Personal information | |||
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Full name | Benson Omala Ochieng | ||
Date of birth | 16 October 2001 | ||
Place of birth | Kisumu County | ||
Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Safa SC | ||
Youth career | |||
Chipolopolo | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2019 | Western Stima FC | 4 | (7) |
2020–21 | Gor Mahia | 15 | (-) |
2021 | → FC Linköping City (loan) | - | (-) |
2022–24 | Gor Mahia | 54 | (45) |
2024– | Safa SC | - | (-) |
International career‡ | |||
2023– | Kenya | 6 | (2) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 2 July 2024 |
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Omalla, [2] finished second-best scorer [3] [4] in the 2022–23 Kenyan Premier League while turning out for Kenyan Premier League club Gor Mahia, [5] and was the top scorer in the 2023–24 Kenyan Premier League with 19 goals. [6]
He has also featured for the Kenya U-20 [7] and U-23 [8] sides.
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