African SportJan 20, 2022

Transfer News: Farouk Miya joins Ukrainian top tier side

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Nsereko Musoke Isa

Jan 20, 20222 min readJan 20, 2022

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Uganda Cranes forward Farouk Miya has signed a short term employment contract with Ukrainian top tier side Lviv. The contract will keep the former Vipers SC forward in marriage with Lviv up to the end of the season with a possibility of an extension. The relegation threatened Lviv who sit 12th on the Ukrainian premier […]

Uganda Cranes forward Farouk Miya has signed a short term employment contract with Ukrainian top tier side Lviv.

The contract will keep the former Vipers SC forward in marriage with Lviv up to the end of the season with a possibility of an extension.

The relegation threatened Lviv who sit 12th on the Ukrainian premier league 16 team log are optimistic the addition will save their drop to lower division.

Miya who has been clubless since parting ways with Turkish premier league side Konyaspor FC last year has also previous featured for, Standard Liege, Royal Excel Mouscron, Sebail FC, HNK Gorica and Konyaspor.

Lviv becomes his sixth club in Europe.

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