Uganda Cranes’ star joins Iraq League
By Drone Staff Writer
Uganda Cranes’ captain Emmanuel Okwi has joined Iraq Premier League side Erbil Sports Club.
The 30-year-old joins from Al-Zawraa Sports club, another Iraq premier League side he had joined in September 2022 meaning he played for them for three and a half months only
Al Zawra’a SC is a club competing in Iraqi premier League, the top tier division, and they managed to finish 6th on the log in the 2021/2022 season.
The club is based in Utayfia, Karkh District in the capital Baghdad.
It’s his impressive goal scoring record that made Ebril goo for his signature.
His signing was officially announced by the club after passing his medical examination tests and putting pen to paper in an undisclosed deal rumoured to be a one year contract.
According to a statement by Erbil FC, they signed him because they think he has a lot of experience in playing professional football and impressed a lot when he was still playing for Al-zawraa.
“Officially the administration team of our club signed a contract with the Ugandan national player Emmanuel Okwi for the purpose of playing in the line of football team in the premier League of Iraq,” reads a statement from the club,” the statement read.
Erbil Sports Club is a sports club based in the city of Erbil, Kurdistan Region that plays in the Iraqi Premier League, the first-tier of Iraqi football.
The club is also known as “Yaney Hewlêr”, the Kurdish name for Erbil.
Before moving to Iraq last year for top tier side Al Zawraa, Okwi was at Rwanda premier League side Kiyovu Sports.
His Kiyovu deal was a one year contract. Before signing of this club, he was a free agent after his two year contract with Egyptian club Al Ittihad Alexandria expired in June 2021
Before going to Rwanda, he had been linked to a return to Simba SC of Tanzania as well as a move to South Africa’s Chippa United
He has had three stints with SC Villa and Tanzanian champions Simba SC.
He also played for Young Africans (Tanzania), Etoile du Sahel (Tunisia) and Denmark’s Sønderjysk E.