Oliver Amani Mbekeka (born 22 August 1979) is a Ugandan
football
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manager
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and former player who played as a
forward
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. She is a former player of the
Uganda women's national team, and the first woman to lead a men's team as a head coach in Uganda.
Club career
Mbekeka has played for Kampala Women, City Stars and She Corporate in Uganda, for Source de Kivu and OCL City in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and for
APR FC
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in Rwanda.
International career
Mbekeka capped for Uganda at senior level during the 2000 African Women's Championship
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and the 2002 African Women's Championship qualification
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. She has played in 12 international matches.[
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International goals
''Scores and results list Uganda goal tally first''
Controversy
After Uganda withdrew from the 2004 African Women's Championship qualification
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prior the preliminary round
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matches against Malawi
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, Mbekeka and fellow Ugandan footballer Annet Nakimbugwe moved abroad. Being in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, they were naturalized there as Oliva Amani and Annette Nshimire, respectively, and represented the country at the 2006 FIFA U-20 Women's World Championship
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.[ She ended up playing for the DR Congo at senior level during the ]2006 African Women's Championship
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.
Managerial career
Mbekeka has coached Lady Doves Masindi in Uganda and the Uganda women's national under-20 football team
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The team finished in 2nd place in the first edition of the CECAFA Women's U-20 Championship.
Competitive record
Champio ...
.[
Oliver Mbekeka is the Head Coach and Interim Manager for Lugazi FC.]
References
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1979 births
Living people
Ugandan women's footballers
21st-century Ugandan sportswomen
Uganda women's international footballers
Ugandan expatriate women's footballers
Ugandan expatriate sportspeople in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Expatriate women's footballers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Ugandan expatriate sportspeople in Rwanda
Expatriate women's footballers in Rwanda
Ugandan football managers
Female association football managers
Women's association football managers
Democratic Republic of the Congo women's international footballers
Dual internationalists (women's football)
Women's association football players not categorized by position
Women's association football forwards
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