Savio Kabugo (born 20 January 1995) is a

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professional

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who currently plays for

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in botswana.

Club career

Savio has traded his football in different clubs such as

Victoria University SC Sports Club Victoria University (SCVU) is a Ugandan football club, based in Kampala. They play their home games at the Mandela National Stadium. History SCVU was formed on 19 August 2011, and played in the Uganda Big League, winning the play-off ...

, KCCA FC, URA FC and currently plays in Proline FC.

Victoria University

After his good performance in the Fufa Super League, Uganda Cup and also at the

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, Savio earned himself a chance for trial at Bidvest Wits in June 2013. In September 2014 while at the national team Savio Kabugo got an injury and his last club game in 2014 was in December against Bright Stars, which he was able to play after taking some pain killers.

KCCA FC

In January 2015 Savio joined Kampala City Council Authority Football Savio Kabugo was among the KCCA FC players who got an accident while traveling to Ntungamo ahead of a Uganda Cup final 2015 against SC Villa.

URA FC

On December 4, 2015 Savio Kabugo signed for URA FC on a one year deal. Kabugo played six full games for the taxmen, URA’s 2-1 defeat to Express F.C in March 2016 was his last game in URA FC.

Proline FC

In August 2016 Savio Kabugo joined Proline Football Club On October 18, 2016 Savio Kabugo scored his first goal for Proline Football club against Sadolin paints F.C at the Kyabazinga Stadium in Bugembe.

AS Vita Club

In December 2018, Savio joined

AS Vita Club Association Sportive Vita Club, more commonly known as AS Vita Club, AS V. Club or simply Vita Club, is a Congolese football club based in Kinshasa. History AS Vita Club was founded in 1935 by Honoré Essabe under the name of ''Renaissance'' in ...

from

SC Villa Sports Club Villa is an association football club based in Uganda. Overview SC Villa had humble beginnings in 1975, playing under the name Nakivubo Boys. The club was renamed Nakivubo Villa in 1981. SC Villa won promotion to the top flight o ...

on a three year contract deal.

Sebeta City

On 31 October 2019, Savio moved to Ethiopian club

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International career

Savio Kabugo made his Uganda national team debut on 6 February 2013 at the Amahoro stadium, Kigali in an international friendly game between

and Rwanda where the match ended 2-2. Kabugo played at the heart of defence partnering with

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. Savio Kabugo is much remembered because of the ninth minute header which ensured a crucial 1-0 victory of Uganda over the fancied Ghanaians in the penultimate 2015 Nations Cup qualifier at Namboole stadium. In January 2014, coach Milutin Sedrojevic, invited him to be a part of the Uganda squad for the

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. The team placed third in the group stage of the competition after beating

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, drawing with

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and losing to

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. Savio Kabugo was the Hero as Uganda Beat Ghana 1-0 At Namboole in an AFCON Qualifier in November 2014. His headed goal ensured that Cranes secured a much-needed win. On top of that, he was always imposing in aerial battles, many of which he won. Using his body, he was a man-mountain to go past including the several blocks and tackles he won. After the match of

with

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at Namboole stadium, Cranes defender Savio Kabugo was given a match jersey and also a pair of boots from Emmanuel Adebayor in the Cranes dressing room after impressing him in a match.

International goals

Personal life

Savio Kabugo lost both his parents at a tender age. He is a cousin to

Ivan Bukenya Ivan Bukenya (born 1 November 1991) is a Ugandan professional footballer. Bukenya has formerly played for FC Linkoping City, Erbil FC in Iraq, Kaizer Chiefs in South Africa and East Bengal FC in India. Club career Bukenya began his football ...

, a Ugandan professional footballer who formerly played for Kaizer Chiefs in the South African Premier Soccer League.

Honours

SC Victoria University *

Ugandan Cup The Uganda Cup is Uganda's main national cup competition in football. This annual competition is open for member clubs of the Federation of Uganda Football Associations. The Uganda Cup is the second most prestigious competition in Uganda footba ...

winner: 2013 *

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runner-up: 2013 Individual * Uganda Footballer of the Year runner-up: 2014

References

External links

Goal profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kabugo, Savio 1995 births Living people Ugandan footballers Ugandan expatriate footballers Sportspeople from Kampala Uganda international footballers Association football defenders SC Victoria University players Kampala Capital City Authority FC players Uganda Revenue Authority SC players Proline FC players SC Villa players AS Vita Club players Ugandan expatriate sportspeople in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Ugandan expatriate sportspeople in Ethiopia Expatriate footballers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Expatriate footballers in Ethiopia Uganda A' international footballers 2014 African Nations Championship players