Moses Oyengo has seen a handful of his former teammates at AFC Leopards Youth team earn promotion into professional ranks with top clubs and it is for this reason that he stays hopeful his time will come.Having played three full seasons with the cubs, the diminutive full-back is a lad confident of better tidings soon.Having joined the club at the start of 2020, playing in the Nairobi Regional League, the recent success of his former teammates indicates that he too has something to offer, so he waits.##NAJAVA_MECA_7125709##‘’I think I am inspired by the way some of my former teammates at AFC Leopards Youth team are getting starting places in very top local clubs. I would want to be there too because I am confident in my abilities, and with them having made it, it is only a matter of time for me,’’ says Oyengo.The former Green Commandos man played with names such as Maxwell Otieno, Brian Wanyama, Giovanni Lukhumwa, Zachary Njite and Said Mohendi – all of them promoted into Leopards’ senior team and actually getting the minutes.Relief for Gor Mahia as FIFA lifts player transfer banOyengo says this is no fluke and they are only results of proper incubation.‘’The youth team had a very good structure as you can tell by its former graduates and perhaps other clubs should imitate this. All of my former teammates who were promoted have shown that they can compete for starting places with experienced players in the premier league. The academy structure is the way to go,’’ he adds.The cubs were handled by Martin Aganda at the time Oyengo joined the team. He would later on make way for Beldine Odemba who has also produced top players at the den.Harambee Starlets retain global rank despite being inactive for more than a yearOyengo, who currently trains with Div 2 side Uprising FC to keep fit- tried out with Mathare United in the mid-season, featuring in a few friendly matches only to be let go a few weeks later. It was a proper experience for him, he says.‘’It was the second time I was trying out with a top-flight team. Last season we were on our way to being promoted into Leopards senior team but the transfer ban got in the way. Mandonga vs Wanyonyi rematch postponedAt United, I came close to penning a deal but there were plenty of former Mathare players returning to the club so I did not make it,’’ he said.The former Nyalenda United man was part of Green Commandos team of 2018 that comprised such top talents as Collins Sichenje, Joshua Nyatini, Alpha Onyango and Bonface Onyango.
