Murushid Juuko (born 14 April 1994) is a Ugandan professional

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who plays as a

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for

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. Juuko also played for the senior national team of Uganda usually called 'The Cranes' and appeared in 39 matches and scored 1 goal before hanging up his boots on 13 January 2022. He was part of the Ugandan team that played at the 2017 AFCON in Gabon and also appeared in the same tournament played in Egypt in 2019. Before those tournaments,

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had spent 38 years without participating in the continent's biggest football tournament.

Club career

Juuko was born in

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. He has played club football for Ugandan clubs Bunamwaya and

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before moving to Tanzania to play for

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.He also played for Wydad Cassablanca in Morocco Juuko joined

in 2020 on a one-year contract.

International career

Juuko made his Uganda national team (the "Cranes") debut on 11 July 2014 against Seychelles national team. Uganda national team won 1-0.

AFCON 2017

Juuko guided the Cranes to their first

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finals since 1978. He was part of the team that defeated

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1–0 to

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for the 2017 finals in

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. Having missed the first game against

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due to a suspension picked up during qualifiers he played 180 minutes against

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and

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AFCON 2019

During the

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Juuko played two matches, the first one against

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and another against

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after sustaining a hamstring injury. The Uganda ''Cranes'' ended the championship in the round of 16.

Career statistics

International

International goals

:''Scores and results list Uganda's goal tally first.''

Honors

Vipers *

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: 2010 SC Victoria University *

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: 2014 *

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: 2013–14 Simba *

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: 2017–18, 2018–19 * Kombe la Shirikisho la Azam (Azam Sports Federation Cup – ASFC): 2017 * Kombe La Mapinduzi: 2015 * SportPesa Super Cup: 2017, 2018

Outside Football

Juuko is an entrepreneur who owns a farm, a bakery and also set up Jusa training school that trainers learners in vocational skills such as baking and cosmetology.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Juuko, Murushid 1994 births Living people People from Entebbe Ugandan men's footballers 21st-century Ugandan sportsmen Men's association football defenders Uganda men's international footballers 2017 Africa Cup of Nations players 2019 Africa Cup of Nations players Vipers SC players SC Victoria University players Simba S.C. players Wydad AC players Express FC players Ugandan expatriate men's footballers Ugandan expatriate sportspeople in Tanzania Expatriate men's footballers in Tanzania Ugandan expatriate sportspeople in Morocco Expatriate men's footballers in Morocco Tanzanian Premier League players Footballers from Central Region, Uganda