Hoàng Vũ Samson (left) seen in Quảng Nam jersey in the second period of the 2019 V.League 1. Photo zing.vn

HÀ NỘI — Striker Hoàng Vũ Samson has signed a two year contract to play for Thanh Hoá.

The naturalised player, who was born Nigerian, completed his medical and join his new team on Tuesday.

Samson played for V.League 1 champions Hà Nội FC since 2011 to 2017 before moving to Buriram United of Thailand in 2018 where he played only two matches and then returned to Hà Nội till the first period of the 2019 season.

He was then joined former champions Quảng Nam on loan until the end of the season.

Samson, 31, has been the best foreign scorer in V.League 1 history finding the net 182 times over the past 10 years.

He is the second new player to sign for Thanh Hoá after the struggle in the V.League 1.

He joins Cameroon defender Ewonde Epassi who signed from HCM City, runners up in the league this season.

Thanh Hoá also plan to bring Ugandan midfielder Moses Oloya, another player from Hà Nội.

Moses struggled to secure a regular first team spot with of Hà Nội facing tough competition from Nguyễn Quang Hải and Đỗ Hùng Dũng as well as the experienced Phạm Thành Lương.  VNS