* Club domestic league appearances and goalsas of 30 June 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 14:29, 3 May 2021 (UTC)
Juliet Nalukenge (born 14 August 2003) is a Ugandan footballer who plays for the Uganda women's national team (The Crested Cranes). A promising forward, Nalukenge was named Ugandan Women's Player of the Year in 2019 and in March 2021 finished ninth in the Goal (website) NXGN Award for the best young female footballer in the world.[1][2]
Although Nalukenge is a Christian, her football skills won her a scholarship to Kawempe Muslim Secondary School. She began playing for the attached women's football team at youth level in the regional leagues, and in 2015–16 broke into the first team who play at FUFA Women Elite League level.[3][4]
Nalukenge scored her first national team goal on 17th September 2018 eight minutes after coming off the bench as Uganda beat Zimbabwe 2-1 in the final group game of the 2018 COSAFA Women's Championship in South Africa.[5]
On 19th November 2019, Nalukenge scored five goals as Uganda earned a comprehensive 13-0 win over Djibouti in the 2019 CECAFA Women's Championship in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.[6]
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