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Date of birth
  
1954

1974-1977
  
Lint FC

Position
  
Goalkeeper

Years
  
Team

Role
  
Football player

Playing position
  
Goalkeeper

Name
  
Jamil Kasirye

Place of birth
  
Kasubi, Uganda

1977-1980
  
KCC


Jamil Kasirye (born 1954) is a retired football goalkeeper who played for Uganda in the 1978 African Cup of Nations.

Career

Born in Kasubi (a suburb of Kampala), Kasirye played club football for Lint FC, Kampala City Council FC, SC Villa and Bank of Uganda FC. He won two Ugandan Premier League titles with Villa, won the Ugandan Cup three times (twice with KCC and once with Villa), and captained the Villa side that reached the quarter-finals of the 1983 African Cup of Champions Clubs.

Kasirye made several appearances for the Uganda youth and senior national teams. His last match was a 0–3 defeat by Zambia in July 1984.

References

Jamil Kasirye Wikipedia