Former Kenyan international Arnold Origi has been appointed the goalkeeping coach at Sweden’s second-tier side Östersunds FK as per a confirmation by the club on Tuesday.In a statement, Östersunds confirmed that the Kenyan would be in charge of the first team custodian and will get to work in a technical bench spearheaded by Swedish tactician Magnus Powell, not a new face to Origi.The two worked together at Lillström for two years from January 2013 to December 2014 while Origi was a player and Powell was an assistant manager at the Norwegian club. Both of them played for Lillström, Powell doing so first between 2000 and 2006 and Origi coming in later from 2013 to 2018.Arnold Origi challenges current Tusker custodians to aim for greater performances”In connection with the camp in Antalya, Östersunds FK has finalized a new responsible goalkeeper coach. The Norwegian-Kenyan Arnold Origi will be responsible for the goalkeeper training within the A-team in the coming time. We wish Arnold a warm welcome to ÖFK,” the statement by the club read.Commenting after his appointment, the 39-year-old Kenya expressed his delight at crossing over to the coaching phase of his career, calling upon the custodians in the country to put in the effort as he will be watching.Origi spent most of his playing career in Norway, featuring for Moss FK, Fredrikstad, Ull/Kisa, Lilleström, Sandnes Ulf, Kongsvinger, and Hood. He also had a stint in Finland with HIFK.##NAJAVA_MECA_6988960##Östersunds Sporting Director Stefan Lundin termed Origi as a very ambitious and goal-oriented goalkeeping coach, saying that they were lucky to have him lead the department.”We are bringing in a very ambitious and goal-oriented goalkeeping coach who has a solid goalkeeping background with many matches at the highest level, including in Norwegian top football and in the Kenyan national team. It feels very good that we have found a solution with Arnold and we look forward to seeing him contribute to the goalkeepers’ and the team’s further development,” Lundin said.
