Martin Kayongo-Mutumba

Martin Kayongo-Mutumba

Kayongo-Mutumba with AIK in 2013
Personal information
Full name	Martin Kayongo-Mutumba
Date of birth	(1985-06-15) 15 June 1985 (age 39)
Place of birth	Solna, Sweden
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Winger
Youth career
1990–1998	Vasalunds IF
1998–2002	AIK
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2002–2003	AIK	10	(0)
2004	FC Café Opera	0	(0)
2005–2007	Inter Turku	58	(7)
2008	Väsby United	29	(4)
2009–2010	AIK	37	(3)
2010–2011	Videoton FC	3	(0)
2011–2014	AIK	72	(6)
2014	Çaykur Rizespor	0	(0)
2014–2015	Orduspor	5	(0)
2015	Rah Ahan	7	(1)
2015	IF Brommapojkarna	11	(0)
2016–2017	Örgryte IS	22	(4)
2018	Syrianska FC	7	(1)
International career
2002	Sweden U17	4	(0)
2003	Sweden U19	7	(3)
2012–2014	Uganda	7	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Martin Kayongo-Mutumba (born Martin Mutumba, 15 June 1985) is a former professional footballer who played as a winger. He is best remembered for his time with AIK, with which he won both Allsvenskan and Svenska Cupen in 2009. Born in Sweden to Ugandan parents, he represented the Sweden U17 and U19 teams before making his full international debut for Uganda in 2012.

Career

Early career

Mutumba began his career in Vasalunds IF as a young child, and in 1999 he joined AIK, as a youth player. In the fall of 2002 he made his first appearance with the senior squad against Kalmar FF, playing the last five minutes of the game.

In 2004 AIK wanted Mutumba to play with FC Café Opera, a club that would functioned as an AIK feeder club. ^[1] Unfortunately, Mutumba broke his leg in an indoor tournament he played with some friends before the season had started and he was never able to play any matches for Café Opera. ^[2] He stated that he lost his interest in football and "started hanging with the wrong crowd". This eventually landed him with a battery and assault charge. A judicial court gave him a second chance and he decided to continue with football. ^[3]

Inter Turku

In 2005, AIK sold him to Finnish team FC Inter Turku that played in the Premier Division, Veikkausliiga.

Väsby United

When the Finnish season ended in the fall of 2007 Mutumba tried out for Spanish La Liga club Deportivo de La Coruña, ^[4] his old club AIK ^[5] and Scottish Premier League club Hibernian. ^[6] Mutumba himself reported that he turned down a deal from Deportivo La Coruña, and British media claimed he signed a short-term contract with Hibernian. In a 2009 interview with Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet he stated that the deal with Deportivo La Coruña fell through due to problems on behalf of his agent, and he explained that they were talking about the development team, Fabril, who play in the Spanish Segunda B division. ^[7] In the end he signed with Superettan club FC Väsby United, where he had previously been under contract in 2004 when the club was still known as "FC Café Opera“.

Return to AIK

In November 2008 he signed with AIK again. ^[8] Following his return to the club, he stated that he was where he wanted to be and that it was highly unlikely that he would move abroad again and that the money offered to him was not going to be decisive. In the last game of the 2009 season AIK beat IFK Göteborg 2–1 in a dramatic title-deciding match, claiming the Allsvenskan championship for the first time in eleven years. In the match 55th minute, Mutumba provided the assist to his teammate Antônio Flávio, who took the "skillful" feed and rifled the equalizer past IFK Gothenburg's goalkeeper. ^[9] Two days before the final game, Mutumba tattooed in "AIK GULD (Gold) 2LAX9 (2009, LAX is slang for thousand) on his chest. ^[10]

AIK came off to a bad start in the 2010 season, performing badly despite being crowned champions only a few months earlier. The club was nearing a relegation battle due to these bad showings. Manager Mikael Stahre left for Panionios GSS and the team came under heavy criticism for its poor performances.

Videoton

On 28 June 2010, media reported that the Hungarian club of Videoton FC had bought both Bojan Djordjic and Martin Mutumba. ^[11] The director of the Hungarian club compared Djordjic to Roberto Baggio and Mutumba to Ronaldinho. ^[12] The transfer led to many speculations in media, especially since AIK had appointed the Scottish manager Alex Miller only a couple of days before the transfer were made. The players claimed that it was Mr. Miller’s decision to let the players go, but the organization of AIK claimed that they got such a good offer that they couldn't refuse to sell. ^[11]

Second return to AIK

In 2011, Mutumba was signed by AIK for the third time, agreeing on a three-year deal with the club.

Çaykur Rizespor

On 5 January 2014, Çaykur Rizespor announced that Mutumba signed with them for 2.5 years.

Rah Ahan

On 3 March 2015, he joined Persian Gulf Pro League club Rah Ahan.

Personal life

When he originally signed on with AIK, still a teenager, his father quit his job and the young Mutumba provided the family with the only income they had. When the club let him go, the family quickly found themselves in economic hardship. ^[3]

In 2003, Mutumba collaborated on the book "Svartskallar – Så funkar vi" (roughly: "Wogs – How we work") where 11 young people from multicultural and minority backgrounds talk about what it is like to be of immigrant background in modern Swedish society. ^[13]

Mutumba loves music and is a huge fan of reggae, rap music and samba. A keen rapper, he has released tracks under the moniker M9. ^[14] He has a tattoo on his left temple that says "R-BY", a tribute to Rinkeby, the suburb in Stockholm where he grew up and still resides. ^[15] Days before the deciding final game of the 2009 season he tattooed "A.I.K GULD 2LAX9" (AIK league champions 2009) across his chest. Fortunately for him it came true.

