Abubaker Tabula (born 12 June 1980) is a

Uganda Uganda, officially the Republic of Uganda, is a landlocked country in East Africa. It is bordered to the east by Kenya, to the north by South Sudan, to the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to the south-west by Rwanda, and to the ...

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

and coach. He is a former player on

Uganda National football team The Uganda national football team also known as The Uganda Cranes represents Uganda in international football and is controlled by the Federation of Uganda Football Associations. History The Uganda Cranes made their debut on 1 May 1926 against ...

The "Uganda Cranes" and also captained the team in 2005.

Career

The defender played previously for

SC Villa Sports Club Villa is a professional football club based in Kampala, Uganda, that competes in the Uganda Premier League. Overview Sports Club Villa had humble beginnings in 1975, playing under the name Nakivubo Boys. The club was renamed N ...

2001,

Kampala City Council FC Kampala Capital City Authority Football Club (Abbreviated as KCCA FC) and also known as Kampala City, is a Ugandan professional football club based in Kampala, the largest city and capital of Uganda. Kampala City Council was rebranded to Kampal ...

2005

Proline FC Proline FC, or short Proline, is a Ugandan professional football based in Kampala, currently competing in the Ugandan regional leagues. History The team was founded in 2006 and was promoted to the top flight Uganda Premier League in 2007. Prolin ...

in 2013,

Simba FC UPDF Simba FC is a Ugandan football club based in Lugazi. They are the country's Army club. They were a dominant force in the 1970s and 1980s when all the players were serving officers in the Army. Simba FC has played in many leagues since 1 ...

, Rwandan club

APR FC Armée Patriotique Rwandaise Football Club (APR FC or APR) is a professional football club from Kigali in Rwanda. The club plays their home games at Kigali Pelé Stadium. The club was founded in June 1993 as the team of the Rwandese Patriotic ...

2007 and recently in Sweden for

GIF Sundsvall Gymnastik- och Idrottsföreningen Sundsvall, more commonly known as GIF Sundsvall (), Giffarna or simply Sundsvall, is a Swedish professional association football, football club based in Sundsvall. The club is affiliated with Medelpads Fotbollf� ...

. Tabula currently coaches

Maroons FC Maroons FC, also known as Prisons FC, is a Ugandan professional football club from Kampala owned by Uganda Prisons Service, currently playing in the Uganda Premier League. Playing as Prisons FC, the club won the first two Ugandan Super League ...

in Uganda. He is one of the best left back in Uganda. He is also a member of All Start. He is remembered fog to remove an alleged fetish in a 2004 Afcon qualifier against Rwanda at Namboole.

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1980 births Living people Ugandan men's footballers 21st-century Ugandan sportsmen Uganda men's international footballers Ugandan expatriate men's footballers Allsvenskan players GIF Sundsvall players Ugandan expatriate sportspeople in Rwanda APR F.C. players Expatriate men's footballers in Rwanda Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden Kampala Capital City Authority FC players Bright Stars FC players Men's association football defenders {{Uganda-footy-bio-stub