Barely one week after making his long awaited debut for Swedish outfit AIK, albeit for the junior U19 side, Kenyan international Collins Sichenje made his second consecutive appearance for the youth team in a match played on Saturday night.While the player had made a drawing start to his career in Sweden as they played to a 2-2 stalemate against Brommapojkarna U-19, the former AFC Leopards midfielder picked up his very first win in the country as the team emerged huge 2-3 winners against title chasing Hammarby U19.Having been signed back in April 2022 and officially unveiled in May, the Kenyan youngster had had to wait till 1 June 2022 to make his first appearance for his new employers after finally getting his documentation sorted.Collins Sichenje makes long awaited debut for AIK in SwedenIn his first match, the player, who is known for his box to box playing style, was named in the starting eleven as a center-back with inside sources revealing the club is eager to mould him into a ball-playing defender.With the win, AIK U19 ended their two match winless streak and jumped up to 7th on the log on14 points as Hammarby were denied a chance of going top of the table as they sit in second on 18 points, one behind log leading IFK Goteborg.Jävla pannben av dessa grabbar idag att vända derbymatchen till en seger.#U19 #AIK pic.twitter.com/XGEu0yKM6n— Henok Goitom (@henokgoitom) June 4, 2022 Sichenje, who is among the Kenyan trio plying their trade at AIK that includes Erick ‘Marcelo’ Ouma and Henry Meja, earlier this week got to train with Swedish and Real Sociedad ace Alexander Isak who is keeping match fit at the club during the off season.AIK was Isak’s home in the 2016 season and it is the club that shot the youngster into limelight as it earned him a move to German giants Borussia Dortmund at the tender age of 17 back in 2017.
