Milton Karisa

Milton Karisa (born 27 July 1995),[6] is a Ugandan footballer who plays [7] as a right winger [8] for Vipers in the Uganda Premier League and the Uganda national team (the "Cranes").[9][10]

Milton Karisa
Personal information
Full name Milton Karisa[1]
Date of birth (1995-07-27) 27 July 1995,[2][3]
Place of birth Jinja, Jinja District, Uganda
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Winger[4]
Club information
Current team
 Vipers
Youth career
2011–2013 JMC
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2016 BUL 27 (13)
2016–2018 Vipers 42 (17)
2018–2019 MC Oujda 22 (4)
2020- Vipers 3 (1)
National team‡
2017 Uganda 20[5] (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13:48, 26 December 2019 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 8 August 2018

Club career

Milton has played club football in Jinja Municipal Council Football Club from 2011 to 2013, Bul FC from 2013 to 2016 and currently in Vipers S.C..[11][12]

BUL FC

Milton in 2013 joined Bul FC from Jinja Municipal Football Club. He made his debut for Bul FC against Kansai Plascon FC (formerly known as Sadolin Paints FC) in 2013. While he scored his first goal for Bul FC against Kiira Young FC at Namboole Stadium.

Vipers SC

Milton joined Vipers S.C. in January 2017[13] from Bul FC[14] making his debut for Vipers S.C. against Lweza FC at Namboole stadium] the game ended 2-0[15] in favour of Vipers S.C. where by Milton made an assist. Milton scored his first goal for Vipers S.C. on 10 March 2017 against Platinum Stars at St. Mary`s Stadium in the CAF Confederation Cup qualifiers.[16] it was an important and historic goal on the day Vipers S.C. opened their new stadium-St Mary’s in Kitende.[17]

MC Oujda

Milton joined MC Oujda in September 2018 and signed 2 years contract.[18][19] On 22 September 2018 Milton made his debut for MC Oujda against Kawkab AC Marrakech which was played at the Marrakesh Stadium (Arabic: ملعب مراكش‎, Berber: Annar n Mrraksh), Milton scored his first goal in that match.[20]

Vipers SC

In January 2020, Milton returned to Vipers S.C.[21]

On 25 February 2020, Karisa assisted one and scored a goal in 5-0 Vipers' win against Maroons fc at their home ground St.Marys Stadium Kitende.

International career

Milton made his debut for Uganda national team against Kenya national team[22] in a friendly match at Machakos stadium on 23 March 2017 and the match ended 1-1.[23]

International goals
Scores and results list Uganda's goal tally first.[24]
NoDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.12 November 2017Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat, Brazzaville, Congo Congo1–11–12018 FIFA World Cup qualification
2.7 December 2017Bukhungu Stadium, Kakamega, Kenya South Sudan1–05–12017 CECAFA Cup

Honours

Vipers SC

2017-2018
2017–18, 2019-2020

References
  1. "Milton Karisa". Sky Sports. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
  2. https://us.soccerway.com/players/milton-karisa/478723/
  3. https://www.sofascore.com/player/milton-karisa/897946
  4. https://www.msn.com/sv-se/sport/fotboll/milton-karisa/player/sp-id-80302000000250715
  5. Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Milton Karisa". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
  6. https://www.sport.de/fussball/pe490212/milton-karisa/
  7. http://www.worldfootball.com/p/145547/uganda/M.%20Karisa
  8. "Milton Karisa". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
  9. Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Milton Karisa". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
  10. https://www.newvision.co.ug/new_vision/news/1514887/milton-karisa-returns-vipers
  11. http://www.skysports.com/football/player/150273/milton-karisa
  12. https://www.kawowo.com/2017/01/05/karisa-completes-dream-switch-to-vipers-sports-club/
  13. https://www.newvision.co.ug/new_vision/news/1443427/ugandan-football-vipers-sign-players
  14. https://www.futaa.com/ug/article/132724/brief-one-on-one-with-cranes-striker-milton-karisa
  15. https://us.soccerway.com/matches/2017/02/07/uganda/fufa-super-league/bunamwaya-sc/lweza/2350971/
  16. https://www.newvision.co.ug/new_vision/news/1448748/confederation-cup-score-karisa
  17. http://www.fufa.co.ug/karisa-strikes-memorable-goal-vipers-victory-opening-day-st-marys-stadium/
  18. https://www.kawowo.com/2018/09/08/milton-karisa-crosses-to-moroccan-club/
  19. https://www.newvision.co.ug/new_vision/news/1485382/vipers-milton-karisa-joins-moroccan-mouloudia-club-oranais
  20. https://www.kawowo.com/2018/09/23/milton-karisa-scores-on-mouloudia-club-oujda-debut-in-morocco/
  21. https://kawowo.com/2020/02/13/returnee-karisa-targets-to-get-back-on-the-national-team/
  22. https://www.footballdatabase.eu/en/player/details/323597-milton-karisa
  23. https://us.soccerway.com/matches/2017/03/23/world/friendlies/kenya/uganda/2423314/
  24. "Karisa, Milton". National Football Teams. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
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