Basil Tuma

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Basil Tuma
Personal information
Full name Basil Tenywa Tuma
Date of birth (2005-04-24) 24 April 2005 (age 19)
Place of birth Uganda
Position(s) Winger, Striker
Team information
Current team
Reading
Number 26
Youth career
–2021 Fulham
2022– Reading
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2022– Reading 6 (0)
International career
2021–2022 Uganda U17
2022–2024 Malta U19 5 (1)
2023– Malta U21 6 (0)
2024– Malta 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 09:39, 6 November 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 09:46, 29 November 2024 (UTC)

Basil Tenywa Tuma (born 24 April 2005) is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for EFL League One club Reading. Born in Uganda, he represents the Malta national team.

Contents

Football career

Club

Reading

Tuma made his debut for Reading in their 2–1 EFL Cup defeat to Stevenage on 9 August 2022, playing 55 minutes before being replaced by Jahmari Clarke. [1]

International

Tuma represented Uganda at the 2020 CECAFA U-17 Championship, where they were victorious over Tanzania in the final. [2] Tuma was then called up for the Malta U19 in September 2022. [3] Tuma made his debut for the Malta U21 team in a 0-6 defeat to Spain on 8 September 2023. [4]

In October 2024, Tuma was called up to the Maltese senior international team for the first time, for their matches against Turkmenistan and Moldova. [5] After their match against Turkmenistan was cancelled due to travel issues faced by Turkmenistan, [6] Tuma made his debut for Malta against Moldova on 13 October 2024, coming on as a halt-time substitute to win the match-winning penalty. [7]

Athletics

Tuma was educated at Eton College and finished 3rd in the Junior Boys 100 metres at the 2019 ESAA English Schools Track & Field Championships with a time of 11.23 seconds. [8]

Career statistics

As of match played 5 November 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational CupLeague CupOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Reading 2022–23 [9] EFL Championship 000010-10
2023–24 [9] EFL League One 200020-40
2024–25 [9] EFL League One4010001 [a] 060
Career total60103010110
  1. Appearances in EFL Trophy

Honours

Uganda under-17

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References

  1. "SNAPS FROM CARABAO CUP MATCH..." readingfc.co.uk. Reading F.C. 10 August 2022. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
  2. 1 2 "Year 11 Basil Tuma Plays for Uganda's U-17 Football Squad". etoncollege.com.
  3. Talk Reading [@TalkReading] (23 September 2022). "Congratulations to @basil_tuma on his first call up to the Malta U19 squads" (Tweet) via Twitter.
  4. "Malta U21 0-6 Spain U21". soccer24.com. Soccer24. 9 September 2023. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
  5. "Malta A Team Squad finalised ahead of Upcoming Matches". mfa.com.mt. Malta Football Association. 7 October 2024. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
  6. "International friendly match against Turkmenistan called off". mfa.com.mt. Malta Football Association. 8 October 2024. Retrieved 10 October 2024.
  7. "Teuma's last-gasp penalty earns Malta crucial win over Moldova". sport.timesofmalta.com. Times of Malta. 13 October 2024. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
  8. "New Balance ESAA English Schools Track & Field Championships" (PDF). esaa.net. English Schools' Athletics Championships. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 January 2022. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
  9. 1 2 3 "Games played by Basil Tuma in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 20 June 2022.