Juliet Nalukenge

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Juliet Nalukenge
Personal information
Date of birth (2003-08-14) 14 August 2003 (age 22)
Place of birth Mityana, Uganda
Height 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
Kawempe Muslim
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2015–2021 Kawempe Muslim
2021–2024 Apollon
International career‡
2018– Uganda
2019-2021 Uganda U-20
2019 Uganda U-17
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as 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]

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Club career

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. [2] [3]

International career

Nalukenge won her first cap for the senior Uganda women's national team on 8 April 2018, in a 2018 Africa Women Cup of Nations qualification first round fixture against Kenya. [2]

She was later included in the Crested Cranes squad for the 2018 CECAFA Women's Championship held in Kigali, Rwanda.

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. [4]

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. [5]

International goals

Scores and results list Uganda goal tally first

No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
117 September 2018 Wolfson Stadium, KwaZakele, South AfricaFlag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 1–02–1 2018 COSAFA Women's Championship
217 November 2019 Chamazi Stadium, Mbagala, TanzaniaFlag of Djibouti.svg  Djibouti 13–0 2019 CECAFA Women's Championship
32–0
44–0
57–0
611–0

Honours

Kawempe Muslim LFC

FUFA Women Elite League (FWEL): 2015, 2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18

Apollon Ladies FC

Cypriot Women's First Division: 2022/23, 2023/24

Cypriot Women's Cup: 2023

Cypriot Women's Super Cup: 2023

1207 Antalyaspor

Turkish Super Lig Promotional Championship: 2025

Uganda U17

COSAFA U17 Women's Championship: 2019

CECAFA U17 Women's Championship: 2019

Uganda U20

All Africa Games (Bronze): 2023

Uganda

CECAFA Women's Championship: 2022

CECAFA Women's Championship (Silver): 2018

COSAFA Women's Championship (Bronze): 2018

CECAFA Women's Championship: (Bronze): 2019

Individual

NXGN - Goal.com's Best Wonderkids in the World: 2021 (9th), 2022 (19th).

IFFHS Youth Player of the Year: Nominated in Top 20 in 2023.

IFFHS Best African Youth Team of the Year: 2023

Uganda's Best Female Player of the Year (FUFA Awards): 2019

Uganda Sports Press Association (USPA) Female Player of the Year: 2019

COSAFA U17 Women's Championship Top Scorer: 2019 with 18 goals.

All-time Top Scorer of the COSAFA U17 Women's Championship: 18 goals

FIFA U17 Women's World Cup Qualifiers Joint Top Scorer: 2020 with five goals.

All-time Top Scorer of the Uganda U17 National Team with 32 goals.

References

  1. ↑ Sang, Kiplagat (24 March 2021). "Nalukenge's NXGN 2021 honour will push Uganda's Africa ambition – Kiiza". Goal . Retrieved 3 May 2021.
  2. 1 2 Senoga, Sinan Rajub (23 April 2018). "Juliet Nalukenge: Meet Crested Cranes and Kawempe Muslim hot shot on a rise to the pantheon". Swift Sports. Archived from the original on 5 March 2022. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
  3. ↑ Nangonzi, Yudaya (7 April 2020). "Youngster Nalukenge keen to raise bar for women football". The Observer (Uganda) . Retrieved 3 May 2021.
  4. ↑ FUFA (17 September 2018). "COSAFA Women's Championship 2018 Zimbabwe 1-2 Uganda" . Retrieved 18 June 2025.
  5. ↑ CECAFA Online (17 November 2019). "cecafa senior women's challenge Cup: Nalukenge scores five goals as Uganda humble Djibouti" . Retrieved 20 August 2025.
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