Swedish-born Kenyan defender, Martin Waikwa Olsson, 34, was left dumbfounded after being recalled into the Swedish national team for their final UEFA Nations League clashes.Olsson was born in Gävle, Sweden, to a Swedish father and Kenyan mother and has a twin brother, Marcus, who also plies his trade in Sweden with Halmstads BK.Two assists for Maina in Koln’s Europa Conference League winThe former Swansea City defender who featured for the country in the 2018 World Cup was left surprised after being included in the squad for games against Serbia and Slovenia by head coach Janne Andersson.“I didn’t think I was going. I didn’t think that he would include me in the squad. I was a little surprised. He says the same thing, that I’m in the squad because he trusts me. We’ll see, I thought I’d have a little more time to decide what to do,” said the former Norwich City left back.##NAJAVA_MECA_6651269##Olsson’s family has a rich sporting history as his brother-in-law is former Dallas Mavericks basketball player Dirk Nowitzki, who is married to Martin’s sister Jessica Olsson.The 34-year-old who now plies his trade with reigning Swedish champions Malmo revealed that he found out about his call up through his teammate Felix Beijmo after they jetted back from their Conference League clash against St. Gilloise.Manchester United midfielder names Wanyama as best African teammate“Felix told me when we had landed, he said congratulations. For what?, I said. “You were selected”. It is perhaps a good thing that I get to keep going so the body can get used to 90-minute matches. Now I’ve had five games in a row and am trying to recover as much as I can,” added Martin Olsson.
