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 | 48 | ||
Youth career | |||
–2021 | Fulham | ||
2022– | Reading | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2022– | Reading | 2 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2021–2022 | Uganda U17 | ||
2022– | Malta U19 | 1 | (1) |
2023– | Malta U21 | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 August 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 06:54, 9 September 2023 (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 Malta at youth level.
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]
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]
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.[5]
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[6] | EFL Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | |
2023–24[6] | EFL League One | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | 4 | 0 | ||
Career total | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | - | - | 5 | 0 |
Uganda under-17