Zedekiah Otieno

Zedekiah "Zico" Otieno (born 30 November 1968) is a retired Kenyan footballer who is currently the manager of KCB in the Kenya Premier League.

Zedekiah Otieno

Personal information
Date of birth	(1968-11-30) 30 November 1968 (age 56)
Place of birth	Kakuma, Kenya
Team information
Current team	KCB (Manager)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1989–1996	Gor Mahia
International career
1992–1995	Kenya[1]	9	(0)
Managerial career
0000–2010	Gor Mahia
2010–2011	Kenya
2011	Gor Mahia
2012	Sony Sugar
2013–2015	Sony Sugar
2015–2017	Posta Rangers
2017–2019	Gor Mahia (assistant)
2019–	KCB
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Otieno was appointed interim coach of the Kenya national football team^[2] until he was relieved by Francis Kimanzi in November 2011.^[3]

Otieno played for Gor Mahia,^[4] and made appearances for the Kenya national football team, including two 1994 FIFA World Cup qualifying matches.

After retiring from playing football, Otieno became a manager. He led his former team Gor Mahia before being appointed Kenya national team manager in December 2010.^[5]

After the end of the 2012 Kenyan Premier League, Otieno left Sony Sugar to become a politician. He ran for the post of Councillor of Eastlands, Nairobi during the 2013 general elections,^[6] but took a break and was re-appointed at Sony Sugar, succeeding Sammy Omollo, who had replaced him in 2012.^[7]

On 10 June 2019, Otieno was appointed manager of KCB in the Kenya Premier League.^[8]