Michael Olunga

Ogada Michael 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 an 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 where he scored 9 league goals, 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.He was named the most valuable player in 2015 Kenya Premier League awards and also the runners-up in the top scorer. Olunga was also the top scorer at the CECAFA club championship held in Tanzania where he scored 5 goals.

On 17th February 2016, Olunga joined Swedish side Djurgårdens 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 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 24th January 2017, Olunga joined Chinese club Guizhou Zhicheng Hengfeng, where he played 9 games scoring two goals.

On 1st September 2017, Olunga was loaned to La Liga side Girona FC, for one year. On 13 January 2018, he made history becoming both the first Kenyan player and the first Girona player to score a hat-trick in La Liga in a span of 22 minutes during a 6–0 win, against Las Palmas.

On 10th August 2018, Olunga joined Japanese club Kashiwa Reysol. He made his league debut in a 2–0 loss to Júbilo Iwata on 19 August 2018. He scored his first goal for the club in a 5–1 league victory over V-Varen Nagasaki on 25 August.

The Kenyan professional Michael Olunga began his journey with the first team by participating in Al Sadd match in the QNB Stars League,which was held last Tuesday evening in the 14thround. The club's management had succeeded in signing a contract with the top scorer in the Japanese League,with a professional contract for three seasons,coming from Kashiwa Reysol. The Kenyan player born in 1994, is one of the main players in the Japanese league and will be an important addition to the team that awaits its first participation in the club world cup next February.