Juliet Nalukenge

Juliet Nalukenge
Personal information
Date of birth (2003-08-14) 14 August 2003 (age 22)
Place of birth Mityana, Uganda
Height 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Position Forward
Team information
Current team
 Atlas
Number 22
Youth career
Kawempe Muslim LFC
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2021 Kawempe Muslim LFC
2021–2024 Apollon
2025– Atlas 7 (1)
International career‡
2018– Uganda
2019–2021 Uganda U-20
2019 Uganda U-17 14 (32)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 30 June 2020
‡ National team caps and goals as of 14:29, 3 May 2021 (UTC)

Juliet Nalukenge (born 14 August 2003) is a Ugandan footballer who plays as Forward for Liga MX Femenil club Atlas and the Uganda women's national team.

A promising forward, Nalukenge was named Ugandan Women's Player of the Year in 2019 and in March 2021 finished ninth in the Goal (website) NXGN Award for the best young female footballer in the world.[1][2]

Club career

Although Nalukenge is a Christian, her football skills won her a scholarship to Kawempe Muslim Secondary School. She began playing for the attached women's football team at youth level in the regional leagues, and in 2015–16 broke into the first team who play at FUFA Women Elite League level.[3][4]

International career

Nalukenge won her first cap for the senior Uganda women's national team on 8 April 2018, in a 2018 Africa Women Cup of Nations qualification first round fixture against Kenya.[3]

She was later included in the Crested Cranes squad for the 2018 CECAFA Women's Championship held in Kigali, Rwanda.

Nalukenge scored her first national team goal on 17 September 2018 eight minutes after coming off the bench as Uganda beat Zimbabwe 2-1 in the final group game of the 2018 COSAFA Women's Championship in South Africa.[5]

On 19 November 2019, Nalukenge scored five goals as Uganda earned a comprehensive 13-0 win over Djibouti in the 2019 CECAFA Women's Championship in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.[6]

International goals

Scores and results list Uganda goal tally first

No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 17 September 2018 Wolfson Stadium, KwaZakele, South Africa  Zimbabwe 1–0 2–1 2018 COSAFA Women's Championship
2 17 November 2019 Chamazi Stadium, Mbagala, Tanzania  Djibouti 13–0 2019 CECAFA Women's Championship
3 2–0
4 4–0
5 7–0
6 11–0

Honours

Kawempe Muslim LFC

Apollon Ladies FC

1207 Antalyaspor

  • Turkish Super Lig Promotional Play-Off: 2025

Uganda U17

Uganda U20

Uganda

  • CECAFA Women's Championship: 2022
  • CECAFA Women's Championship (Silver): 2018
  • COSAFA Women's Championship (Bronze): 2018
  • CECAFA Women's Championship: (Bronze): 2019

Individual

  • NXGN - Goal.com's Best Wonderkids in the World: 2021 (9th),[2][8] 2022 (19th).[9]
  • IFFHS Youth Player of the Year: Nominated in Top 20 in 2023.[10]
  • IFFHS Best African Youth Team of the Year: 2023[11]
  • Uganda's Best Female Player of the Year (FUFA Awards): 2019[12]
  • Uganda Sports Press Association (USPA) Female Player of the Year: 2019[13]
  • COSAFA U17 Women's Championship Top Scorer: 2019 with 18 goals.[7]
  • All-time Top Scorer of the COSAFA U17 Women's Championship: 18 goals
  • FIFA U17 Women's World Cup Qualifiers Joint Top Scorer: 2020 with five goals.
  • All-time Top Scorer of the Uganda U17 National Team with 32 goals.[14]
  • Real Stars Sports Award: Player of the Month for January 2020.[15]

References

  1. ^ Sang, Kiplagat (24 March 2021). "Nalukenge's NXGN 2021 honour will push Uganda's Africa ambition – Kiiza". Goal. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
  2. ^ a b "NXGN 2021: The 10 best wonderkids in women's football | Goal.com". www.goal.com. 23 March 2021. Retrieved 25 August 2025.
  3. ^ a b Senoga, Sinan Rajub (23 April 2018). "Juliet Nalukenge: Meet Crested Cranes and Kawempe Muslim hot shot on a rise to the pantheon". Swift Sports. Archived from the original on 5 March 2022. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
  4. ^ Nangonzi, Yudaya (7 April 2020). "Youngster Nalukenge keen to raise bar for women football". The Observer (Uganda). Retrieved 3 May 2021.
  5. ^ FUFA (17 September 2018). "COSAFA Women's Championship 2018 Zimbabwe 1-2 Uganda". Retrieved 18 June 2025.
  6. ^ CECAFA Online (17 November 2019). "cecafa senior women's challenge Cup: Nalukenge scores five goals as Uganda humble Djibouti". Retrieved 20 August 2025.
  7. ^ a b "Uganda lift Cosafa Women's U-17 trophy with 2-1 victory over South Africa in final". BBC Sport. 29 September 2019. Retrieved 25 August 2025.
  8. ^ Marsha, Ahmed (24 March 2021). "Nalukenge named in Goal's Next Generation top ten wonder kids". FUFA: Federation of Uganda Football Associations. Retrieved 25 August 2025.
  9. ^ "NXGN 2022: The 20 best wonderkids in women's football | Goal.com". www.goal.com. 22 March 2022. Retrieved 25 August 2025.
  10. ^ Sports, Pulse (12 December 2023). "Juliet Nalukenge nominated alongside World Cup winner, Real Madrid star for Youth Player of the Year". Pulse Sports Uganda. Retrieved 25 August 2025.
  11. ^ Olatunji, Monsurah (6 January 2022). "Monday Gift Named In The IFFHS Youth Team of The Year As No Nigerian Made The Men's Youth Team". MOLATsportgist. Retrieved 25 August 2025.
  12. ^ Marsha, Ahmed (14 December 2019). "Airtel FUFA Awards 2019: Okello, Nalukenge crowned as the finest footballers". FUFA: Federation of Uganda Football Associations. Retrieved 25 August 2025.
  13. ^ Isabirye, David (14 January 2020). "Okwi, Nalukenge named USPA's best footballers of 2019". Kawowo Sports. Retrieved 25 August 2025.
  14. ^ "Women (U17)". FUFA: Federation of Uganda Football Associations. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
  15. ^ Isabirye, David (17 February 2020). "Nalukenge smiles to football players' top gong in January 2020 Real Stars Sports Awards". Kawowo Sports. Retrieved 25 August 2025.
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