Zedekiah "Zico" Otieno (born 30 November 1968) is a retired Kenyan footballer who is currently the manager of KCB in the Kenya Premier League.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 30 November 1968 | ||
| Place of birth | Kakuma, Kenya | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | KCB (Manager) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1989–1996 | Gor Mahia | ||
| International career | |||
| 1992–1995 | Kenya[1] | 9 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| –2010 | Gor Mahia | ||
| 2010–2011 | Kenya | ||
| 2011 | Gor Mahia | ||
| 2012 | Sony Sugar | ||
| 2013–2015 | Sony Sugar | ||
| 2015–2017 | Posta Rangers | ||
| 2017–2019 | Gor Mahia (assistant) | ||
| 2019– | KCB | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Career edit
Otieno was appointed interim coach of the Kenya national football team[2] until he was relieved by Francis Kimanzi in November 2011.[3]
Otieno played for Gor Mahia,[4] and made appearances for the Kenya national football team, including two 1994 FIFA World Cup qualifying matches.
After retiring from playing football, Otieno became a manager. He led his former team Gor Mahia before being appointed Kenya national team manager in December 2010.[5]
After the end of the 2012 Kenyan Premier League, Otieno left Sony Sugar to become a politician. He ran for the post of Councillor of Eastlands, Nairobi during the 2013 general elections,[6] but took a break and was re-appointed at Sony Sugar, succeeding Sammy Omollo, who had replaced him in 2012.[7]
On 10 June 2019, Otieno was appointed manager of KCB in the Kenya Premier League.[8]
References edit
- ^ Zedekiah Otieno at National-Football-Teams.com
- ^ "Kimanzi appointed to take charge of Harambee Stars". BBC Sport Football. 2011-11-02. Retrieved 7 February 2012.
- ^ Toskin, Robin (2011-03-21). "Kenya pick new national football team coach". Africa Review. Retrieved 7 February 2012.
- ^ Ayieko, Odindo (2011-11-01). "Zico searching for Stars winning formula". Standard Media. Retrieved 17 April 2011.
- ^ Fedha, Buckley (2010-12-30). "Stars to play Tusker FC". Kenya Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 1 November 2011.
- ^ Odindo Ayieko (15 December 2012). "'Pamzo' heads west to Sony as 'Zico' dives into council politics". Daily Nation. Retrieved 21 December 2012.
- ^ Jeff Kinyanjui (10 July 2013). "Zico set to take over SoNy". Futaa.com. Retrieved 11 July 2013.
- ^ KCB appoints Zedekiah ‘Zico’ Otieno as head coach, standardmedia.co.ke, 10 June 2019
External links edit
- Zedekiah Otieno – FIFA competition record (archived)
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