Richard Kasagga

Richard Juuko Kasagga (born 4 July 1993) is a Ugandan professional footballer who plays as a defender for Olympique Béja in the Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 and the Uganda national team.

Richard Kasagga
Personal information
Full name Richard Juuko Kassaga
Date of birth (1993-07-04) 4 July 1993
Place of birth Lyantonde, Uganda
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Olympique Béja
Number 22
Youth career
2008–2013 KCC FC
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2014 Kiira Young
2014–2016 Salam Zgharta 20 (1)
2016 KCCA 4 (0)
2017–2018 URA 15 (0)
2018–2021 Aizawl 26 (1)
2022– Olympique Béja 12 (1)
International career‡
2013– Uganda 27[1] (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:29, 29 May 2022 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 January 2016

Club career

Earlier career

Kasagga began his senior club career in Uganda Premier League side Kiira Young FC in 2013 where he played until 2015.

Salam Zgharta

He later moved to Lebanese Premier League club Salam Zgharta and appeared in 20 league matches, scoring 1 goal.[2] He has also played in 7 AFC Cup games for the Lebanese outfit.

Back to Uganda

In 2016, he signed with Ugandan heavyweights Kampala City Authority where he played for two seasons before moving to Uganda Revenue Authority SC. Kasagga appeared in Uganda Premier League with URA from 2017 to 2018.

Aizawl FC

Kasagga made his debut in India, playing for Aizawl in the I-League in 2018–19 season.[3] He appeared in 10 league matches in that season. In 2020, he renewed his contract with the Mizoram-based side.[4] He played 13 matches in the 2019–20 season and 3 matches in 2020–21 season. On 24 January 2021, he scored his first goal for Aizawl against Indian Arrows in a 1–1 draw match.[5][6][7][8]

International career

Kasagga debuted for Uganda national football team on 13 July 2013 against Tanzania in a 2014 African Nations Championship second round match.[9]

In January 2014, coach Milutin Sredojević, invited him to be included in the Uganda national football team for the 2014 African Nations Championship.[10][11] The team placed third in the group stage of the competition after beating Burkina Faso, drawing with Zimbabwe and losing to Morocco.[12][13]

He represented his country for 37 times including matches in bigger competitions like 2016 African Nations Championship and CECAFA Senior Challenge Cup.

Personal life

Kasagga was born in Lyantonde and besides football, he has competed B.Sc in Construction Management from Makerere University.

Career statistics

Club
As of 29 May 2022[14]
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoal
Salam Zgharta 2014–15 Lebanese Premier League 111007[lower-alpha 1]0181
2015–16 9000–90
Salam Zgharta total 2010070271
Aizawl 2018–19 I-League 10000–100
2019–20 13000–130
2020–21 3100–31
Aizawl total 2610000261
Olympique Béja 2021–22 Tunisian Ligue 1 12100–121
Career total 5830070653
  1. Appearance(s) in AFC Cup

International
As of matches played till 27 January 2016[15]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Uganda 2013100
201470
201570
201630
Total 270

Honours

Kampala Capital City

Aizawl

References
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  2. "official-salam-zgharta-signs-the-ugandan-defender-richard-kasagga-coming". facebook.com. Archived from the original on 22 September 2022. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  3. Chaudhuri, Arunava (27 December 2018). "Aizawl FC strengthen their defence by signing Uganda's Juuko Richard Kassaga!". arunfoot.com. Arunava about Football. Archived from the original on 31 December 2018. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  4. "Richard Kassaga: defender renews contract with India's Aizawl". thetouchlinesports.com. Archived from the original on 15 January 2021. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  5. "I-League: Last-gasp Equaliser Helps Indian Arrows Draw Aizawl FC". outlookindia.com. Archived from the original on 26 January 2021. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  6. "I-League 2020-21: Defiant Indian Arrows pick up first point of season after draw against Aizawl FC". firstpost.com. Archived from the original on 24 January 2021. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  7. "Arrows snatch 1-1 draw with late goal against Aizawl". www.sentinelassam.com. Archived from the original on 22 September 2022. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  8. "I-League: Sajad Hussain heads hand over Indian Arrows first points of the season". Deccan.news. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  9. "Kasagga, Richard". National-Football-Teams. Archived from the original on 24 January 2022. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  10. "Uganda Cranes Regroup For CHAN 2014 Preparations". kawowo.com. Archived from the original on 11 February 2014. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
  11. "Uganda makes changes in squad for 2014 Africa Nations Championship". xinhuanet.com. Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
  12. "Uganda's impressive CHAN start". espnfc.com. Archived from the original on 26 February 2014. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
  13. "Zimbabwe vs Uganda Preview". goal.com/. Archived from the original on 7 July 2018. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
  14. Richard Kasagga at Soccerway
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  16. UGANDA PREMIER LEAGUE Archived 23 July 2016 at the Wayback Machine, Soccerway.com. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
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