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Mathias Kigonya

Mathias Kigonya (born 2 February 1996 in Lyntonde district) is a Ugandan footballer who plays for Kenyan Premier League club and Uganda as a goalkeeper.

Club career.

Kigonya started his club career in 2012/13 season with Baza Holding Football Club, a then second tier league before joining Ugandan top flight Soana Football Club in the 2013/14.

In June 2014 Bright Stars Football club announced that they have signed Kigonya Mathias from Soana Fc.

He later joined Bright stars football club in the 2014/15 season where he featured for the side for two seasons.

In a game against Simba Fc Kigonya put his name on the score-sheet after he struck in a freek-kick taken from outside the box.

In June 2016 Kigonya joined Kenyan outfit Sofapaka football club from Bright stars Fc where he featured for the side for the rest of the 2016 Kenyan Premier League. He later played the entire 2017 season with Sofapaka fc.

Kigonya became more famous in Kenyan league following his heroic performance when his team faced rivals and Kenyan league record winners Gor Mahia Fc on 25-9-2016 and the Ugandan goalkeeper got hails from the then Sofapaka head coach David Ouma.

in July 2017 Kigonya was named on the final list of 20 players that played two invitational friendly matches against two clubs from the Segunda Division in Spain, namely Sevila Atletco and Cordobal. He played full game against sevila Atleticol. At the start of the 2017 season, Kigonya was been named the assistant captain of the side.

National team career

Kigonya last featured for the Uganda national team in 2016 when he served his native side at the 2016 African National Championship (CHAN) held in January and February in Rwanda.

At the edition, Kigonya replaced injured Ismael Watenga in the 52nd minute in a game against Mali before playing full time in a game against Zambia.

He was among the final squad named to represent Uganda national team at the 2015 CECAFA Senior Challenge Championship where they eventually won after beating Rwanda 1-0.

Uganda U23 Then head coach Micho named Kigonya Mathias his U23 squad that went in preparations for the first leg of the 2016 African U23 Championship qualifier game against Rwanda.

The goalkeeper is confident of recall for national duty any time from then.

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