Majid Musisi

Magid Musisi Mukiibi (also Majid Musisi written; born September 15, 1968 in Kampala, Uganda, † 13 February 2005, ibid ) is considered one of the best Ugandan football players. He was the first Ugandans, who played in a European professional league. His most famous nickname was Magic Magid.

  • 2.1 In clubs
  • 2.2 With the national

Career

Top star in Uganda

Magid Musisi grew up in Mulago, a suburb of Kampala where he started playing football. His strong goal instincts did not remain long undiscovered, and after another year at Pepsi FC 1984 he came to the professional club SC Villa, in which two years later he had his Erstligadebüt and at this time also international was. A year later he was the age of eighteen to twenty-eight gates leading scorer in the league. Until 1991 he repeated this feat twice and shot the first player to total over one hundred top-flight in Uganda. In the same year he was with the SC Villa in the final of the African Champions League, which was lost against Club Africain of Tunisia.

In 1992 he was the fourth time Ugandan scorer (there were one hundred thirty-eight goals in seven years) and for the sixth time Ugandan champions. Magid Musisi was again with 28 goals this season on the verge of breaking Jimmy Kirundas league record of 32 goals in a season, but was already four games before the season ends his move to Europe. After the native success, he went to France, where he had signed a contract with the second division side Stade Rennes for $ 120,000 transfer fee.

Europe

As the first Ugandan professional footballer Musisi played in Europe. In the years at Rennes, the only successes were, however, in 1994 the rise in the Division 1 In 1994, Musisi to Bursaspor in Turkey. Here he spent several years in turn. In his first season in the Turkish Süper Lig, he came up with nine goals and ended with the club in sixth place. In the following season he came on fifteen goals this season. During the winter break 1996/97 Musisi moved within the League from Bursa to relegation-threatened Dardanelspor freshman, he led in the second half for the league with five goals. 1997/98 was his most successful season: He shot fifteen league goals and was voted the best foreign player in the Süper Lig. When the little club relegated a year later from the Süper Lig, he went back to his former club SC Villa in Uganda.

End of career and death

After winning in three years at SC Villa only two minor trophies, Musisi finally moving in 2003 to Kampala United.

Achievements

Musisi achieved most success with the Ugandan club SC Villa. During his time in Europe he did not win a club title.

In clubs

  • Ugandan champions: 6x ( 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990 and 1992 )
  • Ugandan scorer: 4x (1987, 1989, 1990, 1992)
  • Kakungulu Cup: 3x (1986, 1988, 1989 )
  • CECAFA Club Championship: 1987
  • CECAFA Senior Challenge Cup: 1989
  • Promotion to Division 1 with Stade Rennes 1993
  • Best foreign player in Turkey in 1998

With the national

  • CECAFA Championship: 5 times (1989, 1990, 1992, 1996, 2000 )
1994–95 1.Lig 1996–97 1.Lig
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