Humphrey Mieno Ochieng (born 25 December 1989 in

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) is a Kenyan footballer who currently plays for

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side

Tusker F.C. Tusker FC is a professional football club based in Nairobi, Kenya. It is the second most successful club in Kenya with thirteen Kenyan league championships. They also have four Kenyan cup titles. In addition, it has won four East African CECAF ...

and the Kenya national team as a

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. He previously played for

A.F.C. Leopards Abaluhya Football Club Leopards Sports Club, officially abbreviated as AFC Leopards, is a Kenyan professional football club based in Nairobi. It currently competes in the Kenyan Premier League, the top tier of the Kenyan football league syst ...

Sofapaka Sofapaka Football Club (Sofapaka: Sote kama Familia kwa Pamoja Kuafikia Azimio – Kiswahili: ''We as a Family together to achieve a goal'') is a football club, based in Wundanyi, Taita Taveta County. They play their home games at the Wunda ...

and

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in the

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, as well as Tunisian side

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and Tanzanian club Azam.

Club career

A.F.C. Leopards

On 13 June 2014, Mieno joined A.F.C. Leopards from Sofapaka for a reported KSh.1.2 million (approx.

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13,690 or £8,100

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Tusker

After only almost seven months with ''Ingwe'', Mieno's transfer to Tusker was announced on 27 January 2015. Criticised on social media for allegedly being lured away from A.F.C. Leopards purely for money and never being guided by his ambitions and contractual obligations, Mieno defended his move to his new club, saying that A.F.C. Leopards failed to pay him his wages for more than three months. He added that it was the same reason he left Sofapaka as well. Mieno made his debut for Tusker in a 1–1 draw against

Thika United Thika United Football Club is an association football club based in Thika, Kenya, which currently competes in the Kenyan Super League, the second tier of the Kenyan football league system. They play their home games at the Sea Joy Arena. The cl ...

at the

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in their first league game of the season on 21 February 2015.

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* * 1989 births Living people Footballers from Nairobi Kenyan men's footballers Kenyan expatriate men's footballers Kenya men's international footballers Ligi Ndogo S.C. players Club Africain players Sofapaka F.C. players A.F.C. Leopards players Azam F.C. players Gor Mahia F.C. players Saint George S.C. players Tusker F.C. players Men's association football midfielders Kenyan expatriate sportspeople in Tanzania Expatriate men's footballers in Tunisia Expatriate men's footballers in Tanzania Expatriate men's footballers in Ethiopia 21st-century Kenyan sportsmen {{Kenya-footy-bio-stub