He is second cousin with former footballer Moses Nsubuga who played for IF Elfsborg and lost his left leg in a car accident 1997. ^{[16] [17]} In January 2012, Mutumba got a Ugandan passport and was summoned in the Uganda national team squad that faced Congo Brazzaville in the Africa Cup of Nations (2013) qualifiers. However, he didn't play spending all the 90 minutes on bench. Later in June that year, Mutumba made his debut in the Uganda national team that played an away World Cup (2014) qualifier with Angola on 3 June 2012.

After his active time as a footballer, Martin Mutumba has become a valued lecturer. Based on his own life journey, he lectures on motivation, overcoming obstacles and the importance of taking chances in life. ^[18]

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup		Europe		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
AIK	2002	Allsvenskan	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	2003	Allsvenskan	9	0	0	0	0	0	9	0
	Total		10	0	0	0	0	0	10	0
FC Café Opera (loan)	2004	Superettan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
FC Inter	2005	Veikkausliiga	16	2	0	0	0	0	16	2
	2006	Veikkausliiga	17	1	0	0	0	0	17	1
	2007	Veikkausliiga	25	4	0	0	0	0	25	4
	Total		58	7	0	0	0	0	58	7
Väsby United	2008	Superettan	29	4	0	0	0	0	29	4
AIK	2009	Allsvenskan	24	3	5	1	0	0	29	4
	2010	Allsvenskan	13	0	1	0	0	0	14	0
	Total		37	7	6	1	0	0	43	4
Videoton FC	2010–11	Nemzeti Bajnokság I	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
AIK	2011	Allsvenskan	28	3	1	0	0	0	29	3
	2012	Allsvenskan	25	2	1	0	9	0	35	2
	Total		53	5	2	0	9	0	64	5
Çaykur Rizespor	2014–15	Süper Lig	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rah Ahan	2014–15	Pro League	7	1	0	0	0	0	7	1
Brommapojkarna	2015	Superettan	11	0			0	0	11	0
Örgryte IS	2016	Superettan	7	2	1	0	0	0	8	2
	2017	Superettan	15	2	0	0	0	0	15	2
	Total		22	4	1	0	0	0	23	4
Syrianska	2018	Division 1 Norra	17	3	0	0	0	0	17	3
Career total			247	27	9	1	9	0	266	28

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year ^[19]

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Uganda	2012	2	0
	2013	4	0
	2014	1	0
Total		7	0

Honours

AIK

• Allsvenskan: 2009
• Svenska Cupen: 2009
• Supercupen: 2010

References

1. "AIK FOTBOLL: AIK Fotboll och Väsby United fördjupar samarbete". Privataaffarer.se. 24 November 2006. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 25 November 2008.
2. Mutumba: "Jag trodde aldrig jag skulle spela igen"
3. Johan Flinck (16 April 2009). "Jag blev en fel människa". Aftonbladet.se.
4. "Martin Mutumba provspelar för Deportivo". Fotbollsverige.se.
5. "Mutumba fortsätter i AIK". Svenskafans.com.
6. "Canning given Hibs trial chance". BBC Sport. 6 February 2008. Retrieved 25 July 2010.
7. David Tanentsapf (13 January 2009). "Det var tre år av krig". Aftonbladet.se.
8. Martin Kayongo-Mutumba återvänder till AIK ^{[ permanent dead link ‍]}
9. "AIK takes home Swedish football league title – The Local". Thelocal.se.
10. "Mutumbas AIK Guld 2LAX9 ny trend – Dagens Nyheter". DN.se.
11. Patrik Sjögren (28 June 2010). "Chocken: Guldhjältarna lämnar mästarlaget | AIK | Allsvenskan | Sverige | Fotboll | Sportbladet | Aftonbladet". Aftonbladet.se.
12. Andreas Lagnelius (29 June 2010). "Jämför Mutumba och Bojan – med Ronaldinho och Baggio | AIK | Allsvenskan | Sverige | Fotboll | Sportbladet | Aftonbladet". Aftonbladet.se.
13. Svartskallar – Så funkar vi Archived 30 September 2006 at the Wayback Machine
14. "Frizon: M9". Frizon.info. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 6 June 2011.
15. Johan Flinck (22 September 2009). "Firade – med sin mamma | AIK | Allsvenskan | Sverige | Fotboll | Sportbladet | Aftonbladet". Aftonbladet.se.
16. "500 AIKare: Martin Mutumba". Aik.se. Archived from the original on 20 August 2010.
17. Tobias Sandblom (2 November 1997). "Nsubuga: Mitt mål är handikapp-OS". .aftonbladet.se.
18. "Martin Mutumba | Inspirerande föreläsare om livets resa" (in Swedish). Retrieved 26 November 2024.
19. Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Martin Kayongo-Mutumba (Player)". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 19 October 2022.

External links

• 500 AIKare: Martin Mutumba
• Martin Kayongo-Mutumba – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Martin Kayongo-Mutumba at National-Football-Teams.com