Farouk Miya

Farouk Miya (born 26 November 1997) is a Ugandan professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Uganda national team.

Farouk Miya

Personal information
Date of birth	(1997-11-26) 26 November 1997 (age 27)[1]
Place of birth	Bulo, Uganda[2][3]
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder[2]
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2013–2016	Vipers	49	(20)
2016–2018	Standard Liège[3]	3	(1)
2017	→ Mouscron (loan)[3]	1	(0)
2018	→ Səbail (loan)	13	(2)
2018–2019	Gorica	33	(6)
2019–2021	Konyaspor	41	(8)
2022	Lviv	0	(0)
2022–2024	Çaykur Rizespor	20	(4)
International career‡
2015–	Uganda U23	6	(3)
2014–	Uganda	79	(23)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 11:16, 18 April 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 20:00, 7 September 2023 (UTC)

Club career

In January 2016, it was announced that Miya would be joining Belgian top flight club, Standard Liège^[4] in what was reported to be an initial loan deal taking him from Ugandan club Vipers.^[5] Standard Liège acquired his services for a fee of 400,000 US$.^[6]

On 31 January 2017, Miya was loaned to Royal Excel Mouscron until the end of the season.^[7]

In February 2018, Miya was loaned to Səbail FK, returning at the end of the 2017–18 season.^[8]

On 20 August 2019, Miya signed a three-year contract with Süper Lig side Konyaspor.^[9] He made his debut five days later against Galatasaray at Türk Telekom Stadium.^[10]

He joined TFF First League club Çaykur Rizespor on a two-year contract in July 2022.^[11]

International career

Miya made his debut for the Uganda national team on 11 July 2014 against Seychelles.^[12]

Career statistics

International

As of matches played on 7 September 2023^[2]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Uganda	2014	9	2
	2015	16	10
	2016	13	3
	2017	13	2
	2018	6	4
	2019	9	1
	2020	2	0
	2021	2	0
	2022	4	1
	2023	5	0
Total		79	23

Scores and results list Uganda's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Miya goal. This list includes non official goals.^[2]

List of international goals scored by Farouk Miya

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	11 July 2014	Lugogo Stadium, Kampala, Uganda	Seychelles	1–0	1–0	Friendly
2	9 November 2014	Mandela National Stadium, Kampala, Uganda	Ethiopia	3–0	3–0	Friendly
3	25 March 2015	Godswill Akpabio International Stadium, Uyo, Nigeria	Nigeria	1–0	1–0	Friendly
4	20 June 2015	Amaan Stadium, Zanzibar City, Tanzania	Tanzania	3–0	3–0	2016 African Nations Championship qualification
5	17 October 2015	Nakivubo Stadium, Kampala, Uganda	Sudan	2–0	2–0	2016 African Nations Championship qualification
6	25 October 2015	Khartoum Stadium, Khartoum, Sudan	Sudan	2–0	2–0	2016 African Nations Championship qualification
7	12 November 2015	Stade de Kégué, Lomé, Togo	Togo	1–0	1–0	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
8	15 November 2015	Mandela National Stadium, Kampala, Uganda	Togo	2–0	3–0	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
9				3–0
10	24 November 2015	Awassa Kenema Stadium, Awassa, Ethiopia	Zanzibar	1–0	4–0	2015 CECAFA Cup
11				2–0
12	30 November 2015	Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	Malawi	1–0	2–0	2015 CECAFA Cup
13	19 January 2016	Umuganda Stadium, Gisenyi, Rwanda	Mali	2–1	2–2	2016 African Nations Championship
14	4 September 2016	Mandela National Stadium, Kampala, Uganda	Comoros	1–0	1–0	2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
15	12 November 2016		Congo	1–0	1–0	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
16	8 January 2017	Armed Forces Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	Slovakia	2–0	3–1	Friendly
17	25 January 2017	Stade d'Oyem, Oyem, Gabon	Mali	1–0	1–1	2017 Africa Cup of Nations
18	2 June 2018	Stade Général Seyni Kountché, Niamey, Niger	Niger	1–2	1–2	Friendly
19	13 October 2018	Mandela National Stadium, Kampala, Uganda	Lesotho	2–0	3–0	2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
20	16 October 2018	Setsoto Stadium, Awassa, Lesotho		1–0	2–0	2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
21				2–0
22	15 June 2019	Zayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	Ivory Coast	1–0	1–0	Friendly
23	29 March 2022	Markaziy Stadium, Namangan, Uzbekistan	Uzbekistan	1–2	2–4	2022 Nowruz Cup

Honours

Standard Liège

• Belgian Cup: 2015–16^[13]