Harambee Stars wonderkid Stanley Wilson invited for trials with Sweden's AIK

Kenya’s fast-rising teenage midfielder Stanley Wilson has been invited to try out with Swedish top-flight side AIK Fotboll, SportPesa News can confirm.

The central midfielder hit the headlines back in September 2023 when Harambee Stars head coach Engin Firat made the bold decision to include him in the national team despite having only played two games in the top-tier Football Kenya Federation Premier League.

Having signed for Kariobangi Sharks around August from National Super League side Darajani Gogo, the midfielder went on to be named as a substitute in the international friendly against South Sudan.

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Since then, the player has continued to attract interest with AIK calling him for trials after observing him in the local league matches.

“AIK Football has invited 17-year-old Stanley Wilson from the Kenyan club FC Kariobangi Sharks to a trial game with the club during the upcoming training camp in Marbella, Spain.

Stanley Wilson is a talented central midfielder who works hard and AIK Football's scouting team saw him in Kenya a couple of months ago. He will travel with the team to Marbella so that we can see him up close in our business,” AIK sporting director Thomas Berntsen is quoted on the club’s website.

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Wilson was included in the 26-man AIK squad that traveled to Marbella, Spain and will be hoping to make his mark at the club.

The player will be comforted by the presence of Kenyan international Collins Sichenje who is also in the team and has made the travelling party.

During the training camp, a number of training sessions will be carried out and AIK will also play two scheduled practice matches against FK TSC Backa Topola (3/2) and Sarpsborg 08 FF (9/2) before returning to Stockholm on Saturday, February 10, 2024.

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The AIK squad in Spain

Sotirios Papagiannopoulos, Alexander Milosevic, Martin Ellingsen, Anton Saletros, Omar Faraj, Bersant Celina, John Guidetti, Axel Bjornstrom, Kristoffer Nordfeldt, Benjamin Tiedemann Hansen, Mads Thychosen, Abdihakin Ali, Dino Besirovic, Rui Modesto, Taha Ayari, Abdussalam Magashy, Ioannis Pittas, Victor Andersson, Lamine Fanne Dabo, Erik Ring, Collins Sichenje, Ahmad Faqa, Rasmus Bonde, Emmanuel Gono, Rasmus Forsell and Stanley Wilson

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