Nigerian 21-year-old striker Victor Beniangba has joined Switzerland’s last season Cup champions Servette FC in a one-year loan deal.
Servette disclosed this in a statement on their website on Wednesday, July 17.
“Victory Beniangba arrives from Genk where he scored 18 goals in 40 matches with the second team of the Belgian club which plays in the second division including 12 in 25 matches last season.
“The player is loaned for one year with an option to buy. The player is returning from a foot operation and is in re-athletic training until mid-August, which is why the loan does not start until August 1st.”
Born in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, Beniangba played at the Young Boys Football Academy, before joining his local side Bayelsa United FC, for whom he played in the CAF Confederation Cup in 2021.
He signed with Egyptian side Ceramica Cleopatra, but was immediately loaned to Cairo-based side Tala’ea El Gaish SC in February 2022. He scored six goals in eighteen games in the Egyptian Premier League for Tala’ea El Gaish.
Beniangba became a transfer target for K.R.C. Genk in August 2022. The signing was seen as controversial by Spanish side Celta Vigo who considered themselves as signing the player and appealed to FIFA for regulation.
In September 2022 Beniangba made his debut for Jong Genk in the Challenger Pro League. He scored his first goal for Jong Genk on October 16, 2022, in a 3–2 home win over RSCA Futures.
