Uganda Cranes captain Emmanuel Okwi has completed a deal to join Iraqi top tier side Al Zawra’a SC.

The Striker joins as a free agent after running out of his one year contract at Rwandese side Kiyovu FC.

Okwi’s 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.

Okwi has previously played for clubs like SC Villa on three stints, Young Africans, Simba, Etoile du Sahel, Al Itihad Alexandria and Sonderjesky in Sweden.

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.