Derrick Kakooza

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Derrick Kakooza
Personal information
Date of birth (2002-10-23) 23 October 2002 (age 21)
Place of birth Kampala, Uganda [1]
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) [2]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Ethiopian Coffee
Number 27
Youth career
Naguru Police Academy
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
Police Kampala
2022 Valmiera II 13 (2)
2023 KuPS (trial) 0 (0)
2023– ENPPI 0 (0)
International career
2021 Uganda U20 6 (5)
2022– Uganda 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11:00, 11 February 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11:00, 30 January 2023 (UTC)

Derrick Kakooza (born 23 October 2002) is a Ugandan professional footballer who plays as a forward for Ethiopian Premier League club Ethiopian Coffee.

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Club career

Born in Kampala, Kakooza started his career with the Naguru Police Academy, before joining Police Kampala. [3] Having been promoted to the first team with Police, his impressive performances in the 2021 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations linked him with a move to Belgian side Anderlecht. [3] [4] His league performances were also good, scoring eight goals in eighteen games across two seasons. [5]

After the move to Anderlecht fell through, Kakooza completed a move to Latvian side Valmiera in early 2022 from Police FC. [6] [7]

Having played one game in the Finnish Cup for KuPS, Kakooza signed for Egyptian side ENPPI in January 2023. [8]

Career statistics

Club

As of 30 January 2023. [1] [9]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Police Kampala 2019–20 Uganda Premier League 64000064
2020–21 1240000124
Total188000000188
Valmiera II 2022 1. līga 1320000132
KuPS (trial) 2023 Veikkausliiga 001 [lower-alpha 1] 0000010
ENPPI 2022–23 Egyptian Premier League 0000000000
Career total31101000003210
Notes
  1. Appearances in the Finnish Cup

International

As of matches played 8 May 2022. [2]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Uganda 202250
Total50

Honours

Uganda U20

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  2. 1 2 Derrick Kakooza at National-Football-Teams.com
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