April Player Of The Month Kasumba Vows To Win SPL Golden Boot Award
24th May 2019
The Ugandan forward had an outstanding month in April, bagging seven out of the eight goals that his club managed to score as they finished the month unbeaten with three wins and four draws
- Sofapaka FC’s striker Umaru Kasumba has vowed to win the 2018/19 Golden Boot Award despite the stiff competition he is facing with only two SportPesa Premier League (SPL) games to go
- Kasumba was speaking on Friday morning at the Eastleigh High School where he was named the SportPesa/Sports Journalists Association of Kenya April Player of the Month for a second time this season
- The meek forward began with a brace against lowly Zoo FC in a 2-0 win before stepping up to take a 95th minute penalty to sink Kenya Commercial Bank FC a week later
NAIROBI, Kenya-
Sofapaka FC’s striker Umaru Kasumba has vowed to win the 2018/19 Golden Boot
Award despite the stiff competition he is facing with only two SportPesa
Premier League (SPL) games to go.
Kasumba was speaking
on Friday morning at the Eastleigh High School where he was named the SportPesa/Sports
Journalists Association of Kenya April Player of the Month for a second time
this season.
Kasumba edged SPL
top scorer, Allan Wanga of Kakamega Homeboyz FC and another seasoned striker,
Wycliffe Ochomo to the gong in February and outdid himself to bag the award
again two months later.
The Ugandan forward
had an outstanding month in April, bagging seven out of the eight goals that
his club managed to score as they finished the month unbeaten with three wins
and four draws.
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“I am very grateful
to receive this award for the second time this season. I thank God, my coach
and teammates because without them this would not be possible,” Kasumba told
SportPesa News after receiving the prize that comes with a KSh100,000 cheque and 49-inch
smart television from electronics firm LG .
The meek forward began
with a brace against lowly Zoo FC in a 2-0 win before stepping up to take a 95th
minute penalty to sink Kenya Commercial Bank FC a week later.
He then earned a
point for his side with a goal against Kariobangi Sharks FC before his lone
goal sunk Sony Sugar FC and he capped off the month with yet another brace in a
thrilling 2-2 Mathare United FC draw.
Despite his goal
scoring antics, Kasumba was left out of the Ugandan Cranes Africa Cup of
Nations squad but he maintains a positive attitude.
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“I’m happy despite
being left out of the AFCON team. I’m a believer of everyone has their time,
even if it isn’t right now I know my time will come and I will be ready.
“I have been
approached by a European club and I’m still awaiting their invite but for now
my main focus is to finish the league with my club,” Kasumba explained.
Kasumba trails
current SPL top scorer Allan Wanga (18) by a single goal as the season draws to
a close with both strikers as well as Ulinzi Stars FC’s Enosh Ochieng’ (16) all
seeking the coveted Golden Boot Award.
“You can expect to
see a different Kasumba in the two remaining games.
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“I know for a fact
that I am winning the Golden Boot Award this season. That is my focus as well
as helping my team finish strongly.
“That award is mine, all of you will see and remember this day when I said that I am winning that award,” he concluded.
Sofapaka will take on Bandari on Sunday before a final league assignment against Kakamega Homeboyz FC on the final day of the 2018/19 SPL season.