Basil Tuma
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Basil Tenywa Tuma | ||
Date of birth | 24 April 2005 | ||
Place of birth | Uganda | ||
Position(s) | Winger, Striker | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Reading | ||
Number | 26 | ||
Youth career | |||
–2021 | Fulham | ||
2022– | Reading | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2022– | Reading | 6 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2021–2022 | Uganda U17 | ||
2022–2024 | Malta U19 | 1 | (1) |
2023– | Malta U21 | 1 | (0) |
2024– | Malta | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 09:39, 6 November 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17:00, 14 October 2024 (UTC) |
Basil Tenywa Tuma (born 24 April 2005) is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for EFL League One club Reading. Born in Uganda, he represents the Malta national team.
Football career
[edit]Club
[edit]Reading
[edit]Tuma made his debut for Reading in their 2–1 EFL Cup defeat to Stevenage on 9 August 2022, playing 55 minutes before being replaced by Jahmari Clarke.[1]
International
[edit]Tuma represented Uganda at the 2020 CECAFA U-17 Championship, where they were victorious over Tanzania in the final.[2] Tuma was then called up for the Malta U19 in September 2022.[3] Tuma made his debut for the Malta U21 team in a 0-6 defeat to Spain on 8 September 2023.[4]
In October 2024, Tuma was called up to the Maltese senior international team for the first time, for their matches against Turkmenistan and Moldova.[5] After their match against Turkmenistan was cancelled due to travel issues faced by Turkmenistan,[6] Tuma made his debut for Malta against Moldova on 13 October 2024, coming on as a halt-time substitute to win the match-winning penalty.[7]
Athletics
[edit]Tuma was educated at Eton College and finished 3rd in the Junior Boys 100 metres at the 2019 ESAA English Schools Track & Field Championships with a time of 11.23 seconds.[8]
Career statistics
[edit]- As of match played 5 November 2024
Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Reading | 2022–23[9] | EFL Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | |
2023–24[9] | EFL League One | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | 4 | 0 | ||
2024–25[9] | EFL League One | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
Career total | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
- ^ Appearances in EFL Trophy
Honours
[edit]Uganda under-17
References
[edit]- ^ "SNAPS FROM CARABAO CUP MATCH..." readingfc.co.uk. Reading F.C. 10 August 2022. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
- ^ a b "Year 11 Basil Tuma Plays for Uganda's U-17 Football Squad". etoncollege.com.
- ^ Talk Reading [@TalkReading] (23 September 2022). "Congratulations to @basil_tuma on his first call up to the Malta U19 squads" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "Malta U21 0-6 Spain U21". soccer24.com. Soccer24. 9 September 2023. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
- ^ "Malta A Team Squad finalised ahead of Upcoming Matches". mfa.com.mt. Malta Football Association. 7 October 2024. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
- ^ "International friendly match against Turkmenistan called off". mfa.com.mt. Malta Football Association. 8 October 2024. Retrieved 10 October 2024.
- ^ "Teuma's last-gasp penalty earns Malta crucial win over Moldova". sport.timesofmalta.com. Times of Malta. 13 October 2024. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
- ^ "New Balance ESAA English Schools Track & Field Championships" (PDF). esaa.net. English Schools' Athletics Championships. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 January 2022. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
- ^ a b c "Games played by Basil Tuma in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
External links
[edit]- Basil Tuma at Soccerway
- 2005 births
- Living people
- English men's footballers
- Ugandan men's footballers
- Maltese men's footballers
- Malta men's youth international footballers
- Malta men's under-21 international footballers
- Malta men's international footballers
- Reading F.C. players
- Men's association football midfielders
- People educated at Eton College
- Footballers from Berkshire
- English Football League players
- 21st-century English sportsmen
- Maltese football biography stubs