Keith Makubuya (born January 26, 1993) is a Canadian

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player who played in

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and the

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Career

Youth

Makubuya began his youth career with St. Catharines Concord SC. He continued his youth career with

North Mississauga SC North Mississauga Soccer Club is a Canadian semi-professional soccer club based in Mississauga, Ontario. The club was founded in 1982 as a youth soccer club and added its men's semi-professional club in League1 Ontario in 2016. The team plays ho ...

Professional

In 2009 Makubuya joined

TFC Academy Toronto FC Academy, also known as TFC Academy, is the youth academy and development system of Canadian Major League Soccer club Toronto FC. The academy has divisions from U14 to U19 and includes over 110 young players. The senior academy team is ...

and played for the Academy team in the

. In late January 2011 it was announced that Makubuya would travel with Toronto's Senior team to

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for preseason training camp, Makubuya was one of four academy players invited to travel. After impressing during the preseason training camp he signed with Toronto FC on March 17, 2011. Makubuya made his debut for Toronto's first team against the

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on March 19, 2011 as a second half sub for

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. The game ended as a 4–2 away defeat for Toronto in the league's first ever all Canadian match-up. Makubuya was released by Toronto on November 15, 2012. Makubuya signed for

Niagara United Niagara United FC is a Canadian association football, soccer team founded in 1973. The club is a former member of the Canadian Soccer League (CSL), where it fielded a professional team from 2011-2015, and now operates youth teams in the Niagara S ...

for the 2013

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season. He scored two goals in the 2014 season opener. He played with the Niagara organization for three seasons failing to secure a postseason berth.

Honours

Toronto FC

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Club Statistics

Last updated on August 15, 2011.

References

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* 1993 births Living people Canadian men's soccer players Men's association football forwards Soccer people from Ontario Sportspeople from St. Catharines Toronto FC players Canadian people of Ugandan descent Canadian Soccer League (1998–present) players Major League Soccer players Homegrown Players (MLS) Toronto FC Academy players {{Canada-footy-bio-stub