Nairobi City Stars have confirmed that center-back Timothy Oduor will be part of their squad for the 2022/23 Football Kenya Federation Premier league Campaign that kicked off about two weeks ago.The towering defender joined Simba wa Nairobi from National Super League side Mara Sugar earlier and took part in the team’s pre-season preparations, featuring in 13 out of 18 games according to information from the club.However, he was not part of the match-day squads in City Stars’ first two matches as they went down 2-0 to Bidco United in the opening round and 4-1 to Tusker in the subsequent match.City Stars quartet talk fulfilled dreams after top-flight debutAhead of an imminent debut, the former Soy United defender is looking forward to making the best out of his first season in the top-tier and remains thankful to the club for the opportunity to play at the highest level in the country.“I am happy at the chance Nairobi City Stars has handed me to feature in the Premier League. This is a big opportunity and I wish to make the most out of it.” he said as quoted on the club’s website.##NAJAVA_MECA_6857499##He is set to contest for a starting berth with Kenedy Onyango, Edwin Buliba, fellow premier league rookie Elly Osotsi, and midfielder-turned-defender Ronney Kola.In the two matches, Nicholas Muyoti opted to pair up Onyango with defensive midfielder Kola at the heart of the defense, and it remains to be seen whether he now throw in any of the two rookies in Osotsi and Oduor in subsequent matches.Statistics give glimmers of hope to a stuttering but well facilitated Ulinzi StarsApart from Oduor and Osotsi, City Stars signed nine players in total the other seven being Samuel Kapen, Clifford Ouma, Newton Ochieng, Andrew Kisilu, Kelvin Etemesi, Daniel Odhiambo, and Pius Omachi.City Stars play Talanta next at the Ruaraka Grounds on Sunday.
