Milton Karisa

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Milton Karisa
Personal information
Date of birth (1995-07-27) 27 July 1995 (age 29)
Place of birth Jinja, Jinja District, Uganda
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 Vipers
Number 29
Youth career
2011–2013 JMC
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2013–2016 BUL 27 (13)
2016–2018 Vipers 42 (17)
2018–2019 MC Oujda 22 (4)
2020– Vipers 3 (1)
International career‡
2017– Uganda 42 (6)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:48, 26 December 2019 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 8 June 2022

Milton Karisa (born 27 July 1995) is a Ugandan professional footballer who plays as a right winger for Uganda Premier League club Vipers and the Uganda national team.

Contents

Club career

BUL FC

In 2013, Milton joined Bul FC from Jinja Municipal Football Club. He made his debut for the club against Kansai Plascon FC (formerly known as Sadolin Paints FC) in 2013, while he scored his first goal against Kiira Young FC at Namboole Stadium.

Vipers SC

Milton joined Vipers S.C. in January 2017. [1] [2] [3] He made his team debut against Lweza FC at Namboole Stadium in a game that tended 2–0 [4] in favour of Vipers where Milton made an assist. Milton scored his first goal for Vipers on 10 March 2017 against Platinum Stars at St. Mary`s Stadium in a CAF Confederation Cup qualifier. [5] It was a historic goal on the day Vipers opened their new stadium, St Mary’s in Kitende. [6]

MC Oujda

Milton joined MC Oujda in September 2018 on a two-year contract. [7] [8] On 22 September 2018, he made his team debut against Kawkab AC Marrakech at the Marrakesh Stadium, with Milton scoring in the match. [9]

Return to Vipers SC

In January 2020, Milton returned to Vipers. [10] [11] On 25 February, he scored a goal and assisted another in Vipers' 5–0 home win against Maroons FC.

International career

Milton made his debut for the Uganda national team against Kenya in a 1–1 friendly draw at Machakos Stadium on 23 March 2017. [12]

International goals

Scores and results list Uganda's goal tally first. [13]
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.12 November 2017 Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat, Brazzaville, CongoFlag of the Republic of the Congo.svg  Congo 1–11–1 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
2.7 December 2017 Bukhungu Stadium, Kakamega, KenyaFlag of South Sudan.svg  South Sudan 1–05–1 2017 CECAFA Cup
3.18 January 2022 Titanic Sports Center - Field 1, Belek, TurkeyFlag of Moldova.svg  Moldova 3–23–2 Friendly
4.27 January 2022 Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa, BahrainFlag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain 1–01–3Friendly
5.8 June 2022 St. Mary's Stadium-Kitende, Entebbe, UgandaFlag of Niger.svg  Niger 1–01–1 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
6.18 January 2023 19 May 1956 Stadium, Annaba, AlgeriaFlag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 1–01–0 2022 African Nations Championship

Honours

Club

Vipers SC

2018
2017–18, 2019–20

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References

  1. ↑ "Ugandan football: Vipers sign two new players". Newvision.co.ug.
  2. ↑ "| Futaa.com Uganda". Futaa.com. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
  3. ↑ "Karisa completes dream switch to Vipers Sports Club". Kawowo.com. 4 January 2017.
  4. ↑ "Vipers vs. Lweza - 7 February 2017 - Soccerway". Int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
  5. ↑ "Confederation Cup: I want to score more, says Karisa". Newvision.co.ug.
  6. ↑ "Karisa strikes memorable goal in Vipers' victory on opening day of St Mary's stadium". Fufa.co.ug. 11 March 2017.
  7. ↑ "Milton Karisa crosses to Moroccan club". Kawowo.com. 8 September 2018.
  8. ↑ "Karisa joins Mouloudia Club Oranais of Morocco". Newvision.co.ug.
  9. ↑ "Milton Karisa scores on Mouloudia Club Oujda debut in Morocco". Kawowo.com. 23 September 2018.
  10. ↑ "Returnee Karisa targets to get back on the national team". Kawowo.com. 13 February 2020.
  11. ↑ "Milton Karisa returns to Vipers". Newvision.co.ug.
  12. ↑ "Kenya vs. Uganda - 23 March 2017". Soccerway.com.
  13. ↑ "Karisa, Milton". National-football-teams.com. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
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