EXCLUSIVE: Ghana midfielder Fatawu Ganiwu set to join Dynamo Kyiv on three-year deal

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/ganiwu-fatawu/tAY92PYE/"]Ganiwu[/a] joins the 16-time Ukrainian Premier League champions from Ghanaian Division Three side AS Koppan, the Accra-based development club under which he has been registered for much of his young career. [/p][p]The 18-year-old has previously trialled with a string of high-profile clubs, including English Premier League sides [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/chelsea/4fGZN2oK/"]Chelsea[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/bournemouth/OtpNdwrc/"]Bournemouth[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/brentford/xYe7DwID/"]Brentford[/a], as well as Austrian giants [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/salzburg/Olvehxrl/"]RB Salzburg[/a].[/p][p]His time with Chelsea was particularly noteworthy, with the midfielder spending a month at Cobham training with both the Blues’ Under-18 and Under-21 sides, featuring in age-group fixtures against the likes of [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/manchester-united/ppjDR086/"]Manchester United[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/sheffield-utd/MeKPSerA/"]Sheffield United[/a].[/p][embed guid="e61f207f-bd1e-4635-848c-dd7dcaf8ee59" url="https://x.com/_owurakuampofo/status/1822686275557626233?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/dynamo-kyiv/nNpqXMwH/"]Dynamo Kyiv[/a] beat a host of clubs for the signature of the midfielder, who has passed his medicals and signed his contracts.[/p][p]Ganiwu joined [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/legon-cities/lbnSFL5N/"]Legon Cities[/a] on loan in September 2024 and had a full experience of the Ghana Premier League before joining Division Two side [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/avranches/K01agKYi/"]US Avranches[/a], also on loan.[/p][p]Internationally, the teenage central midfielder has represented Ghana at multiple youth age groups.[/p][embed guid="2ea2ef23-dfa5-402f-9a86-12731138071c" url="https://x.com/_owurakuampofo/status/1717857815836979270?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]He first came to prominence at the UEFA Youth Championship in Serbia with the Ghana U-16 side, playing a central role as the Black Starlets stunned Serbia, Spain and Switzerland en route to lifting the trophy.[/p][p]Ganiwu subsequently graduated to the Ghana U-17 team, and this summer was part of Maxwell Konadu’s Black Satellites squad at the WAFU B U-20 Championship in Côte d’Ivoire.[/p][p]At Dynamo Kyiv, Ganiwu joins a club that are playing in the UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds this season and he is expected to be given time to develop in the first-team environment.[/p][image alt="Owuraku Ampofo" id="345f5fd0-6a26-4f45-8078-6462582c5da7" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="a3cf3bc3-9a01-4e24-ac10-e17b42035f5c" original-width="1200" original-height="381" /]