Kambale crowned as season’s best


Express FC is set to officially be crowned Uganda Premier League winners for the just concluded season on Tuesday morning.

But as they look forward to that crowning moment, there is one particular Red Eagle that will be in a celebratory mood.

This is after Eric Kambale was crowned as the club fan and players player of the season.

The voting process for the fans award was conducted on the club social media pages last week with defender Murushid Jjuuko and winger Godfrey Lwesibawa the other players on the shortlist.

As he has performed throughout the season, Kambale was dominant gathering 72% of the votes on both Facebook and Twitter while Juuko got 16% with Lwesibawa managing 12%.

The recognition comes on the back of a stellar campaign in which he scored 15 league goals to finish one short of top scorer Yunus Sentamu as Express claimed their seventh league title

The Congolese born forward came alive in the second half of the season netting braces against URA and Onduparaka to take his tally to seven.

He then seemed to embark on a one-man mission to deliver the first title to Wankulukuku since 2012 by plundering a further eight goals in five games in what turned out to be the final bend of the season.

They included a predatory hat-trick against Kyetume and the penalty that separated Express from UPDF.

There was also a well-taken double against Kitara and one in the 4-0 rout of Busoga United to return the glory days to the Betway Muteesa II Stadium Wankulukuku.

That took his overall tally to 17 goals having also scored twice in the Uganda Cup and also contributed six assists.

Midfielder John Byamukama meanwhile won the goal of the season award after winning  52% of the fans vote for his long range screamer in the 1-0 win over Vipers in the league second round.
 

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Published: 07/13/2021