Giosue Ebong Bellagambi (born 8 November 2001) is a professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...

who plays as a

goalkeeper In many team sports which involve scoring goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie or keeper) is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by blocking or intercepting o ...

for the English club

Huddersfield Town Huddersfield Town Association Football Club is a professional football club based in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England, which compete in the . The team have played home games at the Kirklees Stadium since moving from Leeds Road in 1994. Th ...

, but is on loan at Salford City. Born in England, he plays for the Uganda national team.

Club career

Bellagambi is a youth product of Lambeth Tigers FC and

Whyteleafe Whyteleafe is a village in the district of Tandridge, Surrey, England, with a few streets falling inside the London Borough of Croydon. The village, in a dry valley of the North Downs, has three railway stations (on two parallel lines). Neighbouri ...

, and moved to

's youth academy in 2018. On 6 August 2020, he signed his first professional contract with Huddersfield Town. He began his senior career on loan with Ramsbottom United in November 2020, where he made 4 appearances. His second loan was with

Ebbsfleet United Ebbsfleet United Football Club is a professional football club based in Northfleet, Kent, England. As of the 2021–22 season, the club competes in the National League South, the sixth tier of English football. The club was formed in 1946 fr ...

, which ended in March 2021. He had a month-long loan with Stalybridge Celtic in August 2021 after recovering from a fractured finger. On 27 December 2021, he joined Brighouse Town on a 28-day loan. His sister is also Viola Bellaganbi On 26 January 2022, he extended his Huddersfield Town contract until 2024. On 8 August 2022, he moved to

Hyde United Hyde United Football Club is a semi-professional football club in Hyde, Greater Manchester, England. Formed in 1919, they were renamed Hyde F.C. between 2010 and 2015 as part of a sponsorship deal with Manchester City.National League North The National League North, formerly Conference North, is a division of the National League in England, immediately below the National League division. Along with the National League South, it is at the second level of the National League Syst ...

side

Spennymoor Town Spennymoor Town Football Club is a football club based in Spennymoor, County Durham, in the North East of England. They currently compete in and currently play their home matches at The Brewery Field. The club began playing in the Northern ...

on a loan until 2 January 2023. SIBLINGS Giosue Bellagambi also has a sister called Viola bellagambi she is also in training to be a footballer just like her brother she sutton united since 2017 and still does

Salford City loan

On 31 January 2023, Bellagambi joined EFL League Two side Salford City on loan until the end of the 2022–23 season.

International career

Bellagambi attended youth training camps for England and Italy. He was first called up to the senior Uganda national team for a set of 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification matches in May 2022. He made his debut with Uganda in a 0–0 friendly tie with

Libya Libya (; ar, ليبيا, Lībiyā), officially the State of Libya ( ar, دولة ليبيا, Dawlat Lībiyā), is a country in the Maghreb region in North Africa. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Suda ...

on 21 September 2022.

Personal life

Bellagambi was born in England to an Italian father and Ugandan mother. His parents met while his father was travelling from Italy to watch

Fiorentina ACF Fiorentina, commonly referred to as Fiorentina (), is an Italian professional football club based in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The original team was founded by a merger in August 1926, while the actual club was refounded in August 2002 fol ...

vs Arsenal in the

UEFA Champions League The UEFA Champions League (abbreviated as UCL, or sometimes, UEFA CL) is an annual club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) and contested by top-division European clubs, deciding the competi ...

in October 1999. He attended

Bishop Thomas Grant School Bishop Thomas Grant School (BTG) is a coeducational Roman Catholic secondary school and sixth form, situated in the Streatham area of the London Borough of Lambeth, England. The school is named after the first Bishop of Southwark, Thomas G ...

in his secondary education where he further joined Arsenal on a scholarship.

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bellagambi, Giosue 2001 births Living people Footballers from Croydon Ugandan footballers Uganda international footballers English footballers Ugandan people of Italian descent English people of Ugandan descent English people of Italian descent Association football goalkeepers Huddersfield Town A.F.C. players Ramsbottom United F.C. players Ebbsfleet United F.C. players Stalybridge Celtic F.C. players Hyde United F.C. players Spennymoor Town F.C. players Salford City F.C. players National League (English football) players