Abubaker Tabula

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Abubaker Tabula
Personal information
Full name Abubakari Tabula Sengendo [1]
Date of birth (1980-06-12) 12 June 1980 (age 44)
Place of birth Uganda
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
Kiira Young FC
Number 2
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1999–2000 SC Villa
2001–2004 Kampala City Council FC 6 (1)
2005–2007 APR FC 10 (1)
2007–2008 GIF Sundsvall 18 (0)
2010–2013 Proline FC
2013–2014 Bright Stars FC
2015– Kiira Young FC
International career
2000–2008 Uganda 36 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Abubaker Tabula (born 12 June 1980) is a Ugandan footballer [2] [3] [4] and coach. He is a former player on Uganda National football team The "Uganda Cranes" and also captained the team in 2005. [5]

Career

The defender played previously for SC Villa 2001, Kampala City Council FC 2005 [6] Proline FC in 2013, Simba FC, Rwandan club APR FC 2007 [7] and recently in Sweden for GIF Sundsvall. [8] [9]

Tabula currently coaches Maroons FC in Uganda. He is one of the best left back in Uganda. He is also a member of All Start. [10] [11]

He is remembered fog to remove an alleged fetish in a 2004 Afcon qualifier against Rwanda at Namboole. [12]

Notes

  1. KIRA YOUNG FOOTBALL CLUB
  2. "Tabula, ex-Cranes players reflect on Uganda vs Rwanda marred by 'Juju' in 2003". Kawowo Sports. 20 April 2020. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  3. "'It was frustrating' – Tabula on failed move to Argentina". Latest football news in Uganda. 2 April 2020. Archived from the original on 28 July 2020. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  4. Kiyonga, Ismael (21 April 2020). "Why it took Uganda 39 years to qualify for AFCON after being finalists in 1978". Kawowo Sports. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  5. "Rwanda 1–1 Uganda". 29 May 2004. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  6. Zziwa, Hassan Badru (20 December 2009). "Uganda's 8 CECAFA winning captains". The Observer – Uganda. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  7. "Ex-Cranes star Tabula's interesting television interview". Daily Monitor. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  8. Abubaker Tabula at National-Football-Teams.com
  9. "Uganda/Rwanda: APR Want Shs90m for Tabula". All Africa.
  10. Kiyonga, Ismael (5 May 2020). "Nestroy Kizito reveals his best SC Villa XI of former teammates". Kawowo Sports. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  11. Isabirye, David (26 July 2019). "Retired and active footballers' Association braced for mega launch". Kawowo Sports. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  12. "Tabula, ex-Cranes players reflect on Uganda vs Rwanda marred by 'Juju' in 2003". Kawowo Sports. 20 April 2020. Retrieved 28 July 2020.


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