | variant =
}} |
2–3 | 3–3 | Friendly | [15] | |||||
| 12 | Template:Dts | Stade des Martyrs, Kinshasa, DR Congo | {{ Template:Yesno | alias = Democratic Republic of the Congo | shortname alias = DR Congo | flag alias = Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg | flag alias-1960 = Flag of the Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville) (1960–1963).svg | flag alias-1963 = Flag of the Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville) (1963–1966).svg | flag alias-1966 = Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (1966–1971).svg | flag alias-1997 = Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (1997–2003).svg | flag alias-2003 = Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (2003–2006).svg | link alias-army = Land Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo | link alias-naval = Navy of the Democratic Republic of the Congo | link alias-air force = Air Force of the Democratic Republic of the Congo | link alias-navy = Navy of the Democratic Republic of the Congo | link alias-military = Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo | size = | name = | altlink = national football team | altvar = football | variant = 1997
}} |
1–1 | 1–2 | 2000 African Cup of Nations qualification | [16] | |
| 13 | Template:Dts | Somhlolo National Stadium, Lobamba, Swaziland | Template:Country data Swaziland | 2–3 | 2–3 | 2002 African Cup of Nations qualification | [17] | |||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | Template:Dts | Mombasa Municipal Stadium, Mombasa, Kenya | Template:Country data Swaziland | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2002 African Cup of Nations qualification | [18] | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | Template:Dts | Moi International Sports Centre, Nairobi, Kenya | {{ Template:Yesno | alias = Burundi | flag alias = Flag of Burundi.svg | flag alias-1962 = Flag of Burundi (1962–1966).svg | flag alias-1966 = Flag of Burundi (1966-1967).svg | flag alias-1967 = Flag of Burundi (1967–1982).svg | Burundi National Defence Force | size = | name = | altlink = national football team | variant =
}} |
1–0 | 2–3 | Friendly | [19] | |||||||||
| 16 | Template:Dts | Moi International Sports Centre, Nairobi, Kenya | {{ Template:Yesno | alias = Morocco | flag alias = Flag of Morocco.svg | flag alias-1666 = Flag of Morocco (1666–1915).svg | flag alias-1913 = Flag of Spanish Morocco.svg | flag alias-civil = Civil Ensign of Morocco.svg | flag alias-naval = Naval Ensign of Morocco.svg | link alias-naval = Royal Moroccan Navy | flag alias-air force = Flag of the Royal Moroccan Air Force.png | link alias-air force = Royal Moroccan Air Force | flag alias-army = Flag of the Royal Moroccan Army.svg | link alias-army = Royal Moroccan Army | flag alias-navy = Flag of the Royal Moroccan Navy.svg | link alias-navy = Royal Moroccan Navy | flag alias-military = Flag of the Royal Moroccan Armed Forces.svg | link alias-military = Royal Moroccan Armed Forces | size = | name = | altlink = national football team | variant =
}} |
1–0 | 1–1 | 2002 African Cup of Nations qualification | [20] |
| 17 | Template:Dts | Moi International Sports Centre, Nairobi, Kenya | {{ Template:Yesno | alias = Tanzania | flag alias = Flag of Tanzania.svg | flag alias-1964 = Flag of Tanzania (WFB 2000).png | flag alias-2004 = Flag of Tanzania (2004 World Factbook).gif | link alias-army = Tanzanian Army | link alias-naval = Tanzania Naval Command | link alias-navy = Tanzania Naval Command | size = | variant = | name = | altlink = national football team
}} |
2–0 | 3–0 | 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification | [21] |
Personal life
Okoth is of Luo ethnicity.[22] His older brother Austin "Makamu" Oduor Origi was a defender and captain for Gor Mahia and the Kenya national football team. His younger brothers would also feature in the Kenya Super League, Anthony Origi for Kenya Breweries and Gerald Origi for Utalii FC.
Arnold Origi, his nephew and son to Austin Oduor is a goalkeeper for Norwegian Tippeligaen side Lillestrøm and the Kenya national team.
His son Divock Origi[23] is also a professional footballer.
References
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External links
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- 1967 births
- Living people
- People from Murang'a
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- Kenyan men's footballers
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- Kenyan expatriate sportspeople in Oman
- Kenyan expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
- Expatriate men's footballers in Oman
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- Tusker F.C. players
- K.V. Oostende players
- K.R.C. Genk players
- R.W.D. Molenbeek (1909) players
- K.R.C. Zuid-West-Vlaanderen players
- K.S.K. Tongeren players
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