Erisa Ssekisambu (born 28 August 1995) is a Ugandan

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who plays for Super Studio Malappuram in the All India Sevens Football and the Uganda national team as a

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Career

Ssekisambu has featured for different clubs in Uganda such as

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, Express,

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Vipers SC ''Vipers SC'' is a Ugandan professional association football club based in Kitende. Wakiso District. It competes in the Uganda Premier League, the top flight of Ugandan, Ugandan football. The club was founded in 1969 as Bunamwaya FC. They are nic ...

and of recent he played for currently in KCCA FC.

SC Villa

Ssekisambu started his career in 2011. He made his debut on 23 September 2011 against Police FC and he scored his first goal on 18 January 2011 against Gulu United,

won 4–0. Ssekisambu left

for Express hoping to get the playing time he had not got at Villa Park since coach Srdjan Zivojnov, had not given him the playing time.

Express

Ssekisambu joined Express in January 2012. He played his first game on 22 February 2012 against Water FC and the game ended 0–0. He scored his first goal against Masaka Local Council FC on 29 May 2012 and Express won 1–0.

Uganda Revenue Authority SC

In June 2012 Ssekisambu joined

from Express

SC Villa

Ssekisambu returned to

in 2015. He played against Soana FC as his first game on a comeback to

. He scored his first goal of the season against Express and the match ended in favour of

2–1.

Vipers SC

In July 2015, Ssekisambu moved to

in 2015., He played his first game against Bidco FC,

won 1–0. He scored his first goal for

against Saints FC. Ssekisambu completed the season with a tally of 16 goals even when some pundits argue that he scored 17 during the

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season of 2015–16 Sekisambu scored a historical goal for

against

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on 12 February 2016 in the preliminary round of

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first leg.

Gor Mahia

On 1 November 2018, it was announced that Ssekisambu had joined

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n club

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on a two-year contract. On 16 February 2019 he scored his first hattrick for

against Mount Kenya United.

International career

On 20 June 2015, he made his senior debut on the

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against

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and scored 2 goals on his debut. He was one of the shining stars at the 2016 CHAN Finals in Rwanda as he netted in the 2–2 draw with Mali. In the

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, Erisa was top scorer for

Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

Club

Express *

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: 2011–12 Uganda Revenue Authority SC *

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: 2013–14: SC Villa *

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: 2014 Vipers SC *

: 2015–16 *

: 2017–18

Uganda

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: 2015

Individual

* Most Valuable Player

: 2015, 2016 * Most Valuable Player Nominee

: 2015

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ssekisambu, Erisa 1995 births Living people Men's association football midfielders Ugandan men's footballers 21st-century Ugandan sportsmen Ugandan expatriate men's footballers Uganda men's international footballers Uganda men's A' international footballers SC Villa players Uganda Revenue Authority SC players Vipers SC players Gor Mahia F.C. players Kampala Capital City Authority FC players Uganda Premier League players Ugandan expatriate sportspeople in Kenya Expatriate men's footballers in Kenya People from Wakiso District 2016 African Nations Championship players Footballers from Central Region, Uganda