Richard Kasagga

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Richard Kasagga
Personal information
Full name Richard Kassaga Jjuuko[1]
Date of birth (1993-07-04) 4 July 1993 (age 28)
Place of birth Lyantonde, Uganda[2]
Position(s) Defender[3]
Club information
Current team
 Aizawl
Youth career
2008–2013 KCC FC
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2014 Kiira Young
2014–2016 Salam Zgharta 20 (1)
2016 KCCA FC 4 (0)
2017–2018 URA FC 15 (0)
2019– Aizawl F.C.[4] (1)
National team‡
2014– Uganda 37[5] (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23 June 2015
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14 June 2015

Richard Kasagga (born 4 July 1993) is a Ugandan professional footballer, who plays for Aizawl F.C. in the I-League and the Uganda national team as a Defender.

Club career[]

Earlier career[]

Kasagga began his senior club career in Uganda Premier League side Kiira Young FC in 2013 where he played until 2015.

Salam Zgharta[]

He later moved to Lebanese Premier League club Salam Zgharta and appeared in 20 league matches, scoring 1 goal.[6] He has also played in 7 AFC Cup games for the Lebanese outfit.

Back to Uganda[]

In 2016, he signed with Ugandan heavyweights Kampala City Authority where he played for two seasons before moving to Uganda Revenue Authority SC. Kasagga appeared in Uganda Premier League with URA from 2017 to 2018.

Aizawl FC[]

Richard Kasagga made his debut in India, playing for Aizawl in the I-League in 2018–19 season.[7] He appeared in 10 league matches in that season. In 2020, he renewed his contract with the Mizoram-based side.[8] He played 13 matches in the 2019–20 season and 3 matches in 2020–21 season. On 24 January 2021, he scored his first goal for Aizawl against Indian Arrows in a 1–1 draw match.[9][10][11][12]

International career[]

Kasagga debuted for Uganda national football team on 13 July 2013 against Tanzania in a 2014 African Nations Championship second round match.[13]

In January 2014, coach Milutin Sredojević, invited him to be a part of the Uganda national football team squad for the 2014 African Nations Championship.[14][15] The team placed third in the group stage of the competition after beating Burkina Faso, drawing with Zimbabwe and losing to Morocco.[16][17]

He represented his country for 37 times including matches in bigger competitions like 2016 African Nations Championship and CECAFA Senior Challenge Cup.

Personal life[]

Kasagga was born in Lyantonde and besides football, he has competed B.Sc in Construction Management from Makerere University.

Career statistics[]

Club[]

Statistics accurate as of 22 January 2018

Club Season League Cup AFC Total
Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists
Aizawl 2018–19 10 0 0 0 0 0 — — — 0 1 0
Career total 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

Honours[]

Club[]

Kampala Capital City
Aizawl

References[]

  1. ^ Defender Kassaga ready to embark life in India after securing International Transfer Certificate kawowo.com. Retrieved 13 March 2021
  2. ^ Richard Kasagga (Uganda) player summary & stats Worldfootball.net. Retrieved 13 March 2021
  3. ^ "Micho Names Uganda Final Team For CHAN 2014". kawowo.com. Archived from the original on 11 February 2014. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
  4. ^ Richard Kasagga player profile and statistics www.flashscore.in. Retrieved 13 March 2021
  5. ^ "Richard Kasagga player profile and career statistics". globalsportsarchive.com. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  6. ^ "official-salam-zgharta-signs-the-ugandan-defender-richard-kasagga-coming". facebook.com. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  7. ^ "Aizawl FC strengthen their defence by signing Uganda's Juuko Richard Kassaga!". arunfoot.com. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  8. ^ "Richard Kassaga: defender renews contract with India's Aizawl". thetouchlinesports.com. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  9. ^ "I-League: Last-gasp Equaliser Helps Indian Arrows Draw Aizawl FC". outlookindia.com. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  10. ^ "I-League 2020-21: Defiant Indian Arrows pick up first point of season after draw against Aizawl FC". firstpost.com. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  11. ^ "Arrows snatch 1-1 draw with late goal against Aizawl". www.sentinelassam.com. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  12. ^ "I-League: Sajad Hussain heads hand over Indian Arrows first points of the season". Deccan.news. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  13. ^ "Kasagga, Richard". National-Football-Teams. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  14. ^ "Uganda Cranes Regroup For CHAN 2014 Preparations". kawowo.com. Archived from the original on 11 February 2014. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
  15. ^ "Uganda makes changes in squad for 2014 Africa Nations Championship". xinhuanet.com. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
  16. ^ "Uganda's impressive CHAN start". espnfc.com. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
  17. ^ "Zimbabwe vs Uganda Preview". goal.com/. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
  18. ^ UGANDA PREMIER LEAGUE, Soccerway.com. Retrieved 13 March 2021

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