Andrew Eugene Sseppuya (born 1 April 1983) is a

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striker. Sseppuya is a former international for the Uganda national team.

Biography

Sseppuya played

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from 2001 to 2004, during which time he played in 59 games, scoring 41 goals and 19 assists, leading the team in scoring from 2001 to 2003. An injury that kept him out for much of the 2004 season prevented him from repeating the feat a fourth season, but despite playing only four games all season, Sepuya was selected 31st in the 2005 MLS Supplemental Draft. He played one game for the

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, before getting his release in June. Sseppuya has completed a transfer to Armenian soccer team

FC Banants Football Club Urartu ( hy, Ուրարտու Ֆուտբոլային Ակումբ, translated ''Futbolayin Akumb Urartu''), commonly known as Urartu, is an Armenian professional football team based in the capital Yerevan that currently plays in the ...

for an undisclosed fee. After few league rounds of 2007 season, he was released without making any league appearances. Then he joined Serbian team

FK Vojvodina Fudbalski klub Vojvodina ( sr-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Војводина), commonly known as Vojvodina and colloquially as Voša ( sr-Cyrl, Воша), is a Serbian professional football club based in Novi Sad, Vojvodina, the second la ...

. During winter 2008–09 transfer window, he joined

FK Čukarički Fudbalski klub Čukarički () is a Serbian professional Football team, football club from Belgrade, more precisely from the Čukarica municipality, that currently plays in the Serbian SuperLiga, the top tier of Serbian football league system, Se ...

. In late April 2009, he was statistically the most productive scorer in Serbian Superliga 2008–09 season, having played one match for Vojvodina and 11 for Čukarički while scoring seven goals, all of which translates to a rate of one goal for every 114 minutes on the pitch. In October 2009, he signed a one-year contract for

FK Mladi Radnik Fudbalski klub Mladi Radnik ( sr-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Млади Радник) is a Serbian football club based in Požarevac. History FK Mladi Radnik was formed in 1926 and it was initially named SK Radnički. The oldest stored im ...

. On 16 March 2010, Sseppuya signed a contract with

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n club

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. On 1 August 2010, Sseppuya signed a contract with

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side

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making him the club's 20th player to sign for the upcoming season. Sseppuya scored his first goal for the Fury in their round 3, 2–2 draw with

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. He was released from the Fury after the club folded. At the end of March 2011, he signed a contract with the Romanian

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club Petrolul Ploiești. He was released from the club in the summer, after the club gained promotion into

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. In early September 2011 he moved back to Serbia and signed a 2-year contract with

FK Borac Čačak Fudbalski klub Borac Čačak (), or simply Borac Čačak, is a professional football club based in Čačak, Serbia. The home ground is Čačak Stadium, which has seating capacity of 8,000. As of 2019–20 season, the club competes in third tier S ...

. He will be available for the club in the round 5 of the

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. In July 2012, after the relegation of Borac from the SuperLiga, Sseppuya was in trial with

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, although finally he was signed by

FK Jedinstvo Bijelo Polje Fudbalski klub Jedinstvo ( Montenegrin: Фудбалски клуб Јединство) is football club from Bijelo Polje, Montenegro, currently competing in the Montenegrin First League. The club was established in 1922. History FK Jedinstvo ...

in the

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. Sseppuya scored 3 goals in 4 appearances for

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before being released by the club in January 2014.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sseppuya, Eugene 1983 births Living people Sportspeople from Kampala Ugandan footballers Ugandan expatriate sportspeople in Australia Alabama A&M Bulldogs men's soccer players Association football forwards Uganda international footballers Colorado Rapids players Virginia Beach Mariners players FC Urartu players FK Vojvodina players FK Čukarički players FK Mladi Radnik players FK Borac Čačak players Serbian SuperLiga players Ugandan expatriate sportspeople in the United States Expatriate soccer players in the United States Ugandan expatriate sportspeople in Armenia Expatriate footballers in Armenia Ugandan expatriate sportspeople in Serbia Expatriate footballers in Serbia Ugandan expatriate sportspeople in Tajikistan Expatriate footballers in Tajikistan SC Villa players FC Petrolul Ploiești players Northern Fury FC players Ugandan expatriate sportspeople in Romania Expatriate footballers in Romania A-League Men players FK Jedinstvo Bijelo Polje players Ugandan expatriate sportspeople in Montenegro Expatriate footballers in Montenegro Colorado Rapids draft picks A-League (1995–2004) players FC Istiklol players Major League Soccer players Tajikistan Higher League players