Uganda Income Authority Soccer Membership (URA FC) have signed former KCCA FC attacker Alex Yiga on a two-year contract forward of the 2026/27 Uganda Premier League season.
The transfer was confirmed by URA FC on Wednesday, September 23, after Yiga accomplished his switch from KCCA FC on the ultimate day of the switch window.
The 21-year-old winger joins Head Coach Jimmy Kintu Mwera’s squad because the Tax Collectors proceed to strengthen their choices forward of the brand new marketing campaign.
“Uganda Income Authority Soccer Membership (URA FC) is delighted to announce the signing of proficient winger Alex Yiga on a two-year contract following his departure from KCCA FC,” the membership stated in a press release.
Yiga is able to enjoying on both wing and also can function in additional superior central positions. He’s recognized for his tempo, dribbling and skill to make use of each ft.
A product of the KCCA FC Soccer Academy, Yiga progressed into the membership’s senior staff forward of the 2023/24 season.
He first attracted wider consideration throughout KCCA Junior Workforce’s run to the 2022 Cambiasso Worldwide Match title in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. He later represented Uganda on the 2022 CECAFA U-17 Championship in Ethiopia, the place the Uganda Cubs completed with a bronze medal.
Yiga featured 16 instances for KCCA FC within the 2025/26 Uganda Premier League season. He additionally scored in opposition to Onduparaka within the Uganda Cup.
His arrival provides URA one other attacking possibility because the membership prepares for the 2026/27 marketing campaign.
The switch additionally marks the most recent step in Yiga’s development from the KCCA academy to a different Uganda Premier League facet, the place he’ll now work underneath Kintu as URA construct their squad for the brand new season.
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