Atuheire Kipson

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Atuheire Kipson
Personal information
Full name Atuheire Kipson[1]
Date of birth (1993-08-08) 8 August 1993 (age 28)[2]
Place of birth Kabale, Western Uganda
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Striker
Club information
Current team
 Gokulam Kerala F.C
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2009 AS Kigali
2009–2010 SC Villa Kampala
2010–2012 APR Kigali
2012–2013 URA Kampala
2013–2014 Police Kibungo
2014–2015 Musanze
2015–2016 Svay Rieng (24)
2017 Nagaworld 23 (28)
2018 UKM 11 (5)
2019–2020 Nagaworld 23 (22)
2020 Gokulam Kerala F.C. 5 (0)
2020– Wakiso Giants FC 9 (0)
National team
2010– Rwanda 6 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13 July 2018

Atuheire Kipson (born 8 August 1993) is a Ugandan-born Rwandan professional footballer[3] who plays for Wakiso Giants FC in the Uganda Premier League and the Rwanda national football team as a striker.[4]

Club career[]

Days in Rwanda and Uganda[]

Born in Kabale, Western region of Uganda, Kipson moved to Rwanda and began his professional football career at A.S. Kigali in 2008. Between 2009 and 2010, he signed with and played for Ugandan giants SC Villa Kampala in the Uganda Premier League. With SC Villa, he won the Uganda Cup in 2009. It was his first major professional win and then he moved to Armée Patriotique Rwandaise Football Club in Rwanda again. With APR, he won the Rwanda Premier League twice in 2010 and 2011.

In 2012, he moved to Uganda Revenue Authority SC and emerged as the runners-up of the Uganda Premier League. Kipson has also played for clubs like Rwanda Police FC and Musanze F.C. before leaving Africa.

Cambodia[]

He went to Cambodia in 2015 and joined Preah Khan Reach Svay Rieng FC, with which he lifted the Hun Sen Cup in 2015.[5] He was also in the squad of the Svay Rieng in 2016 Hun Sen Cup runners-up squad. In 2015 and 2016 season with Svay Rieng, he scored 24 goals.

Kipson also achieved success and fame during his stint in another Cambodian club Nagaworld FC. He appeared in 23 C-League matches and scored 28 goals in 2017. Later he moved to Malaysian side UKM F.C. but came back to Nagaworld FC in 2019. Kipson with Nagaworld, finished as the runners-up of 2017 Hun Sen Cup and 2019 C-League.

On November 20 2017, Kipson scored his first hat-trick for Nagaworld FC against Asia Europe United in the C-League.[6] With Nagaworld in 2019–2020 season, he scored 22 goals in 23 league games. In 2019 AFC Cup, Kipson appeared for Nagaworld FC in 6 matches of Group-F. In that competition, he scored 2 goals in a match against Yangon United FC. He achieved fame for his continuous goalscoring ability for both the Cambodian clubs Nagaworld FC and Svay Rieng FC between 2015 and 2020.

India[]

In February 10, 2020, Kipson signed with Indian I-League side Gokulam Kerala FC. He debuted for the Malabarians on 12 February against Chennai City.[7] He appeared in only 5 league matches for them and later released by the club.[8][9] He alongside other foreigners of Gokulam Kerala was stuck in India due to the nationwide lockdown amidst the Coronavirus pandemic for couple of days before his flight to Uganda.[10]

Back to Uganda[]

Kipson after his success in Cambodia and unsuccessful days in India due to the pandemic (2020 I-League was cancelled), returned to Uganda for signing with Wakiso Giants FC.[11] Debutant Kipson scored for Wakiso Giants as they edged Mbarara City FC to get off their first win of the season. Former SC Villa striker scored the winner in the second half before Mbarara City went on to miss a penalty.[12][13]

International career[]

Kipson has represented Rwanda national football team on 5 occasions in 2010. He debuted for his country on 9 October against Benin in a 3-0 win match at the 2012 African Cup of Nations.[14] He then appeared in a friendly match against Malawi.

He had also represented Rwanda in the 2010 CECAFA Cup in Tanzania,[15] where he played three matches until Rwanda lost to Tanzania in the Quarter-finals.

Honours[]

Club[]

SC Villa Kampala

Armée Patriotique Rwandaise

Preah Khan Reach Svay Rieng

NagaWorld FC

References[]

  1. ^ "Kipson Atuheire". thefinalball.com. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  2. ^ Atuheire Kipson player profile Eurosport. Retrieved 14 March 2021
  3. ^ Atuheire Kipson soccer player summary and stats Soccerway. Retrieved 14 March 2021
  4. ^ "Kipson Atuheire". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
  5. ^ "First Team - Svay Rieng Football Club". Svay Rieng FC official website. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
  6. ^ "Kipson nets three for Naga". khmertimeskh.com. 19 November 2017. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  7. ^ "I-League: Marcus Joseph's solitary goal downs Chennai City". Sportstar.TheHindu. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  8. ^ "I-League 2019-20: NEROCA FC Edge Past Gokulam Kerala". Outlook India. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  9. ^ "Former APR striker Atuhaire signs for Ugandan side Wakiso Giants". New Times Rwanda. 12 January 2021. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  10. ^ "Indian football: Foreign players of I-League clubs who are still in India". Goal.com. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  11. ^ rwandan-striker-kipson-atuhaire-joins-wakiso-giants chimpreports.com. Retrieved 14 March 2021
  12. ^ "Kipson Atuheire gets Wakiso Giants off the mark". kawowo.com. 12 February 2021. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  13. ^ "Kipson Atuhaire". Scoreboard.com. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  14. ^ Kipson Atuheire » Internationals worldfootball.net. Retrieved 14 March 2021
  15. ^ Tanzania_Mainland_to_host_Cecafa_Cup supersport.com. Retrieved 14 March 2021
  16. ^ http://www.cambodianfootball.com/hun-sen-cup-2015/
  17. ^ "cambodia-2017-hun-sen-cup-final". refereesfifa.blogspot.fr. 27 December 2017.
  18. ^ "Hun Sen Cup 2017 Final stages". uk.soccerway.com.

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