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Forward

Divock Origi

Club

Lille OSC

League

France Ligue 1

Region

Europe

Signed

2012

Highest transfer fee · July 2014

$17.1m / KSh 1.50bn

Transfer fee, Lille to Liverpool — £10m, at $1.71 to the pound and KSh 87.6 to the dollar.

Divock Origi
Wikipedia — Divock Origi

Profile

Belgium and Lille

A forward from a footballing family in Belgium who came through Lille, where 89 appearances brought 16 goals and five assists and a move to Liverpool in 2014.

Liverpool — and the medals

Eight years on Merseyside, either side of a loan season at Wolfsburg that returned seven goals in 36 games, produced 175 appearances, 41 goals and 14 assists. In one 18-month run came the Champions League, the UEFA Super Cup and the FIFA Club World Cup, followed by the Premier League title in 2019-20 and the FA Cup and League Cup double of 2022.

Italy and England after it

AC Milan and Nottingham Forest came next, taking his career to roughly 358 appearances and 67 goals.

Belgium

He has 32 caps for Belgium and three international goals.

Cup and continental record

With Liverpool: the UEFA Champions League in 2019, scoring the goal that sealed the final, then the UEFA Super Cup and the FIFA Club World Cup in the same year, and the FA Cup and League Cup double in 2022. Coupe de France football with Lille before it.

Managers he played under

Brendan Rodgers signed him for Liverpool and Jürgen Klopp kept him for seven seasons, including the 2019 Champions League final. René Girard managed him at Lille, Dieter Hecking at Wolfsburg, Stefano Pioli at AC Milan and Steve Cooper at Nottingham Forest; Marc Wilmots and Roberto Martínez picked him for Belgium.

Career record

371 club appearances and 70 goals across Lille, Liverpool, Wolfsburg, AC Milan and Nottingham Forest, including 41 goals in 175 games for Liverpool. 32 caps and 3 goals for Belgium.

Career appearances and goals reconciled against Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divock_Origi)

Firsts & milestones

  • Of Kenyan descent through his father Mike Origi, he won the UEFA Champions League with Liverpool in 2019 and scored in the final in Madrid, adding the UEFA Super Cup, the FIFA Club World Cup and the 2019-20 Premier League title.

Appearances by competition

CompetitionAppsGoals
Ligue 1 (Lille OSC)8816
Premier League (Liverpool, Nottingham Forest)14227
FA Cup and EFL Cup (winner 2022)228
UEFA Champions League and Europa League (winner 2019)4811
Bundesliga (Wolfsburg) and Serie A (AC Milan)487
UEFA Super Cup and FIFA Club World Cup (both 2019)41
Belgium – World Cup, World Cup qualifiers and Euros323

Career approximations compiled from Transfermarkt and club records

269

Appearances

46

Goals

0

Assists

32

Caps

3

Int'l goals

Listing

Historic Top 20

Archived as part of Kenya's historic professional export record.

See the Hall of Fame Top 20

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