Basil Tenywa Tuma (born 24 April 2005) is a professional

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who plays as a winger for club

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. Born in Uganda, he represents the Malta national team.

Football career

Club

Reading

Tuma made his debut for Reading in their 2–1

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defeat to

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on 9 August 2022, playing 55 minutes before being replaced by Jahmari Clarke. On 2 July 2025, Reading announced that Tuma had signed a new one-year contract with the club.

International

Tuma represented

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at the 2020 CECAFA U-17 Championship, where they were victorious over

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in the final. Tuma was then called up for the Malta U19 in September 2022. Tuma made his debut for the Malta U21 team in a 0-6 defeat to

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on 8 September 2023. In October 2024, Tuma was called up to the Maltese senior international team for the first time, for their matches against

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and

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. After their match against Turkmenistan was cancelled due to travel issues faced by Turkmenistan, Tuma made his debut for Malta against Moldova on 13 October 2024, coming on as a halt-time substitute to win the match-winning penalty.

Athletics

Tuma was educated at

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and finished 3rd in the Junior Boys 100 metres at the 2019 ESAA English Schools Track & Field Championships with a time of 11.23 seconds.

Career statistics

Honours

Uganda under-17 * CECAFA U-17 Championship:

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* 2005 births Living people Maltese men's footballers Malta men's international footballers Malta men's youth international footballers Malta men's under-21 international footballers Ugandan men's footballers Maltese people of Ugandan descent Naturalised association football players Naturalised citizens of Malta Reading F.C. players Men's association football midfielders People educated at Eton College Footballers from Berkshire English Football League players 21st-century English sportsmen {{Malta-footy-bio-stub