Divock Origi

Divock Origi

Origi warming up for Liverpool in 2016
Personal information
Full name	Divock Okoth Origi
Date of birth	(1995-04-18) 18 April 1995 (age 21)
Place of birth	Ostend, Belgium
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current team	Liverpool
Number	27
Youth career
2001–2010	Genk
2010–2012	Lille
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2012–2013	Lille B	11	(2)
2012–2014	Lille	40	(6)
2014–	Liverpool	37	(9)
2014–2015	→ Lille (loan)	33	(8)
National team‡
2010	Belgium U15	2	(0)
2010–2011	Belgium U16	9	(1)
2011	Belgium U17	1	(0)
2012–2013	Belgium U19	19	(10)
2014–2015	Belgium U21	2	(0)
2014–	Belgium	22	(3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:53, 4 February 2017 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 21:27, 22 June 2016 (UTC)

Divock Okoth Origi (Kenyan English: [diˈvɔk ɔˈkɔθ oˈrigiː] oh-REE-ghee; born 18 April 1995) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Premier League club Liverpool and the Belgium national team. He is the son of former Kenyan professional footballer Mike Origi.

Origi began his career at Lille, and scored on his professional debut for them in 2013. A year and a half later, he was signed for £10 million by Liverpool, who loaned him back to Lille for the 2014–15 Ligue 1 season.

Origi made his international debut for Belgium in 2014, and was part of their team which reached the quarter-finals of the 2014 World Cup, during which he became the youngest goalscorer in Belgian World Cup history.

Origi began his career playing football at Genk's youth academy where he spent nine years before signing for Lille in May 2010, aged 15.

On 24 January 2013, he was an unused substitute in Lille's 3–1 away win over Plabennec in a 2012–13 Coupe de France match. Nine days later, he scored on his competitive debut for the senior Lille side, coming on as a substitute in the 69th minute for Ronny Rodelin and scoring to bring his side from 1–0 down against Troyes.