Sula Matovu (born 17 July 1992) is a

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player, who plays as a

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and

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for

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in the

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and the Ugandan national team.

Club career

Early career

Matovu started his playing career while still in school before joining Proline FC soccer academy in 2007. While at the academy he showed remarkable ability and great performance and joined Nalubaale Buikwe in Uganda Super League. After one season he joined Proline FC where he scored regularly in Uganda Super League due to his great technique, burst of speed as he takes off opponents, accurate shooting and ball crossing, good and close ball control, dribbling and passing as well as nice displays in soccer matches enticed the Uganda national football team coach Bobby Williamson who called him for Uganda national football team. He has also featured for U20 Uganda national football team and U23 Uganda national football team.

Saint George F.C (Loan)

In January 2011, Matovu moved to

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club

Saint George F.C. Saint George Sports Club (Amharic: ቅዱስ ጊዮርጊስ ስፖርት ክለብ, ''Kidus Giorgis Sport Club'')'','' otherwise known as Kidus Giorgis, is a professional football club based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. They play in the top divisi ...

coached by

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on a 6 months loan deal.

Erbil SC

In August 2012, Matovu completed a one-year move to

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. Matovu made his

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S.C debut after coming as a substitute in the 76th min in a 5–1 win over Malaysian

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F.C in the

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Quarter Final 1st Leg in

city on 18 September 2012. On 25 September 2012, in the 2nd Leg of Asian Quarter Final, Matovu scored his

SC a debut goal in 37th min in a 1–1 draw with Kelantan ensuring

S.C advance to the Asian Semi-finals. On 3 November 2012, he came as a substitute on the 46th min in the

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Final against

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and

S.C went on to lose 4–0. On 24 November 2012, Matovu scored his Iraq-Kurdish league debut goal in the 7th min in the 3–2 win over Al Sulimaniya.

BK Häcken

After an impressive season with Iraq side Erbil SC,

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side BK Häcken invited him for 3 weeks trials where he impressed the technical team and becoming the fastest player in the club history and was signed. He scored his first goal for BK Häcken in a 3–1 win against

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in a preseason match and ever since he has remained an impressive figure for the

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based side BK Häcken.

Kaizer Chiefs

After spending 2014 with Swedish Allsvenskan side BK Häcken, he was linked with a move to

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side

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on 20 June 2015. He started training with Kaizer Chiefs on 24 June 2015 and later signed a six-month deal on the 8 July 2015. Sula Scored the fourth goal in 4–0 win against Volcan de Moroni of

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Honours

Club

;Erbil SC *

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Runners-up:

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;St. George FC * Ethiopian Premier League: 2011–12 : Champion : 2011–12. *

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: 2011 : Champion :

Country

;Uganda * CECAFA Cup: 2011 ;Uganda-U20 *

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: 2010

References

External links

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