Peter Opiyo

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Peter Opiyo
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Opiyo with FF Jaro in 2015
Personal information
Full name Peter Opiyo Odhiambo
Date of birth (1992-08-01) 1 August 1992 (age 31)
Place of birth Bondo, Kenya
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Nairobi City Stars
Number 10
Youth career
2004–2006 Tusker
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2006–2011 Thika United 40 (2)
2009–2010 → Gor Mahia (loan) 20 (2)
2012–2013 Tusker 29 (1)
2013 A.F.C. Leopards 15 (2)
2014–2016 FF Jaro 51 (0)
2014 → Jakobstads BK (loan) 1 (0)
2016–2017 Al-Markhiya
2018 SJK 13 (0)
2019 Altyn Asyr 0 (0)
2020– Nairobi City Stars 58 (13)
International career‡
2009–2014 Kenya 34 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 June 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 08 January 2020

Peter Pinchez Opiyo Odhiambo, is a Kenyan midfielder, currently in the ranks of Kenyan Premier League side Nairobi City Stars. [1] He previously played for other Kenyan topflight clubs including Tusker, A.F.C. Leopards, [2] Thika United with loan spells at Gor Mahia. He also turned out for Finnish Veikkausliiga sides FF Jaro and SJK.

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Club career

Opiyo began his youth career with Tusker and signed for Thika United in January 2008. After only one year with Thika United, he moved to Gor Mahia in February 2009 on loan, and his loan spell with Gor Mahia was set to continue until 2010. [3]

In 2011, he returned to Thika United [4] for the remainder of the year, before rejoining Tusker for the 2012 [5] season helping the side to clinch their ninth league title. He moved to A.F.C. Leopards in 2013, [6] [7] helping the side to a second-place finish in the league and a ninth domestic cup. He scored the lone and winning goal against arch-rivals Gor Mahia.

On 11 March 2014, Opiyo completed a move to Finnish top-tier side FF Jaro in a two-year deal. [8] He made his debut for the club in their fourth-round 2014 Finnish Cup match against FC Hämeenlinna on 15 March, [9] but could not help prevent the club from a 2–1 loss and an early exit from the tournament.

After flirting with AFC Leopards in the June transfer window, Kenyan international midfielder Opiyo sealed a move to Qatar second division side Al-Markhiya SC on 25 July 2016, a team he led to promotion at the end of the season. [10] [11] On 26 July 2018, Opiyo signed for SJK. [12] [13] [14] He left the club again at the end of 2018.

In August 2019, Peter Opiyo and Nigerian Uche Kalu signed a contract with FC Altyn Asyr from Turkmenistan. They were the first foreign footballers in the history of the club and the first legionnaire in the 2019 Ýokary Liga. Despite having a contract, paperwork complications saw him fail to join the team and in mid-November 2019 he issued a termination notice and consequently ended his engagement with the club in early December to become a free agent.

After weeks of training with promotion-chasing Nairobi City Stars, Opiyo joined the second-tier side in January 2020 on a one-and-a-half-year deal. [15] He went on to renew his stay with the club with separate one-year deals to feature in the 2021–22, [16] and 2022-23 FKF Premier League seasons. [17]

International career

He featured for the Kenya national team between 2009 and 2014. [18] He was first capped on 14 Mar 2009 by German coach Antoine Hey as Kenya took on Iran at the Azadi Stadium in an international friendly. It ended 1–0 to the hosts. [19] He was also part of the squad that won the 2013 CECAFA Cup on home soil. [20]

Coaching journey

In January 2023 Opiyo started his coaching journey by acquiring a CAF 'D' Diploma license, [21] and in March of the same year, he moved to the Nairobi City Stars technical bench to kick start his apprenticeship with an assistant coaching role [22] following a long term injury. [23]

Honors

Club

Gor Mahia FC

Gold medal with cup.svg Champions (1): FKL Cup: 2011

Tusker FC

Gold medal with cup.svg Champions (1): 2012 Kenyan Premier League

AFC Leopards

Gold medal with cup.svg Champions (1): 2013 FKF President's Cup

Nairobi City Stars

Gold medal with cup.svg Champions (1): 2019-20 National Super League

Kenya

Gold medal with cup.svg Champions (1): 2013 CECAFA Cup

Individual

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References

  1. ↑ People Daily, 9 Jan 2020 Foreign-based Opiyo returns to join second tier side Nairobi City Stars
  2. ↑ Nation, Jul 7, 2013: ‘Pinches’ addition is spot on Archived 30 April 2023 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ↑ Futaa. "| Futaa.com Kenya". futaa.com. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  4. ↑ Thika United, Jan 6, 2011: Peter Opiyo Is Back Archived 9 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ↑ Futaa, Dec 26, 2011: Pinches signing a stroke of genius for Tusker Archived 9 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ↑ Goal, Jun 19, 2013: Tusker’s Peter Opiyo finally joins AFC Leopards Archived 9 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ↑ Michezo Afrika, Jun 20, 2013: Peter Opiyo pinches 450,000 Shillings off AFC Leopards Archived 9 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ↑ Jeff Kinyanjui (11 March 2014). "Pinchez joins FF Jaro in Finland". Futaa.com. Archived from the original on 14 May 2014. Retrieved 14 June 2014.
  9. ↑ Vincent Opiyo (14 March 2014). "Pinchez's Jaro set for domestic cup clash". Futaa.com. Archived from the original on 18 August 2014. Retrieved 14 June 2014.
  10. ↑ Futaa, Apr 4, 2017: Kenyan international promoted to Qatar elite league Archived 9 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine
  11. ↑ Futaa. "| Futaa.com Kenya". futaa.com. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  12. ↑ Football Finland, Jul 26, 2018: SJK signs 3 new players Archived 9 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine
  13. ↑ Nation, Aug 5, 2018: Kenyan midfielder happy with return to Finland Archived 30 April 2023 at the Wayback Machine
  14. ↑ Goal, Aug 8, 2018: Kenyan midfielder Peter Opiyo joins Finish side SJK Seinäjoki Archived 5 August 2018 at the Wayback Machine
  15. ↑ Nation, 9 Jan 2020 Ex-Harambee Stars midfielder joins City Stars
  16. ↑ The-Star, 22 Sep 2021 City Stars boost as Opiyo renews contract
  17. ↑ The-Star, 25 Aug 2022 Eleven players re-new contracts at City Stars
  18. ↑ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "NFT player — National team & Club appearances: Opiyo Odhiambo, Peter". national-football-teams.com. National Football Teams. Archived from the original on 23 December 2021. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  19. ↑ "FIFA-Turniere Spieler & Trainer - Peter OPIYO". FIFA.com (in German). Archived from the original on 18 October 2009. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
  20. ↑ "CECAFA 2013 Harambee Stars crowned Cecafa Champions after beating Sudan 2-0". www.cecafafootball.org. Archived from the original on 16 October 2021. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  21. ↑ The-Star, 26 Jan 2023 City Stars' Opiyo prepares for the future after playing career
  22. ↑ Nation, 2 Apr 2023 Ex-Harambee Stars midfielder Opiyo begins coaching journey
  23. ↑ The-Star, 3 Apr 2023 Recovering Pinchez takes up light coaching duties at City Stars
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