Alex Kakuba (born 12 June 1991) is a

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n professional

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who currently plays for

C.D. Cova da Piedade Clube Desportivo Cova da Piedade is a football club established in the parish of Cova da Piedade, municipality of Almada, Portugal. History Clube Desportivo Cova da Piedade was founded on 28 January 1947, resulting from the merge between União ...

Club career

Kakuba began his professional career at

Proline FC Proline FC, or short Proline, is a Ugandan football club from Kampala currently playing in the FUFA Big League. History The team was founded in 2006 and was promoted to the top flight Uganda Premier League in 2007. Proline played seven seasons b ...

. He left Proline FC in the summer of 2012, transferring on a free to the Portuguese fourth-tier side Esperança Lagos. In January 2013, he joined the second-tier outfit

Covilhã Covilhã () is a city and a municipality in the Centro region, Portugal. The city proper had 34,772 inhabitants in 2001. The municipality population in 2011 was 51,797, in an area of . It is located in the Beiras e Serra da Estrela subregion and B ...

, making 50 league appearances for two seasons. On 14 June 2014, Kakuba moved to the

Estoril Praia Grupo Desportivo Estoril Praia (), commonly known as Estoril, is a Portuguese sports club from Estoril, Cascais, Lisbon. Founded on 17 May 1939, its football team currently plays in Primeira Liga and hold home games at the Estádio António Coimb ...

in the top-flight

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, signing a four-year deal. Kakuba signed for 2 years for

PAS Giannina PAS Giannina Football Club ( el, ΠΑΕ ΠΑΣ Γιάννινα 1966), or with its full name Panepirotikos Athlitikos Syllogos Giannina ( el, Πανηπειρωτικός Αθλητικός Σύλλογος Γιάννινα, ''Panepirotic Athleti ...

in July 2018. He released on a free transfer on 10 December 2018. On 27 March 2019, Kakuba signed for

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. In June 2019, he then joined Portuguese club

.Cova da Piedade anuncia Alex Kakuba e Robson por duas épocas
tsf.pt, 14 June 2019

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* * * 1991 births Living people Footballers from Kampala Ugandan men's footballers Uganda men's international footballers Ugandan expatriate men's footballers Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players Armenian Premier League players S.C. Covilhã players G.D. Estoril Praia players C.D. Feirense players PAS Giannina F.C. players Lori FC players C.D. Cova da Piedade players Expatriate men's soccer players in South Africa Ugandan expatriate sportspeople in South Africa Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Ugandan expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Ugandan expatriate sportspeople in Greece Expatriate men's footballers in Armenia Ugandan expatriate sportspeople in Armenia Men's association football defenders {{Uganda-footy-bio-stub