Kenyan defender Frank Odhiambo made his debut for Swedish top-tier side Djurgaden IF on Sunday afternoon as they went down 2-0 to FC Honka in the club’s last preseason training match at home.The defender was introduced for Hjalmar Ekdal nine minutes into the second half and went on to put a solid display to help his side keep a clean sheet in the 36 minutes that played.Så startar vi i genrepet mot FC Honka 14:00Välkommen tillbaka Jesper Löfgren. Debut för Sead Haksabanovic. Truppdebut för Frank Odhiambo och Amadou Doumboya 🙌INFÖR och biljetter på https://t.co/PUmOG0Ws9F pic.twitter.com/K0v1kXJhAk— Djurgården Fotboll (@DIF_Fotboll) March 27, 2022 Damage was already done before the youngster came on, with Lucas Kaufmann opening the scoring for the visitors after just 13 minutes before Rui Modesto doubled the advantage after just eight minutes.The former Gor Mahia and Regional League side Bongonaya FC defender did not have the dream start to life at his new club, being injured barely weeks after linking up with the club and being sidelined for two weeks.Odhiambo resumed training just over a week ago and getting playtime in the team’s last preseason training match ahead of league kick-off sends a positive message.Frank Odhiambo elated after resuming team trainingDjurgarden acquired the rookie late in January but had to wait for a couple of weeks to complete the highly publicized move that saw him become the second Kenyan to join the club after Harambee Stars captain Michael Olunga.The Stockholm-based side kick off their league action on Monday, April 4 at home to Degerfors IF at 8 PM where they will be hoping to better last season’s performance after they missed the title by only two points, finishing third.
