Derrick Kakooza

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Derrick Kakooza
Personal information
Date of birth (2002-10-23) 23 October 2002 (age 22)
Place of birth Kampala, Uganda [1]
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) [2]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Ethiopian Coffee
Number 27
Youth career
Naguru Police Academy
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
Police Kampala
2022 Valmiera II 13 (2)
2023 KuPS 0 (0)
2023– ENPPI 0 (0)
International career‡
2021 Uganda U20 6 (5)
2022– Uganda 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11:00, 11 February 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11:00, 30 January 2023 (UTC)

Derrick Kakooza (born 23 October 2002) is a Ugandan professional footballer who plays as a forward for Ethiopian Premier League club Ethiopian Coffee.

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Club career

Born in Kampala, Kakooza started his career with the Naguru Police Academy, before joining Police Kampala. [3] Having been promoted to the first team with Police, his impressive performances in the 2021 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations linked him with a move to Belgian side Anderlecht. [3] [4] His league performances were also good, scoring eight goals in eighteen games across two seasons. [5]

After the move to Anderlecht fell through, Kakooza completed a move to Latvian side Valmiera in early 2022 from Police FC. [6] [7]

Having played one game in the Finnish League Cup for KuPS, Kakooza signed for Egyptian side ENPPI in January 2023. [8]

Career statistics

Club

As of 30 January 2023. [1] [9]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Police Kampala 2019–20 Uganda Premier League 6400–0064
2020–21 Uganda Premier League12400–00124
Total188000000188
Valmiera II 2022 Latvian First League 132–0000132
KuPS 2023 Veikkausliiga 0000001 [a] 010
ENPPI 2022–23 Egyptian Premier League 0000000000
Career total31100000103210
Notes
  1. ↑ Appearances in the Finnish League Cup

International

As of matches played 8 May 2022. [2]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Uganda 202250
Total50

Honours

Uganda U20

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References

  1. 1 2 Derrick Kakooza at WorldFootball.net
  2. 1 2 Derrick Kakooza at National-Football-Teams.com
  3. 1 2 "Derrick Kakooza Starts Training With His New Club Valmiera". the-sportsnation.com. 16 September 2021. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
  4. ↑ Muyita, Joel (24 June 2021). "Striker Kakooza completes move to Belgian outfit". kawowo.com. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
  5. ↑ Jossen, Ndiwalana (6 July 2021). "Derrick Kakooza – The Ugandan Prodigy by Ndiwalana Jossen". footballtalentscout.net. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
  6. ↑ Nalumansi, Dorothy (30 March 2022). "How AFCON U-20 Paved Way for Uganda's Juniors". news247.co.ug. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
  7. ↑ "Ten Valmiera FC Players have Returned from National Teams". valmierafc.com. 30 March 2022. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
  8. ↑ Khaled, Mahmoud (2 February 2023). "OFFICIAL: ENPPI sign Uganda youngster Derrick Kakooza". kingfut.com. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
  9. ↑ Derrick Kakooza at Soccerway
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