Fredrick Jerim Onyango Oduor (born 18 November 1984 in Ugunja,

Siaya Siaya is a municipality and the capital of Siaya County, Kenya. It is located northwest of Kisumu. The urban center had a population of 33,153 in 2019. Siaya municipality has five wards: Mjini, Siaya Central, Siaya East, Siaya North and Siaya ...

), commonly known as Jerim Onyango, is a Kenyan

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who plays for

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side

Gor Mahia Gor Mahia Football Club (), commonly known as is a professional football club based in Nairobi, Kenya. They have won the Kenyan Premier League a record 21 times, and have also won the FKF President's Cup a record 11 times. It is the first and ...

as a

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, and also serves as the club's

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. He has also appeared for the Kenya national team, and was part of the squad that won the

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. Onyango is known as "Jerry Jagoal" among Gor Mahia fans.

Club career

After graduating from Kamukunji High School in

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, Onyango began his professional career at K.R.A. in 2006, who at the time were competing in the now defunct Nationwide League, before joining

two years later. He has been ''K'Ogalos first-choice keeper since the beginning of the 2009 season, after Jacktone Odhiambo left the club for

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. He captained the side to their first league title in 18 years in

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International career

Onyango had received several call-ups to the Kenya national team since early 2011, but had to wait until 9 July 2013 to make his international debut when he started in his nation's

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match against

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. He kept a clean sheet to help his side to a 2–0 victory. Onyango was named in the squad that was to take part in the

on home soil, but did not play a single game as he watched his side clinch their 6th title from the sidelines.

Honours

Club

;Gor Mahia *

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2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

* KFF Cup/FKL Cup/President's Cup: 2008, 2011,

2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...

Kenyan Super Cup The Kenyan Super Cup is a Kenyan football (soccer), football championship contested by the winners of the Kenyan Premier League and the FKF President's Cup. Having been formed in 2009, it is the Kenyan equivalent to the FA Community Shield of Eng ...

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

, 2013 (pre-season),

KPL Top 8 Cup The KPL Top 8 Cup (also known as the KPL Top 8 Knockout, the KPL Top 8 Knockout Cup or simply the Top 8 Knockout, the Top 8 Cup or the Kenyan Top 8 Cup) is a Kenyan football championship contested by the top eight teams of the preceding Kenyan P ...

International

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Individual

* KPL Goalkeeper of the Year: 2013

References

External links

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at GorMahia.net {{DEFAULTSORT:Onyango, Jerim 1984 births Living people People from Siaya County Sportspeople from Nyanza Province Gor Mahia F.C. players Kenyan men's footballers Kenya men's international footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Ushuru F.C. players 21st-century Kenyan sportsmen