Edward Kalungi

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Edward Kalungi
Personal information
Date of birth (1977-10-12) October 12, 1977 (age 46)
Place of birth Kampala, Uganda
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1991-2003 Express FC
2003 Shinas FC
2004 Hue F.C.
2005 Look E San F.C.
2005-2007 Al-Wasl F.C.
2007-2010 Sulut United F.C. 27 (4)
International career‡
1991-1992 Uganda U20
1993-2003 Uganda 10 [1] (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 August 2019
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 August 2019

Kalungi Edward (born 12 October 1977) [2] is a Ugandan retired international footballer who played as a defender for the Uganda national team between 1993 and 2003. [3]

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Playing career

Kalungi played club football for Express FC (Uganda), [4] [5] Shinas F.C. (Oman), Hue F.C. (Vietnam), Look E San F.C. (Thailand), Al-Wasl F.C. (U.A.E), and Sulut United F.C. (Indonesia). [6] He retired in 2010.

National team

Kalungi made his debut for the Uganda national team on 3 September 1993 against Tanzania. [7] [3] [8] Kalungi scored his first goal for the Uganda national team on 23 November 2000 against the Somalia national team in the 2000 CECAFA Cup.

Post-football career

In 2013, Kalungi was elected as a delegate for Uganda Football Players Association. [9] [10] In December 2018, Kalungi was appointed as a FUFA staff as Head Of Estates Manager, [11] a department overseeing football infrastructure in Uganda. [12]

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References

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  2. ↑ "Edward Kalungi - Retired". www.footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
  3. 1 2 Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Edward Kalungi". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
  4. ↑ Zziwa, Hassan Badru. "The Knowledge: Comparing the 1985 Express squad with the one of 1993". The Observer - Uganda. Archived from the original on 28 March 2023. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
  5. ↑ "When Pirates Broke Express Soul in '95 [analysis]| Uganda News Releases" . Retrieved 21 August 2019.
  6. ↑ https://www.goal.com/en-ke/people/indonesia/27432/edward-kalungi [ dead link ]
  7. ↑ "Edward Kalungi". 11v11.com. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
  8. ↑ "Uganda, Ghana face off in opener". Daily Nation. Archived from the original on 17 August 2019. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
  9. ↑ "Onduparaka Saga: Fufa official tags players as 'cowards' – Zaabu Media" . Retrieved 21 August 2019.
  10. ↑ Editor, SHABAN LUBEGA | PML Daily Sports (28 December 2018). "Magogo lauds Government during end of year address – PML Daily" . Retrieved 21 August 2019.{{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  11. ↑ @CephasTendereza (December 27, 2018). "The Uganda FA has appointed Former Uganda CRANES Players @PaulMukatabala & Edward KALUNGI as National Teams Officer & Estates Manager respectively. It's expected that Paul & Edward will have to RESIGN from their current positions as FUFA Delegates" (Tweet). Retrieved 21 August 2019– via Twitter.
  12. ↑ "Uganda Cranes legends Mukatabala, Kalungi recruited as FUFA staff". 27 December 2018.


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