Any young Kenyan football who has aspirations of turning into a striker later in his career would love to be Michael Olunga.
Such is the impact the 27-year-vintage has made in his profession that has seen him constitute 5 clubs on the grounds that beginning his expert sojourn with Swedish facet Dujardens in 2016. In that length, Olunga has bagged 93 desires in 138 appearances.
The participant has began this season on a few super shape for his side Al Duhail in which he presently sits on pinnacle of the Qatari pinnacle goalscorers charts with 12 goals.
“I characteristic the success to hard work and staying targeted even whilst you suppose the whole thing is lost. It’s approximately believing you are capable of reaching brilliant things and doing wonders at the pitch," Olunga instructed Fifa.Com in an interview in 2020 after being named the Most Valuable Player inside the Japanese J1 League.
Kenyan Forward, Michael Olunga changed into the Highest Goalscorer inside the 2020 Japanese J1 League with 28 goals. He won the 2020 Japenese J1 League MVP Award and changed into covered in the J1 League Best XI. He scored 27 league desires for Kashiwa Reysol inside the 2019 Japanese J2 League. %.Twitter.Com/dmVPeeFIfZ
In the year, World soccer Governing frame FIFA named him as one of the maximum clinical strikers along Cuban Marcel Hernandez, Kasper Junker of Denmark, Ramiro Rocca or Argentina, and Rauno Sappinen of Estonia. The popularity got here after Olunga recorded a document of 28 goals in 32 suits for Kashiwa Reysol; a feat that saw him bag the pinnacle scorers gong along an MVP award earlier than moving to his current station Al Duhail of Qatar.
So changed into this a rare feat or some thing he did given that his early days?
Olunga has had a document of scoring dreams wherever he has been. After graduating from the famous Liberty Sports Academy, run by means of former Harambee Stars educate Jacob 'Ghost Mulee', Olunga's first taste of serious soccer came with Tusker FC in 2013 at the same time as he was still in college.
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He was becoming a member of a group that has just gained the Kenyan Premier League identify and it became going to be difficult to break immediately into the primary team. He turned into to manipulate 3 dreams in 15 appearances for the brewers earlier than moving to Thika United a yr later; a membership that became known for youngsters development.
