A Swedish defender with a Kenyan heritage has been playing for his side at the World Cup in Russia.

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Thirty-year-old Martin Olsson was born into a marriage between a Kenyan and a Swede.

His mother Maggie Olsson, now dead, was born in Nanyuki Town, a town near Mount Kenya region.

She was a Kikuyu who married a Swede.

Martin Olsson plays for Swansea, an English club in the country's top-flight league.

He has siblings; a brother Marcus Jonas Munuhe and a sister Jessica Olsson.

Her sister's marriage ceremony was done in Kenya, the country in which their mother was born.

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