30 March 2016

Ochaya hopes Cranes performance earns him pro stint

As a budding lad at KCCA FC back in 2012, Ochaya tried out the murky waters of professional football in Ghana with Asante Kotoko FC. 



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Soccer. The left fullback is now more focused and wants to give a professional stint a second chance but before that comes.






KAMPALA. ‘Ochaya, Ochaya, Ochaya’…. those were the chants from the four wings of Namboole Stadium on Tuesday evening as the Uganda Cranes and KCCA FC left-back put the Burkina Faso right wing on the sword in the second half.
Though the Afcon tie fizzled out 0-0 to send Uganda into the usual calculator headache, Joseph Ochaya, 23, was by far the most impressive Uganda player.
“It hurts that many of my crosses were not converted into goals but overall we remain in contention for a slot in the next Afcon campaign. The coach (Milutin ‘Micho’ Sredojevic) reminded us to turn up ready to win the two remaining games – Comoros and Botswana – at all costs,” Ochaya, who has since displaced Gor Mahia’s Godfrey Walusimbi at left full back revealed.
He virtually pocketed Chelsea’s lauded attacker Betrand Traore – like he had promised – and stood tall when the gigantic bullish striker Aristide Bance was introduced later on in the game.
“With the game on TV, I knew the whole world was watching me against established names like Bance, Traore and Pitriopa and decided to put up my best game,” said Ochaya, who was part of the Cranes victorious side in the Cecafa cup in Ethiopia last year.
“I have recently turned down several professional offers from Africa in anticipation of a European move just like Farouk Miya (in Belgium). I hope with that energetic display, scouts will soon be knocking on my door.”
On three attempts after overpowering Burkina Faso right back Dayo Issoufou, Ochaya weaved in the ball into the box, only for Moses Oloya, Geoffrey Massa and Miya to miss out by a whisker.
As a budding lad at KCCA FC back in 2012, Ochaya (pictured) tried out the murky waters of professional football in Ghana with Asante Kotoko FC for two years and was close to a lucrative move to a Germany club before the deal fell like a packet of cards after he fell out with his bosses.
“I’m now more focused and want to give it (professional stint) a second chance but before that comes, my immediate attention is at helping my club win the league and Uganda breaking the 38-year agonixing wait to play in Afcon,” he told Daily Monitor in an interview yesterday.






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