Emmanuel Okwi’s biography, fact, career, awards, net worth and life story

Intro Footballer
Is Athlete
Football player
Association football player
From Uganda
Type Sports
Gender male
Birth

25 December 1992, Kampala

Age 28 years

Emmanuel Arnold Okwi (born 25 December 1992) is a Ugandan professional football player who plays as a striker for SønderjyskE in Denmark and the Uganda national football team. He played football as a boy while at St. Henry’s College Kitovu. In July 2015, he signed a five-year contract with the Danish Supaliga club, SønderjyskE Fodbold.

Club career

Okwi played for Ugandan Super League club SC Villa before joining Tanzanian team Simba S.C. for US$40,000.

In January 2013, Tunisian team Étoile du Sahel signed Okwi for a Tanzania record transfer fee of US$300,000. The team, however, failed to pay the fee to Simba S.C. He was then cleared by FIFA’s Player Status Committee in December 2013 to return to SC Villa although the clearance was changed two months later so he could play for Young Africans S.C., despite Simba S.C.’s protests.

Okwi rejoined Simba S.C. in August 2014 under a six-month contract, explaining that Young Africans S.C. had terminated his contract by failing to pay the US$50,000 owed to him. Okwi refused to play the last five games of the 2013-14 season for Young Africans S.C. because of the payment controversy. Young Africans S.C. vigorously protested the transfer to Simba S.C. and claimed that the contract was still in effect. The Tanzania Football Federation rejected that claim in September 2014.

In July 2015, SønderjyskE Fodbold signed Okwi under a five-year contract, with the consent of Simba S.C., that will last until 2020.

International career

Okwi first represented Uganda at senior level in 2009. He was the second top scorer at the 2010 CECAFA Cup, scoring a four goals in five matches. The following year at the 2011 CECAFA Cup, he scored five goals and was joint top scorer alongside Rwanda’s Meddie Kagere and their captain Olivier Karekezi.

International goals

Scores and results list Uganda’s goal tally first.
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