Ismail Watenga
Personal information
Full name Ismail Bin Abdul Rashid Watenga
Date of birth (1995-05-15) 15 May 1995
Place of birth Mbale,[1] Uganda
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper[2]
Team information
Current team
 Golden Arrows
Number 1
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2018 Vipers
2018–2019 Ethiopian Coffee
2019–2020 Sofapaka
2020–2022 Chippa United 19 (0)
2022– Mamelodi Sundowns 0 (0)
2022 → Marumo Gallants (loan) 4 (0)
2023– → Golden Arrows (loan) 11 (0)
International career‡
2014– Uganda 19 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 November 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 March 2018

Ismail Watenga (born 15 May 1995) is a Ugandan professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Golden Arrows.[3][1][4]

He moved to Golden Arrows in August 2023.[5]

International career

In January 2014, coach Milutin Sredojević, invited him to be included in the Uganda national football team for the 2014 African Nations Championship.[6][7] The team placed third in the group stage of the competition after beating Burkina Faso, drawing with Zimbabwe, and losing to Morocco.[8][9]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Ismail Watenga at National-Football-Teams.com
  2. ↑ "Micho Names Uganda Final Team For CHAN 2014". kawowo.com. Archived from the original on 11 February 2014. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
  3. ↑ Ismail Watenga at Soccerway. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
  4. ↑ "Uganda". mtnfootball.com. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
  5. ↑ Kohler, Lorenz (25 August 2023). "Arrows Signing Ex-Pirates And Wydad Players". iDiski Times. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
  6. ↑ "Uganda Cranes Regroup For CHAN 2014 Preparations". kawowo.com. Archived from the original on 11 February 2014. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
  7. ↑ "Uganda makes changes in squad for 2014 Africa Nations Championship". xinhuanet.com. Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
  8. ↑ "Uganda's impressive CHAN start". espnfc.com. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
  9. ↑ "Zimbabwe vs Uganda Preview". goal.com/. Retrieved 11 February 2014.


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