Basil Tuma

Basil Tenywa Tuma (born 24 April 2005) is a Maltese-Ugandan professional footballer who plays as a winger for EFL Championship club Reading. Despite being born in Uganda, his family moved to Berkshire at a young age.

Basil Tuma
Personal information
Full name Basil Tenywa Tuma
Date of birth (2005-04-24) 24 April 2005
Place of birth Uganda
Position(s) Winger / Striker
Team information
Current team
 Reading
Number 48
Youth career
–2021 Fulham
2022– Reading
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2022– Reading 0 (0)
International career‡
2021–2022 Uganda U17
2022– Malta U19 1 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 September 2022
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 03:31, 25 November 2022 (UTC)

Football career

Reading

Tuma made his debut for Reading in their 2-1 EFL Cup defeat to Stevenage on 9 August 2022, playing 55 minutes before being replaced by Jahmari Clarke.[1]

International

Tuma represented Uganda at the 2020 CECAFA U-17 Championship, where they were victorious over Tanzania in the final.[2] Tuma was then called up for the Malta U19 in September 2022.[3]

Athletics

Tuma was educated at Eton College and finished 3rd in the Junior Boys 100 metres at the 2019 ESAA English Schools Track & Field Championships, with a time of 11.23seconds.[4]

Career statistics
As of match played 9 August 2022
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Reading 2022–23[5] EFL Championship 000010-10
Total 000010--10
Career total 000010--10

    Honours

    Uganda under-17

    References
    1. "SNAPS FROM CARABAO CUP MATCH..." readingfc.co.uk. Reading F.C. 10 August 2022. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
    2. "Year 11 Basil Tuma Plays for Uganda's U-17 Football Squad". etoncollege.com.
    3. Talk Reading [@TalkReading] (23 September 2022). "Congratulations to @basil_tuma on his first call up to the Malta U19 squads" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
    4. "New Balance ESAA English Schools Track & Field Championships" (PDF). esaa.net/. English Schools' Athletics Championships. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
    5. "Games played by Basil Tuma in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 20 June 2022.


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