KITENDE – Vipers SC have beefed up their squad with another quality addition.
The Venoms confirmed the signing of Uganda Cranes midfielder Milton Karisa on Wednesday morning.
“Just days after securing a crucial victory on the road against stubborn BUL FC, Vipers sports club has received another huge boost in form of an International Transfer Certificate (ITC) for returnee Milton Karisa, read part of a post on Vipers SC official website.
Karisa is understood to have penned down a one year deal that the Kitende based side.
He was a free agent after being released by Moroccan side Mouloudia Club Oranais.
Karisa left Viper to join the North African club in September 2018 after a stellar 2017/18 season in which he scored 15 goals in 48 appearances.
However, he struggled to find his feet in Morocco and after just 22 appearances and 4 goals, Karisa returns to Kitende.
He made his first Vipers debut on February 7th, 2017 against Lweza FC in a 2-0 win at Mandela national stadium Namboole but had to wait until September the same year to score his first league goal, coming against BUL FC.
Karisa is remembered to have scored the first ever goal at the St. Mary’s Stadium in Kitende in Vipers’ 1-0 win over Platinum Stars in the CAF Confederations Cup.
Karisa is a full Uganda Cranes international having played 20 games since 2017 whilst scoring just two goals.
He however was not part of the 23-man Cranes squad that reached the 2019 Africa Cup of nations second round.
