Dennis Oliech

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Dennis Oliech
Personal information
Date of birth	February 2, 1985 (1985-02-02) (age 23)
Place of birth	Nairobi, Kenya
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Playing position	striker
Club information
Current club	Auxerre
Number	14
Youth clubs
2002	Dagorreti Santos and Mathare United
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2003-2006 2005-2007 2007-present	Al-Arabi FC Nantes Auxerre	32 (4) 17 (3)loan(3)signed
National team
2003-Present	Kenya national football team	6 (4)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Dennis Oliech (born on 2 February 1985 in Nairobi, Kenya) is a Kenyan professional football striker currently playing for AJ Auxerre in the French first division, popularly known as Ligue 1.

• He made his debut for Kenya on 4th May, 2003.

He started playing football for Dagoretti Santos in his earlier years, then Mathare United club and later was the top scorer for the Harambee Stars - Kenya's national team, scoring in almost each game. He was the player who came in in the second half to score a screamer for the national team's (Harambee Stars)which was the winning goal 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. His first international was in 2002, when Kenya lost to Nigeria 3-0.

He went professional in 2003 playing for Al-Arabi, Qatar until late 2005. In 2004 he was offered Ksh 200 million to change his citizenship form Kenyan to Qatar. He became a hero amongst his fans for his refusal.

Oliech signed a 4-year contract with the French Ligue 1 team FC Nantes in 2005 and started playing for them at the start of 2006. FC Nantes were relegated in 2007. He has been picked on loan by Auxerre FC who are in need of goals after a bad start to the season. In January Auxerre signed him from FC Nantes.

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