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.

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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

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.


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