UGANDA’S FAROUK MIYA GETS 1,000 MARRIAGE PROPOSALS AFTER SAVING UGANDA CRANES

September 5, 2016September 5, 2016 Admin

Farouk Miya is the trending name in Uganda today. It started trending yesterday after the midfielder scored a goal against Comoros national football team at Namboole, whereby the two teams competed for African Qualifier tournament.

Immediately the end of the match, The Drone Media, has learnt, Farouk Miya started receiving marriage proposals, while other adulteress women suggested ‘quickies and Long sex sprees.” This is how far the craze has gone. By press time The Drone Media had counted 1,000 marriage proposals coming in various forms like sms, whatsapp, facebook, tweets etc

PROFILE

Farouk Miya is a Ugandan football player who plays as a striker for Belgian club Standard Liège on a three-year deal and the Uganda national football team (Uganda Cranes). Standard Liège has already confirmed that they have used the buy option to make the deal permanent as of the 2016-17 season. Miya is described as “Muyizi Tasubwa”, a Luganda saying meaning “a hunter who cannot miss”.

Miya started playing for Vipers midway through the 2013-14 season. In 49 league appearances, he netted an impressive 20 goals, leading his team to the top of the table in the 2014-15 season.

In January 2016, it was announced that Miya would be joining Belgian top flight club, Standard Liège^[1] in what is reported to be an initial loan deal taking him from Ugandan club Vipers.^[2] Standard Liège acquired his services for a fee worth $400,000.^[3] Miya made his first appearance on 13 March 2016 as a substitute for Darwin Andrade in a 0–4 loss against KV Mechelen, where he was booked for a yellow card in the 77th minute.

International career

Miya was called up to the Uganda U23 team for the 2015 African Games. In the first round against Mozambique U23, he missed several scoring opportunities and both legs ended 0–0. Miya’s penalty was stopped by Mozambican goalkeeper Cesar Machava as his team eventually lost 1–4 in penalties. He played for the U23 team once again for the 2015 U-23 Africa Cup of Nations qualification. In the second round against Rwanda U23, Miya scored a goal in each leg, booking his team a ticket to the third round against Egypt U23. Although he did find the net once more, Uganda U23 was ousted from the tournament by a 1-6 defeat on aggregate.