Joseph Kizito

Joseph Kizito

Personal information
Full name	Joseph Nestroy Kizito
Date of birth	27 July 1982 (1982-07-27) (age 29)
Place of birth	Kampala, Uganda
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position	Left back
Club information
Current club	Free Agent
Number	-
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2000–2004	Villa	-	(-)
2004–2005	Srem	21	(2)
2005–2010	Vojvodina	112	(1)
2010–2011	Partizan	14	(0)
National team‡
2001–	Uganda	31	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12:08, 30 May 2011 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12:08, 30 May 2011 (UTC)

Joseph Nestroy Kizito (born 27 July 1982) is a Ugandan international football defender.

Club career

Kizito began his career in his native country with SC Villa. In January 2004, he left Uganda and moved to Serbia, where he signed for FK Srem, alongside with another Ugandan player, Phillip Ssozi. After a year in Srem, in January 2005, he transferred to FK Vojvodina.

Already in Novi Sad, he became particularly popular after having scored a winning goal against big rivals Red Star Belgrade in the 2005–06 season at home ground. That goal helped to break off the ten year long bad tradition without win over Crvena zvezda.^[1] Since then, he has been fundamental in the team defense and one of the most influential players of the squad. He has also been elected twice as the Vojvodina Supporters Player of the Year in the 2005–06 and 2008–09 seasons. However, in January 2010, there has been misunderstanding between Kizito and the club management, allegedly, due to player's refusal of extending contract, and in consequence of it, he was left out of the first team squad.^[2]

On 2 July 2010, Kizito signed a two-year contract with Serbian champions FK Partizan, as a free agent.^[3] During September 2011, after having allegedly left Serbia to join Uganda national team 5 days earlier than supposed to, the controversial club direction, has put Kizito under suspension.^[4]

International career

Kizito is a standard member of the Ugandan national team since 2001, when he debuted. He is also a long time team's captain and has earned 30 caps for the national team.

Personal life

His brother Manfred has also represented Rwanda at international level.^[5]

References

1. ^ "Poraz Zvezde u Novom Sadu" (in Serbian). b92.net. 28 November 2005. http://www.b92.net/sport/fudbal/vesti.php?yyyy=2005&mm=11&dd=28&nav_id=181272. Retrieved 18 October 2010. 
2. ^ "Kizito žrtva mobinga u Vojvodini?" (in Serbian). b92.net. 17 January 2010. http://www.b92.net/sport/fudbal/vesti.php?yyyy=2010&mm=01&dd=17&nav_id=404589. Retrieved 18 October 2010. 
3. ^ "Kizito u Partizanu!" (in Serbian). partizan.rs. 2 July 2010. http://www.partizan.rs/arhiva/vest.php?Jezik=sr&IDV=471&akcija=show&prikaz1=2010&prikaz2=7&sec=2. Retrieved 18 October 2010. 
4. ^ Kizito po starom, suspenzija... at Sportske.net
5. ^ "Uganda: When football stands between brothers". allafrica.com. 18 June 2010. http://allafrica.com/stories/201006180562.html. Retrieved 18 April 2011. 

External links

• Joseph Kizito at Utakmica
• Joseph Kizito at Srbijafudbal
• Joseph Kizito at National-Football-Teams.com

Persondata
Name	Kizito, Joseph
Alternative names
Short description	Footballer
Date of birth	27 July 1982
Place of birth	Kampala, Uganda
Date of death
Place of death