Wilkims Ochieng | |
Birth Date: | 15 February 2003 |
Birth Place: | Nairobi, Kenya[1] |
Height: | 1.75 m[2] |
Position: | Winger |
Youthyears1: | –2017 |
Youthclubs1: | Mouscron |
Youthyears2: | 2017–2020 |
Youthclubs2: | Club Brugge |
Years1: | 2020–2022 |
Clubs1: | Club NXT |
Caps1: | 15 |
Goals1: | 0 |
Years2: | 2023 |
Clubs2: | Koper |
Caps2: | 7 |
Goals2: | 0 |
Club-Update: | 22 July 2023 |
Nationalyears1: | 2018 |
Nationalteam1: | Belgium U16 |
Nationalcaps1: | 4 |
Nationalgoals1: | 1 |
Wilkims Ochieng (born 15 February 2003) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder. Born in Kenya, he has represented Belgium at youth international level.
Ochieng began his career with the youth academy of Mouscron before moving to Club Brugge in 2017, where he was later promoted to the senior team and signed a professional contract with the club on 24 January 2020.[3] Ochieng made his debut for Brugge's reserve side, Club NXT, in the Belgian First Division B match against RWDM47 on 22 August 2020, which his side lost 2–0.[4]
On 4 January 2023, Ochieng signed with Slovenian PrvaLiga side Koper until 2025.[5]
Ochieng was capped for the Belgium under-16s in 2018, making four appearances and scoring one goal.[6]
In November 2021, he was included in the provisional squad of the Kenya national football team for their 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification campaign.[7]
Club | Season | League | National cup | Continental | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
Club NXT | 2020–21 | Belgian First Division B | 4 | 0 | — | — | 4 | 0 | |||
Career total | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |