Number 11 2012–2013 AS Muhanga Role Football player | Playing position Years Team Name Ernest Sugira Date joined 2013 | |
Date of birth (1991-03-27) 27 March 1991 (age 24) Current team Rwanda national football team (Forward) | ||
Ernest Sugira
Ernest Sugira (born March 27, 1991) is a Rwandan football player who plays for the current club AS Kigali.
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Career
He began his youth career as a midfielder at AS Muhanga at an early age and led to a Rwandan cup final with the club. In June 2013 he joined to APR FC. In March 2014, He scored a goal in a rout of Amavubi Stars 4-0 in the 2013–14 Rwanda National Football League Also, in the peace cup, he missed a penalty in a penalty kick shootout against his former club AS Muhanga but despite that, his team won 10-9 to advance to the next round of the peace cup. With the team, he won the Rwandan League and Cup in the 2013-2014 Rwandan Football season. In Sept.2014, Sugira got signed to AS Kigali among with two APR FC players to join the club. In the preseason, he scored a goal in a semifinal against Mukura Victory Sports FC in the Rwamagana pre season tournament cup and ultimately won the trophy in the final against the host Sunrise FC. Then in December 2014, he won yet another trophy in the Ombudsman cup final against Police FC. In the beginning of the 2014–15 Rwanda National Football League season, Sugira scored 8 goals of this season.
International career
Sugira made his debut for Rwanda in age 22 against Benin in September 2013 for the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification match.