Erisa Ssekisambu

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Erisa Ssekisambu
Personal information
Full name Erisa Ssekisambu
Date of birth (1995-08-28) 28 August 1995 (age 28)
Place of birth Wakiso, Uganda [1]
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Forward [1]
Team information
Current team
 S.C. Kiyovu Sports
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2011–2012 SC Villa 10 (2)
2012–2013 Express 13 (6)
2013–2014 URA 14 (7)
2014–2015 SC Villa 31 (14)
2015–2018 Vipers SC 78 (46)
2018–2019 Gor Mahia
2019–2022 KCCA
2022- S.C. Kiyovu Sports
International career‡
2015– Uganda 17 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 07:26, 18 September 2018 (UTC)
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Erisa Ssekisambu

Erisa Ssekisambu (born 28 August 1995) is a Ugandan footballer who plays for Kiyovu Sports Club in the Rwandan Premier League [2] [3] and the Uganda national team as a midfielder.

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Career

Ssekisambu has featured for different clubs in Uganda such as SC Villa, Express, Uganda Revenue Authority SC, Vipers SC and of recent he played for currently in KCCA FC. [4]

SC Villa

Ssekisambu started his career in 2011. He made his debut on 23 September 2011 against Police FC [5] and he scored his first goal on 18 January 2011 against Gulu United, SC Villa won 4–0. [6] Ssekisambu left SC Villa for Express hoping to get the playing time he had not got at Villa Park since coach Srdjan Zivojnov, had not given him the playing time. [7]

Express

Ssekisambu joined Express in January 2012. He played his first game on 22 February 2012 against Water FC and the game ended 0–0. [8] He scored his first goal against Masaka Local Council FC on 29 May 2012 and Express won 1–0. [9]

Uganda Revenue Authority SC

In June 2012 Ssekisambu joined Uganda Revenue Authority SC from Express [10]

SC Villa

Ssekisambu returned to SC Villa in 2015. He played against Soana FC as his first game on a comeback to SC Villa. He scored his first goal of the season against Express and the match ended in favour of SC Villa 2–1.

Vipers SC

In July 2015, Ssekisambu moved to Vipers SC in 2015., [11] [12] He played his first game against Bidco FC, Vipers SC won 1–0. He scored his first goal for Vipers SC against Saints FC. Ssekisambu completed the season with a tally of 16 goals even when some pundits argue that he scored 17 during the Uganda Premier League season of 2015–16 [13] Sekisambu scored a historical goal for Vipers SC against Enyimba FC on 12 February 2016 in the preliminary round of CAF Champions League first leg. [14]

Gor Mahia

On 1 November 2018, it was announced that Ssekisambu had joined Kenyan club Gor Mahia on a two-year contract. [2] On 16 February 2019 he scored his first hattrick for Gor Mahia against Mount Kenya United. [15]

International career

On 20 June 2015, he made his senior debut on the Uganda against Tanzania and scored 2 goals on his debut. [16] He was one of the shining stars at the 2016 CHAN Finals in Rwanda as he netted in the 2–2 draw with Mali. [17]

In the 2014 African Nations Championship, Erisa was top scorer for Uganda. [18]

Career statistics

Club

As of 22 January 2012
ClubSeasonLeagueCup AFC Total
AppsGoalsAssistsAppsGoalsAssistsAppsGoalsAssistsAppsGoalsAssists
Career total000000000000

International

As of match played 4 June 2016 [19]
Uganda
YearAppsGoals
201593
201671
201710
Total174

Honours

Club

Express

Uganda Revenue Authority SC

SC Villa

Vipers SC

Uganda

Individual

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