Edward Kizza

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Edward Kizza
Personal information
Full name Edward Kizza
Date of birth (1998-12-17) 17 December 1998 (age 23)
Place of birth Kampala, Uganda
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 New England Revolution
Number 19
Youth career
Montverde Academy
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2019 Pittsburgh Panthers 53 (31)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021– New England Revolution 11 (0)
2021– New England Revolution II 12 (5)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 29 October 2021

Edward Kizza (born 17 December 1998) is a Ugandan professional footballer who plays as a forward for Major League Soccer club New England Revolution.

Career[]

Born in Kampala, Kizza moved to the United States with his parents when he was 14.[1] He spent his first year of high school at Carlisle School before joining the Montverde Academy near Orlando, Florida.[2] With Montverde, Kizza was part of the SIMA program and was ranked as the 41st ranked player nationally by topdrawersoccer coming out of his senior season.[2]

On 17 March 2017, Kizza committed to playing college soccer with the Pittsburgh Panthers, despite looking at offers from the Clemson Tigers and Wake Forest Demon Deacons.[2] He made his collegiate debut for the Panthers on 25 August 2017 against the Ohio State Buckeyes, coming on as a substitute in a 0–1 defeat.[3] He completed his freshman college season with 4 goals in 15 matches, earning an ACC All-Freshman team selection.[3] During his sophomore season, Kizza started in all 18 matches for the Panthers, scoring 15 goals.[3] He then scored 12 goals during his junior and final season with the Panthers, appearing in all 20 matches that season.[3]

On 8 October 2020, it was announced that Kizza had parted ways with the Pittsburgh Panthers, despite appearing and scoring in two exhibition matches.[4] He would go on to not play his senior season with the Panthers.[3]

New England Revolution[]

On 21 January 2021, despite not appearing in the 2020 NCAA season, Kizza was selected with the 24th overall pick by the New England Revolution in the MLS SuperDraft.[5] Despite being selected late in the first round of the draft, Revolution head coach Bruce Arena, stated that Kizza is "a proven goal scorer the collegiate level" and that "we feel very fortunate that we got him as late as we did in the first round".[6] Arena said that he had spoken with Kizza's Pittsburgh Panthers coach Jay Vidovich prior to drafting him.[6]

On 5 March 2021, Kizza signed a professional contract with the New England Revolution after impressing the coaching staff in pre-season.[7] He made professional debut for the Revolution on 17 April 2021 in their season opener against the Chicago Fire, coming on as a 83rd minute substitute in the 2–2 draw and hitting the crossbar with a header.[8]

Career statistics[]

As of match played 19 July 2021[9]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
New England Revolution 2021 Major League Soccer 7 0 0 0 — 7 0
Career total 7 0 0 0 0 0 7 0

Honours[]

New England Revolution

References[]

  1. ^ "Edward Kizza New England Revolution". New England Revolution.
  2. ^ a b c Rotstein, Steve (17 March 2021). "Top 50 recruit Kizza Edward commits to Pitt men's soccer". The Pitt News. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Edward Kizza". Pittsburgh Panthers.
  4. ^ Bobeck, Brett (8 October 2020). "Pitt soccer parts ways with leading scorer Edward Kizza". The Pitt News. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  5. ^ Krysinsky, John (22 January 2021). "Former Pitt scoring whiz Edward Kizza selected by New England Revolution in MLS Draft". Pittsburgh Soccer Now. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  6. ^ a b Minton, Sam (22 January 2021). "Bruce Arena feels 'very fortunate" that Edward Kizza dropped to 24th overall". The Bent Musket. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  7. ^ "New England Revolution sign 2021 MLS SuperDraft pick forward Edward Kizza". New England Revolution. 5 March 2021. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  8. ^ "Chicago Fire 2–2 New England Revolution". Soccerway.
  9. ^ Edward Kizza at Soccerway

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