Thomas Emanuel Ulimwengu (born 14 June 1993) is a Tanzanian

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who plays as a striker for

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and the

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Career

Youth career

Ulimwengu grew up in Dodoma, the Tanzanian capital, where he played for local club team Area C. At the age of 14 he was selected for the Dodoma Region U-17 team. Soon after, he was selected through a nationwide talent search to join the first class of the Tanzania Soccer Academy, a joint project between the

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and British investors. Ulimwengu impressed at the soccer academy and was soon called up to the Tanzania U-17 national team. He was joint top scorer in the

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, in which Tanzania finished 2nd. After his good performance in the competition, he was regularly called up by coach Marcio Maximo to practice with the senior national team, the Taifa Stars.

Club career

In the 2009–10 Tanzania Premier League season Ulimwengu played on-loan for Moro United. The following summer, he represented Tanzania in the 2010 Copa Coca-Cola African Championship in South Africa, where he scored nine goals in five matches. In July 2010 Thomas joined Swedish development outfit Athletic Football Club, with whom he competed in the Gothia Cup and Stockholm Cup. On 31 August 2011 Ulimwengu joined 4-time African Champions League winners

. He scored in his debut, a 2–1 victory over

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International goals

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

Honours

* Al-Hilal Club :

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ulimwengu, Thomas 1993 births Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 players Living people Tanzanian footballers Tanzania international footballers Tanzanian expatriate footballers Association football forwards TP Mazembe players Moro United F.C. players JS Saoura players AFC Eskilstuna players Al-Hilal Club (Omdurman) players FK Sloboda Tuzla players 2019 Africa Cup of Nations players Tanzania youth international footballers Tanzania under-20 international footballers Expatriate footballers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Expatriate footballers in Algeria Expatriate footballers in Sweden Expatriate footballers in Bosnia and Herzegovina Expatriate footballers in Sudan Tanzanian expatriate sportspeople in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Tanzanian expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Tanzanian Premier League players