User:Fauzia Najjemba

Fauzia Najjemba (born 7 October 2003) is a Ugandan female footballer who plays for FUFA Women Super League club Kampala Queens as a forward. She is renowned for her technical skills and creativity; due to her agility, finesse and versatility as an ambidextrous forward.

Najjemba began playing football in herhometown of Nakifuma, Mukono District as a pupil at St. Joseph Naggalama Primary School. Surprisingly, her first sport was cricket and was a key player for the school, being part of the school team from Primary four(4). However, the love for football came while in Primary six.Mr. Fred Mpanga who was the games teacher at the school one day organised a match between the cricket team and football team and she played for the cricket team. Despite this being her first attempt at playing football, Najjemba impressed the games teacher.

After completing her Primary school level, she joined Nakifuma High School in senior one and the love football continue to grow. She was one of the promising youngsters and already part of the school team. In one of the tournaments organised at Mpoma High School, Najjemba impressed and it is here that Mukono High School spotted her. The school administration had negotiations with her parents and lured her to join the school, offering her a scholarship. It is from here that Isra Soccer Academy signed her, playing for them for three seasons, helping the team gain promotion to the FUFA Women Elite League. She is the all-time top scorer for the club with 33 goals in 24 games. At the start of the 2019/20 FUFA Women Super League, Najjemba was signed by Kampala Queens FC for an undisclosed fee and was immediately appointed the team captain.

Despite being just 16, Najjemba has already earned caps on the senior national team (Crested Cranes). Her first appearance for the team came away against Ethiopia in the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Women's Qualifiers, coming on as a second half substitute for Zaina Namuleme.