Geoffrey Kizito

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Geoffrey Kizito
Personal information
Full name Geoffrey Baba Kizito
Date of birth (1993-02-02) 2 February 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth Kampala, Uganda
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) [1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Becamex Binh Duong
Number 39
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2012–2013 Xuan Thanh Saigon 33 (5)
2014 Gor Mahia 5 (1)
2015–2018 Than Quang Ninh 65 (1)
2018–2019 Saigon 23 (3)
2020–2022 Than Quang Ninh 52 (2)
2023– Becamex Binh Duong 21 (0)
International career‡
2012–2018 Uganda 39 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:38, 24 November 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14:29, 13 April 2018 (UTC)

Geoffrey Baba Kizito (born 2 February 1993) is a Ugandan professional footballer who plays for Vietnamese club Becamex Binh Duong as a midfielder.

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Club career

Born in Kampala, he spent the 2012 and 2013 seasons in Vietnam with Xuan Thanh Sai Gon. [1] [2] In early January 2014 he signed a deal to play for Kenya Premier League champions Gor Mahia. [3] He returned to Vietnam for the 2015 season, with Than Quang Ninh. [1] [2] In 2018 he joined Saigon. [4] He moved to Than Quảng Ninh for the 2020 season. [2]

International career

He made his international debut for Uganda in 2012. [1]

Personal life

In 2017 he became a naturalised citizen of Vietnam, under the name Trần Trung Hiếu. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Geoffrey Kizito". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
  2. 1 2 3 Geoffrey Kizito at Soccerway. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
  3. ↑ Dennis Mabuka (2 January 2015). "Gor Mahia sign Ugandan Kizito, closing in on Kenga". Goal.com. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
  4. ↑ "Ngày cuối thị trường chuyển nhượng V.League 2018: CLB TP.HCM tham gia nhiệt tình nhất - Bongdaplus.vn". Bongdaplus.
  5. ↑ "Ngôi sao Uganda thành công dân Việt". nld.com.vn. 25 March 2017.


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