Kenyan Youngster Joins Swedish Giants AIK Football

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Kenyan international Henry Atola Meja has signed for the Swedish top tier side, AIK Football Club.

The Tusker FC striker inked a five-year deal, which will keep him at the club until 1st September 2026.

“AIK Football has agreed with Tusker FC on a transfer of the 19-year-old Kenyan national team forward, Henry Atola Meja,” AIK said in a statement.

Meja will link up with compatriot Eric Ouma Marcelo.

“I am very happy that I get this opportunity. AIK as a club suits me perfectly and I have got a great impression of everyone I have met,” Meja told the club’s official website.

“It’s also fun to play with Eric (Otieno). Now I look forward to showing what I can to my teammates and the club’s supporters.”

AIK sports director Henrik Jurelius said: “Henry is a talented player that we hope to be able to refine. We have signed a long agreement where we want to work long-term and are well aware that it is a big process and a longer acclimatization period that awaits.”

Meja scored 12 goals and provided five assists for Tusker FC in 22 matches In the 2020/21 Football Kenya Federation Premier League season.

Meja is in the Harambee Stars squad that is fighting for the 2022 Qatar World Cup qualification.

Rivals Uganda held Kenya to a goalless draw on Thursday, 2nd September, in their first match in Nairobi.

Meja, who was on the bench, might feature in the second match on Sunday, 5th September, when Kenya play away against Rwanda.

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