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Career & Clubs
Juuko was born in Entebbe, Wakiso District. He has played club football for Ugandan clubs Bunamwaya and SC Victoria University before moving to Tanzania to play for Simba.He also played for Wydad Cassablanca in Morocco Juuko joined Express FC in 2020 on a one-year contract.
Juuko made his Uganda national team (the "Cranes") debut on 11 July 2014 against Seychelles national team. Uganda national team won 1-0.
AFCON 2017
Juuko guided the Cranes to their first Africa Cup of Nations finals since 1978. He was part of the team that defeated Comoros 1–0 to qualify for the 2017 finals in Gabon. Having missed the first game against Ghana due to a suspension picked up during qualifiers he played 180 minutes against Egypt and Mali.
AFCON 2019
During the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations Juuko played two matches, the first one against DR Congo and another against Senegal after sustaining a hamstring injury. The Uganda Cranes ended the championship in the round of 16.
International
As of matches played 20 May 2021.
International goals
Scores and results list Uganda's goal tally first.
- Club
- Simba Sports Club
- Club
- Uganda men's national football team
- Club
- Express F.C.
- Club
- Vipers SC
- National team
- Uganda
Clubs
- Express F.C.current
- Simba Sports Clubcurrent
- Uganda men's national football teamcurrent
- Vipers SCcurrent
Played together with
- Eise Aden AbshirSimba Sports Club · 2004–2005
- Emmanuel OkwiSimba Sports Club · 2010–2013
- Emmanuel OkwiSimba Sports Club · 2014–2015
- Emmanuel OkwiSimba Sports Club · 2017–2019
- Farouk MiyaVipers SC · 2013
Khalid AuchoSimba Sports Club · 2012–2013
Mbwana SamattaSimba Sports Club · 2010–2011- Mrisho NgasaSimba Sports Club · 2012–2013
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Identifiers & aliases
Murushid Juuko is a Ugandan professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Express FC. Juuko also played for the senior national team of Uganda usually called 'The Cranes' and appeared in 39 matches and scored 1 goal before hanging up his boots on 13 January 2022. He was part of the Ugandan team that played at the 2017 AFCON in Gabon and also appeared in the same tournament played in Egypt in 2019. Before those tournaments, Uganda had spent 38 years without participating in the continent's biggest football tournament.
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