Usain Bolt is spending a week training with Norwegian top flight side Stromsgodset.
The eight-time Olympic gold medalist trained with the team for the first time on Wednessday and is due to play a training match against Norway U19s next Tuesday, the club said.
The Jamaican sprinter who retired after last yea's World Championship in London, has already trained with German side Borussia Dortmund and South African club Mamelodi Sundowns the year.
Stromsgodset were Norwegian champions in 2013 and the clubs sporting director is former Sheffiled Utd and Norway striker Jostein Flo.
He said; "We think it's amazingly fun that Usain Bolt chooses to come here to Stromsgodset to train. He is a champion, one of the greatest athletes of all time and, of course, we can learn a lot from him."
"Usain Bolt is furthermore a particularly charismatic and energetic type and his presence will undoubtedly be a great inspiration for players, coaches and the whole club."
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