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Forget the passport, mimi ni mkenya- Liverpool star Divock Origi

Divock Origi in action(main), with family(top), Liverpool coach Jurgen Klopp gives him instructions(bottom)

On April 18, 1995, in Ostend, Belgium, one of Kenya’s most successful football families ushered in a newborn. A baby boy. His mother, Linda Adhiambo and father Mike Okoth, name him Divock Origi.

Like every other child, Origi went to school and spent most of his time with his father – Okoth, then a professional footballer in the Belgian Pro League.

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