Leon Uso Khamis is a South Sudanese
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 currently plays as a
striker. He is the vice-captain of the national team. He captained the team in the
2012 CECAFA Cup in the absence of
Richard Justin and
James Moga.
International career
He has made at least two senior appearances for
South Sudan
South Sudan (; din, Paguot Thudän), officially the Republic of South Sudan ( din, Paankɔc Cuëny Thudän), is a landlocked country in East Africa. It is bordered by Ethiopia, Sudan, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the ...
against Ethiopia and Kenya in the
2012 CECAFA Cup.
International goals
:''Scores and results list South Sudan's goal tally first.''
Club career
Wau Salaam FC became the first ever South Sudanese football club in the
2012 Kagame Interclub Cup
The 2012 Kagame Interclub Cup was the 37th edition of the Kagame Interclub Cup, which is organised by CECAFA. It began on 14 July and ended on 28 July 2012. Tanzania hosted the tournament for their eleventh time since it officially began in 1974, ...
. Although the team was humiliated and faced some heavy defeats, Khamis managed to reserve some pride by becoming the only Wau Salaam and South Sudanese scorer in the 2012 Kagame InterClub Cup, showing his talents amongst a 7-1 thrashing.
References
Living people
1987 births
People from Western Bahr el Ghazal
South Sudanese footballers
South Sudan international footballers
Association football forwards
Wau Salaam F.C. players
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