The Harambee Stars midfielder was an 80th-minute substitute as they went on to collect all three points in the encounter.
Harambee Stars midfielder Richard Odada made his debut for Danish second-tier side AAB Aalborg on Thursday, just a week after signing on loan from Major League Soccer (MLS) club Philadelphia Union.
Odada was an 80th-minute substitute as Aalborg beat Hobro 2-1, after coming on for Portuguese midfielder Pedro Ferreira.
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The Kenya international came on when the scores were 1-1 after Jakob Ahlmann had equalised for Aalborg in the 41st minute after going down in the first minute through Frederik Mortensen’s strike.
Aalborg were fortunate not to go 2-0 down as Danish forward Muamer Brajanac missed a 36th-minute penalty for Hobro.
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The away side would snatch all three points at the death when Kasper Poul Molgaard Jorgensen scored the winning goal for Aalborg in added time to hand Odada a winning debut.
Ten minutes were not enough for Odada to make an impact but it is a positive sign given his nightmare spell in the United States.
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Odada joined Aalborg on a one-year loan deal with the terms of the contract involving a purchase option at the end of the season.
The lanky midfielder has struggled for regular playing time in America after not being included in the club’s MLS roster due to a limit on the number of foreigners allowed to play in the league.
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The physically-imposing player primarily operates as a box-to-box midfielder but can also sit in front of the defence.
The 22-year-old former AFC Leopards midfielder joined Philadelphia Union in August 2022 from Serbia’s Red Star Belgrade where he only made two league appearances in three years.
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In Philadelphia, Odada has been a bench warmer for the senior side and was forced to contend with spells in the second-string side which was denying him the exposure and experience he had hoped for.