Musa Otieno (born 29 December 1973 in

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) is a Kenyan former

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Career

Club

Otieno has enjoyed an illustrious career on his native continent, playing for

AFC 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 ...

and Tusker FC in Kenya, and from 1997 until 2011 for Santos in the South African

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. He helped them win the PSL title in 2001-02, the Bob Save Super Bowl in 2001, the BP Top 8in 2002, and the ABSA Cup in 2003. Otieno first came to the United States in 2008, playing a season on loan with the

Cleveland City Stars The Cleveland City Stars were an American professional soccer team based in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. Founded in 2006, the team played in the USL First Division (USL-1), the second tier of the American Soccer Pyramid in 2009. The club folde ...

in the

USL Second Division The USL Second Division (commonly referred to as USL-2) was a professional men's soccer league in the United States, operated by United Soccer Leagues (USL). It was at the third tier of soccer in the United States, behind Major League Soccer ...

. He made his debut for the Stars on 4 July 2008, as a 64th-minute substitute for Mark Schulte, and went on to make seven appearances, scoring one goal, and helping them to the USL2 title. On 15 December 2008, following the conclusion Santos' domestic season, Otieno returned to the

to play in their debut season in the

USL First Division The USL First Division (USL-1) was a professional men's soccer league in the second tier of the United States league system. It was organized by the United Soccer League as its premier league for men from 1996 to 2010, above the USL Second ...

in 2009. Otieno retired in 2011 having made over 300 appearances and scoring more than 30 goals for Santos. He is the current Assistant technical manager for Morocco National Team.

International

Otieno is one of Kenya's most successful and decorated footballers, having made his national team debut for

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against

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in 1993 at the age of 19. He captained ''The Harambee Stars'' numerous times. He was also a member of the Kenyan 2004 African Nations Cup team, who finished in third place of their group in the first round of competition, thus failing to secure qualification for the quarter-finals. He made 90 appearances for the Kenyan national team, scoring 9 goals. Former Harambee Stars captain Musa Otieno assumes his new role as national football team assistant coach on Thursday. Otieno was on Monday named in the national team's technical bench in the preparations for the 2012

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qualifier against Guinea Bissau

Personal

Otieno owns and operates a community outreach foundation in his home country, called the Musa Otieno Foundation.

References

External links

CCS bio
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Otieno, Musa 1973 births Living people Footballers from Nairobi Kenyan men's footballers Men's association football defenders Men's association football utility players USL Second Division players Cleveland City Stars players Kenya men's international footballers Kenyan expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's soccer players in South Africa Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Tusker F.C. players A.F.C. Leopards players Santos F.C. (South Africa) players 2004 African Cup of Nations players Kenyan expatriates in South Africa Kenyan expatriates in the United States