2022 WORLD CUP - DAY 11 - GROUP E - JAPAN VS SPAIN 2:1

Japan and Spain reach the last sixteen

1 Dec 2022
2022 WORLD CUP - DAY 07 - GROUP E - SPAIN VS GERMANY 1:1

a draw between Spain and Germany

27 Nov 2022
2022 WORLD CUP - DAY 03 - GROUP E - SPAIN VS COSTA RICA 7:0

Spain beats Costa Rica

23 Nov 2022
2018 WORLD CUP - DAY 17 - LAST SIXTEEN - SPAIN VS RUSSIA 3:4

Russia stun Spain with penalty shootout win to reach quarter finals

1 Jul 2018
2018 WORLD CUP - DAY 12 - GROUP B - SPAIN VS MOROCCO 2:2

Spain advance to face Russia in the round of the last sixteen.

25 Jun 2018
2018 WORLD CUP - DAY 07 - GROUP B - IRAN VS SPAIN 0:1

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20 Jun 2018
2018 WORLD CUP - GROUP B - SPAIN - SQUAD

The final squad was announced on 14 May 2018.

20 Jun 2018
2018 WORLD CUP - DAY 02 - GROUP B - PORTUGAL VS SPAIN 3:3

WORLD CUP 2018 - HIGHLIGHT - CR7 scores a hat trick.

15 Jun 2018

Michael Olunga
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Personal information
Full name

Michael Olunga Ogada
Date of birth
26 March 1994
Place of birth
Nairobi, Kenya
Height
1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position
Forward

Club information
Current team

Girona
(on loan from Guizhou Zhicheng)
Number
14


Senior career*

Liberty Sports Academy
2012-2016
?x apps / 32x goals

→ Tusker (loan)
2013
15x apps / 3x goals

→ Thika United (loan)
2014
26x apps / 9x goals

→ Gor Mahia (loan)
2015
27x apps / 19x goals

Djurgårdens IF
2016
27x apps / 12x goals

Guizhou Zhicheng
2017-
9x apps / 2x goals

→ Girona (loan)
2017-
5x apps / 3x goals


National team

Kenya
2015-
22x apps / 12x goals


(* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:57, 13 January 2018 (UTC) - National team caps and goals correct as of 19:59, 13 January 2018 (UTC)


Michael Olunga is a Kenyan professional footballer who plays for Spanish club Girona FC on loan from Chinese club Guizhou Zhicheng and the Kenya national team as a forward.


Club career

Early career and Gor Mahia

While still a student at the Upper Hill School, Olunga began his career with the Liberty Sports Academy in the Nairobi County League. 

He scored 32 goals for the side during the 2012 season, helping them finish the season unbeaten and earn promotion to the Nairobi Provincial League. 

He made headlines when he scored seven goals in a single match helping his team to a 8:0 win.

Initially reported to be attending trials in France, Olunga signed for Kenyan Premier League side Tusker on a one-year loan deal from Liberty on 19 December 2012.

After finishing the 2013 season with two goals for Tusker, Olunga was loaned to fellow Premier League side Thika United for another year, before joining Gor Mahia before the beginning of the 2015 season.

He finished the season as the club's top scorer in the league with 19 goals to help the side win a record 15th league title without losing a single match, including the second goal in a 2:0 win over Muhoroni Youth on their final league match of the season.

 

Djurgården

On 17 February 2016, Olunga joined Swedish side Djurgårdens IF on a four-year contract, after joining the team's pre-season training camp on trial.

He scored his first two goals for Djurgården on 8 August 2016 against IFK Göteborg in a 3:1 win. 

He was also named man of the match and Djurgården coach Mark Dempsey praised him for his match winning heroics.

In the next match Olunga scored once again in the 2:2 draw versus IF Elfsborg at the Tele2 Arena. 

On 27 August, he scored the match-winning goal against Gefle with a volley in the 86th minute. 

In the last 12 games of the Allsvenskan Olunga scored 12 goals which earned him a fifth place in the Allsvenskan top scorer table.

He was nominated for Newcomer of the year in Swedish football by a jury of Allsvenskan coaches and Swedish journalists as well as the coaches of the Swedish national teams. The prize later went to Alexander Isak.

On 10 November 2016, Kenyan football site Soka reported that Djurgården had turned down offers on Olunga from La Liga side Betis, Lokeren, Belgium champions Club Brugge and Swedish champions Malmö FF.

Guizhou Zhicheng
In 2017, Olunga joined
Chinese club Guizhou Zhicheng.

 

Girona (loan)
On 1 September 2017, Olunga was loaned to La Liga side Girona FC, for one year.

On 13 January 2018, he made his La Liga debut against Las Palmas scoring a hat-trick in the span of 22 minutes during a 6:0 win.

 

International career

Olunga made his debut for the Kenya national team in a friendly against Seychelles at the Stade Linité in Victoria on 28 March 2015.

He scored his first goal for the Harambee Stars in a friendly against South Sudan which resulted in a 2:0 win.