Sula Matovu (born 17 July 1992) is a

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player, who plays as a striker and

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for Mirbat SC in the

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and the Ugandan national team.

Club career

Early career

Matovu started his playing career while still in school before joining

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soccer academy in 2007. While at the academy he showed remarkable ability and great performance and joined Nalubaale Buikwe in Uganda Super League. After one season he joined Proline FC where he scored regularly in Uganda Super League due to his great technique, burst of speed as he takes off opponents, accurate shooting and ball crossing, good and close ball control, dribbling and passing as well as nice displays in soccer matches enticed the Uganda national football team coach

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who called him for Uganda national football team. He has also featured for U20 Uganda national football team and U23 Uganda national football team.

Saint George F.C (Loan)

In January 2011, Matovu moved to

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club Saint George F.C. coached by Giuseppe Dossena on a 6 months loan deal.

Erbil SC

In August 2012, Matovu completed a one-year move to

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. Matovu made his

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S.C debut after coming as a substitute in the 76th min in a 5–1 win over Malaysian

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F.C in the Asian Quarter Final 1st Leg in

city on 18 September 2012. On 25 September 2012, in the 2nd Leg of Asian Quarter Final, Matovu scored his

SC a debut goal in 37th min in a 1–1 draw with Kelantan ensuring

S.C advance to the Asian Semi-finals. On 3 November 2012, he came as a substitute on the 46th min in the

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Final against Al Kuwait and

S.C went on to lose 4–0. On 24 November 2012, Matovu scored his Iraq-Kurdish league debut goal in the 7th min in the 3–2 win over Al Sulimaniya.

BK Häcken

After an impressive season with Iraq side Erbil SC, Swedish

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side

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invited him for 3 weeks trials where he impressed the technical team and becoming the fastest player in the club history and was signed. He scored his first goal for BK Häcken in a 3–1 win against

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in a preseason match.

Kaizer Chiefs

After spending 2014 with Swedish Allsvenskan side BK Häcken, he was linked with a move to

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side

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on 20 June 2015. He started training with Kaizer Chiefs on 24 June 2015 and later signed a six-month deal on the 8 July 2015. Sula Scored the fourth goal in 4–0 win against Volcan de Moroni of

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Honours

Club

;Erbil SC *

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Runners-up:

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;St. George FC *

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: 2011–12 * Ethiopian Cup: 2011

Country

;Uganda *

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: 2011 ;Uganda-U20 *

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: 2010

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Matovu, Sula Living people 1992 births Footballers from Kampala Ugandan men's footballers 21st-century Ugandan sportsmen Ugandan expatriate men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Men's association football forwards Proline FC players Saint George S.C. players Erbil SC players BK Häcken players Al-Najaf SC players Kaizer Chiefs F.C. players Royal Eagles F.C. players Mirbat SC players Al-Orouba SC players Bahla Club players South African Premier Division players Ugandan expatriate sportspeople in Ethiopia Ugandan expatriate sportspeople in Iraq Ugandan expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Ugandan expatriate sportspeople in South Africa Expatriate men's footballers in Ethiopia Expatriate men's footballers in Iraq Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden Expatriate men's soccer players in South Africa Expatriate men's footballers in Oman Uganda men's international footballers