The former Melbourne Victory youth player has embarked on an adventure in the obscure North Atlantic territory after two and a half years playing in Norway.

After departing Norwegian outfit Floro SK, Jeggo admitted he knew very little about the Faroe Islands, and its Premier League competition the Effodeildin, before arriving there at the end of March.

But the 24-year-old, who left Victory in 2016, has been pleasantly surprised by the country and its footballing prowess.

"All I knew about it was whale hunting,” he told FTBL.

"Floro SK offered me a contract last year but I said no, I wanted a step up somewhere else and a new experience.

"I went for the gamble of trying to find a new club. But trialing is a Russian roulette sometimes.

"Then most of the windows were kind of shutting and I saw the Faroe Islands window was still open and spoke to a former teammate who was from there.

"He put me in touch with his agent, I was in Malaga at training camp with a team.

"I called him at 10 am and at 10 pm I had signed on the dotted line and I flew out the next day.

"It was a perfect kind of opportunity in that I didn’t really have anything in the pipeline at that time.

"And it was a good opportunity to stay in Europe, get regular minutes and I’ve got an option if some clubs come in for me in Europe.

"It was a good option for me in the short to medium term.”

Jeggo, the younger brother of Socceroo James Jeggo, has signed for the local Faroe season which started in May and finishes at the end of October.

He hopes regular game-time can put him in the shop window for another European move.

"I did as much research as I could, but the main thing for me is that they’re training five to six times a week, there’s a lot of games and it’s staying in that European market,” he said.

"I made the decision to test it out.

"Since I arrived it’s been interesting, the level was probably a bit higher than I thought. There are some quite good teams in the league. I signed for one of the smaller teams.

"The team was tipped to struggle this year, but I think we’ve surprised a few people so far.

"It’s a young team. They only formed this year, that’s why there’s not much online about them.

"The standard across the league, in general, would be similar to the NPL, but the top teams in the league are quite strong.

"Here the top three go into the Europa League qualifiers, with the first going into the Champions League qualifiers.

"There are some good players in there and they’re quite well-structured. The population here is not massive but they’re training five or six times a week from the age of 15, 16.

"So usually technically they’re up to a decent standard.

"It’s been OK just to get games and keep myself ticking over. You do all the research you can.

"I wasn’t going to go there if I was training two or three times a week, that was one of the things, and there’s a decent amount of games.

"That was non-negotiable stuff. But so far it’s been OK, I’ve been happy with the move. I have an option in the summer if I want to take it up if I want to leave.

"But there’s the option to stay until the end of the season.”