SAMARA, Sep 2 (SW) – It was announced from the Russian city along the east banks of the Volga River that the AFC (Asian Football Confederation) Youth Player of the year, Choe Myong Ho as well as Lee Kwan Myong had been signed by Russian Premier League football team, Kryliya Sovetov.

The two players, in so doing, have become the first players from the Democratic Peoples’ Republic of Korea to make the trip across the Ural Mountains to Russia. During August both players had spent time in Samara on trial with the club.

In the Russian Premier League Kryliya Sovetov are coming ninth out of sixteen teams thirteen points behind the leaders CSKA Moscow.