Milton Karisa

Milton Karisa (born 27 July 1995)[6] is a Ugandan professional footballer who plays [7] as a right winger[8] for Uganda Premier League club Vipers and the Uganda national team.[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]
Team information
Current team
 Vipers
Number 29
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)
International career‡
2017 Uganda 38[5] (5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:48, 26 December 2019 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 8 June 2022

Club career

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

BUL FC

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

Vipers SC

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

MC Oujda

Milton joined MC Oujda in September 2018 and signed a two-year contract.[18][19] On 22 September 2018, Milton made his debut for the club against Kawkab AC Marrakech, which was played at the Marrakesh Stadium, with Milton scoring his first goal for Oujda in the match.[20]

Return to Vipers SC

In January 2020, Milton returned to Vipers[21]

On 25 February 2020, Karisa scored a goal and assisted another in Vipers' 5–0 home win against Maroons FC.

International career

Milton made his debut for the Uganda national team against Kenya[22] in a 1–1 friendly draw at Machakos Stadium on 23 March 2017.[23]

International goals
Scores and results list Uganda's goal tally first.[24]
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
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
3.18 January 2022Titanic Sports Center - Field 1, Belek, Turkey Moldova3–23–2Friendly
4.27 January 2022Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa, Bahrain Bahrain1–01–3Friendly
5.8 June 2022St. Mary's Stadium-Kitende, Entebbe, Uganda Niger1–01–12023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

Honours

Vipers SC

2018
2017–18, 2019–20

References
  1. "Milton Karisa". Sky Sports. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
  2. "Uganda - M. Karisa - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". Us.soccerway.com. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
  3. "Milton Karisa Vipers SC videos, transfer history and stats". Sofascore.com.
  4. "Milton Karisa-nyheter, statistik, foton - Uganda - Fotboll - MSN Sport". MSN. Archived from the original on 8 August 2018. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
  5. Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Milton Karisa". National Football Teams. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
  6. "Milton Karisa". Sport.de.
  7. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 9 August 2018. Retrieved 8 August 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  8. "Milton Karisa". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
  9. Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Milton Karisa". National-football-teams.com. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
  10. "Milton Karisa returns to Vipers". Newvision.co.ug.
  11. "Football (Sky Sports)". Skysports.com.
  12. "Karisa completes dream switch to Vipers Sports Club". Kawowo.com. 4 January 2017.
  13. "Ugandan football: Vipers sign two new players". Newvision.co.ug.
  14. "| Futaa.com Uganda". Futaa.com. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
  15. "Vipers vs. Lweza - 7 February 2017 - Soccerway". Int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
  16. "Confederation Cup: I want to score more, says Karisa". Newvision.co.ug.
  17. "Karisa strikes memorable goal in Vipers' victory on opening day of St Mary's stadium". Fufa.co.ug. 11 March 2017.
  18. "Milton Karisa crosses to Moroccan club". Kawowo.com. 8 September 2018.
  19. "Karisa joins Mouloudia Club Oranais of Morocco". Newvision.co.ug.
  20. "Milton Karisa scores on Mouloudia Club Oujda debut in Morocco". Kawowo.com. 23 September 2018.
  21. "Returnee Karisa targets to get back on the national team". Kawowo.com. 13 February 2020.
  22. "Milton Karisa - Vipers". Footballdatabase.eu.
  23. "Kenya vs. Uganda - 23 March 2017". Int.soccerway.com.
  24. "Karisa, Milton". National-football-teams.com. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
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