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Denis Obua (footballer) played for which team from 1968 to 1977?
Denis Obua ( footballer ) Denis Obua ( 13 June 1947 – 4 May 2010 ) was a former Ugandan association football player and administrator , who played on the left-wing for Uganda between 1968 and 1977 and later served as President of the Federation of Uganda Football Associations ( FUFA ) and chairman of the Council for East and Central Africa Football Associations ( CECAFA ) . Playing career . Club career . Denis Otim Obua was born on 13 June 1947 in the village of Akol in the Amolatar District of Uganda . He was educated at Boroboro Junior School and Manjasi High School , Tororo , where , in 1967 , his talent was recognised and he was signed by Coffee United FC . The following year he joined Police FC , with whom he pursued parallel careers as a footballer and a policeman . In 1977 , Obua was the leagues top goalscorer , with 24 goals , but after Police were relegated at the end of the 1978 season he joined Maroons FC of Luzira . Obua only played for Maroons for one season . In April 1979 , the Ugandan dictator , Idi Amin , was ousted and , during the unstable period that followed , several players from Simba FC—a team which , at that time , was drawn entirely from serving Army officers—were arrested . To avoid a similar fate , Obua and a number of other soccer players fled to Kenya , where he played for Luo Union . He returned to Uganda in 1980 and rejoined Police FC , but could not regain his form and retired . In 1983 , he came out of retirement and joined Villa SC , who had won the Ugandan Premier League championship the previous year . Obua played for Villa in both second round matches of the 1983 African Cup of Champions Clubs , but , just before the first leg of the quarter-finals , he was injured in an incident that brought his playing career to an end . He was in a bar in Kamwokya when it was attacked by gunmen , who began shooting indiscriminately at the customers . Obua was shot in the abdomen and , though he was flown to West Germany for treatment , he was unable to resume playing . International career . Denis Obua was called up to the national squad in 1967 and soon established himself in the left wing position . In 1968 , he was selected to represent East Africa in a game against visiting English club West Bromwich Albion . Against Zanzibar in the 1969 East Africa Challenge Cup , he scored four goals in Ugandas 7–1 win and was a member of Ugandas CECAFA Cup-winning team on six occasions . He represented Uganda in three Africa Cup of Nations tournaments , in 1968 , 1974 and 1976 , scoring one of Ugandas two goals in the latter tournament , but was dropped from the squad before the 1978 African Cup of Nations , in which Uganda reached the final . Denis Obua is regarded as one of the best players to play at no . 11 for Uganda . Career as an administrator . In 1984 Obua started a new career as a coach , initially on a part-time basis , with his old club , Police FC . In 1995 , he became the full-time coach and , under his guidance , the club gained promotion back to the Super League after a 19-year absence . At the national level , Obua managed the Uganda youth team at the 1991 All-Africa Games and in 1995 he managed the Uganda B team that reached the final of the 1995 CECAFA Cup . In 1998 , he was offered the post of coach to the national team , but turned it down . Instead , in December that year , he contested and won the election for president of FUFA . In 2001 , he was re-elected to a second term and in 2003 he also became chairman of the Council for East and Central Africa Football Associations ( CECAFA ) . Beginning in late 2004 , Obua was involved in controversy over the management of FUFA . On 30 November 2004 , he announced that the executive boards term of office had expired ; this was disputed by Obuas predecessor as FUFA president , Twaha Kakaire . Obua announced that new elections would be held in February 2005 , but , a few days before the elections were due to be held , Ugandas Sports Minister suspended FUFA , pending an investigation of its affairs . A fortnight later , Obua announced that he was resigning as FUFA president . A pressure group of Ugandan soccer fans then brought charges against Obua and FUFAs former secretary-general , alleging that they had embezzled funds while in office . Obua was in Kenya on CECAFA business when the charges were laid and on his return to Kampala he was arrested for failing to appear in court . and spent two weeks in jail . Subsequently , Obua was one of 17 FUFA officials named by Ugandas Inspector General of Government as having been responsible for gross mismanagement of finances ; the 17 were order to refund varying amounts to FUFA or face prosecution . Obua continued to serve as chairman of CECAFA until his term expired , in 2007 ; he was appointed honorary chairman for CECAFAs General Assembly in 2007 and remained an honorary member until his death . Family . Denis Obua fathered 18 children . His son David is a current Ugandan international and plays for Hearts in the Scottish Premier League . Another son , Eric , plays for SC Villa in the Ugandan Super League , while a third , Kevin , plays for his school , St Marys Secondary School , Kitende . A daughter , Sarah Desire Birungi , captains the National Insurance Corporation netball team in Ugandas National Netball League .