Dennis Oliech

Dennis Oliech

Personal information
Date of birth	2 February 1985 (1985-02-02) (age 26)
Place of birth	Nairobi, Kenya
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Forward
Club information
Current club	Auxerre
Number	14
Youth career
2001–2003	Mathare United
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2003–2005	Al-Arabi	17	(12)
2005–2007	Nantes	32	(4)
2007–	Auxerre	151	(21)
National team‡
2002–	Kenya	?	(31)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:32, 16 November 2011 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17:32, 16 November 2011 (UTC)

Dennis Oliech (born on 2 February 1985) is a Kenyan professional football forward currently playing for Auxerre.

Club career

Dennis Oliech started playing football for Dagoretti Santos in his earlier years, then Mathare United.

He turned professional in 2003 playing for Al-Arabi in Qatar until late 2005. In 2004 he was offered to change his citizenship form Kenyan to Qatari. but he refused the offer.^[1]

In 2005, Oliech signed a four-year contract with the French Ligue 1 team FC Nantes and started playing for them at the start of 2006. However, FC Nantes were relegated in 2007 after finishing bottom of Ligue 1 and Oliech was signed on loan by Auxerre who were in need of goals after a bad start to their season. In January Auxerre signed him from Nantes. On September 25th 2011, Oliech scored his first ever hat-trick for Auxerre in a 4–1 win over Sochaux. The hat-trick was accomplished within the span of 16 minutes.

International career

His first international match was in 2002, when Kenya lost to Nigeria 3–0.

Having come on in the second half Oliech scored which was the winning goal for the national team in the African Cup of Nations qualifiers for the 2004 finals against Cape Verde Islands. He played at the 2004 African Cup of Nations. This was the same year he was voted as one of the most promising talents alongside Wayne Rooney of Manchester United.

International goals

Scores and results list Kenya's goal tally first.

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	7 September 2002	Moi International Sports Centre, Nairobi, Kenya	Togo	3–0	3–0	2004 African Cup of Nations qualification
2.	3 December 2002	CCM Kirumba Stadium, Mwanza, Tanzania	Burundi	1–0	1–1	2002 CECAFA Cup
3.	6 December 2002	National Stadium, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania	Eritrea	2–0	4–1	2002 CECAFA Cup
4.	6 December 2002	National Stadium, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania	Eritrea	3–1	4–1	2002 CECAFA Cup
5.	9 December 2002	National Stadium, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania	Sudan	1–0	1–0	2002 CECAFA Cup
6.	14 December 2002	National Stadium, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania	Tanzania	3–2	3–2	2002 CECAFA Cup
7.	15 March 2003	Moi International Sports Centre, Nairobi, Kenya	Uganda	2–0	2–2	Friendly
8.	23 March 2003	Moi International Sports Centre, Nairobi, Kenya	Tanzania	3–0	4–0	Friendly
9.	29 March 2003	Moi International Sports Centre, Nairobi, Kenya	Mauritania	3–0	4–0	2004 African Cup of Nations qualification
10.	31 May 2003	Moi International Sports Centre, Nairobi, Kenya	Trinidad and Tobago	1–1	1–1	Friendly
11.	13 June 2003	Accra Sports Stadium, Accra, Ghana	Ghana	2–0	3–1	Friendly
12.	5 July 2003	Moi International Sports Centre, Nairobi, Kenya	Cape Verde	1–0	1–0	2004 African Cup of Nations qualification
13.	15 November 2003	Moi International Sports Centre, Nairobi, Kenya	Tanzania	1–0	3–0	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
14.	15 November 2003	Moi International Sports Centre, Nairobi, Kenya	Tanzania	3–0	3–0	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
15.	2 February 2004	Stade 15 Octobre, Bizerte, Tunisia	Burkina Faso	2–0	3–0	2004 Africa Cup of Nations
16.	4 September 2004	Moi International Sports Centre, Nairobi, Kenya	Malawi	2–0	3–2	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
17.	9 October 2004	National Stadium, Gaborone, Botswana	Botswana	1–0	1–2	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
18.	17 November 2004	Nyayo National Stadium, Nairobi, Kenya	Guinea	1–0	2–1	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
19.	26 March 2005	Moi International Sports Centre, Nairobi, Kenya	Guinea	1–0	1–0	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
20.	8 September 2007	Nyayo National Stadium, Nairobi, Kenya	Angola	2–1	2–1	2008 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
21.	7 June 2008	Nyayo National Stadium, Nairobi, Kenya	Guinea	1–0	2–0	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
22.	7 June 2008	Nyayo National Stadium, Nairobi, Kenya	Guinea	2–0	2–0	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
23.	14 June 2008	Nyayo National Stadium, Nairobi, Kenya	Zimbabwe	2–0	2–0	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
24.	12 October 2008	Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry, Guinea	Guinea	2–3	2–3	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
25.	28 March 2009	Nyayo National Stadium, Nairobi, Kenya	Tunisia	1–1	1–2	2010 FIFA World Cup qualificaiton
26.	14 November 2009	Moi International Sports Centre, Nairobi, Kenya	Nigeria	1–0	2–3	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
27.	25 June 2011	Nyayo National Stadium, Nairobi, Kenya	Sudan	1–1	1–2	Friendly
28.	3 September 2011	Nyayo National Stadium, Nairobi, Kenya	Guinea-Bissau	2–1	2–1	2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
29.	11 November 2011	Stade Linité, Victoria, Seychelles	Seychelles	2–0	3–0	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
30.	11 November 2011	Stade Linité, Victoria, Seychelles	Seychelles	3–0	3–0	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
31.	15 November 2011	Nyayor National Stadium, Nairobi, Kenya	Seychelles	2–0	4–0	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification

Personal

His older brother, Nixon Onywanda, is the coach of the Kenyan Nationwide League side Dagoretti Santos (for which Oliech once played).^[2].

See also

• Luo people of Kenya and Tanzania

References

1. ^ "It's OK For Oliech to Hold Out For a Better Deal" (reprint, registration & fee required). The East African Standard (Kenya: allAfrica). 2 February 2004. http://allafrica.com/stories/200402040383.html. Retrieved 16 November 2011. 
2. ^ The Standard, April 15, 2009: KPL slaps three-month ban on Denis Oliech’s brother

External links

• Dennis Oliech French league stats at LFP.fr (French)
• Dennis Oliech at National-Football-Teams.com

Persondata
Name	Oliech, Dennis
Alternative names
Short description	Kenyan association footballer
Date of birth	1985-02-02
Place of birth	Nairobi, Kenya
Date of death
Place of death