{"id":108644,"date":"2025-08-30T17:45:53","date_gmt":"2025-08-30T17:45:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/all-news\/mitima-burundian-goalkeeper-join-as-kigali"},"modified":"2025-08-30T17:50:49","modified_gmt":"2025-08-30T17:50:49","slug":"mitima-burundian-goalkeeper-join-as-kigali","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/mitima-burundian-goalkeeper-join-as-kigali","title":{"rendered":"Mitima, Burundian goalkeeper join AS Kigali"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Rwanda. <\/strong><\/span>AS Kigali FC has strengthened its squad with the signing of Rwandan defender <b>Isaac Mitima<\/b> and Burundian goal keeper <b>Patient Ndikuriyo<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>Mitima, 23, penned a one-year deal after parting ways with Shabab Baalbeck SC of Lebanon. The Rwanda international has previously played for APR FC, Rayon Sports, and Police FC locally, and had spells abroad with Al-Zulfi in Saudi Arabia and Sofapaka in Kenya.<\/p>\n<p>Ndikuriyo, meanwhile, sealed a two-year contract less than 24 hours after leaving Rayon Sports by mutual consent. The Burundian international, who also featured for Amagaju during his time in Rwanda, brings experience between AS Kigali\u2019s goal posts.<\/p>\n<p>AS Kigali has also added Congolese forward <b>Jesus Mokolo Ducapel<\/b>, who was most recently at ES Mostaganem in Algeria. Mokolo, a former Young Africans SC player between 2021 and 2023, joins the club as a free agent.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Rwanda<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Rwanda. AS Kigali FC has strengthened its squad with the signing of Rwandan defender Isaac Mitima and Burundian goal keeper Patient Ndikuriyo. Mitima, 23, penned a one-year deal after parting ways with Shabab Baalbeck SC of Lebanon. The Rwanda international has previously played for APR FC, Rayon Sports, and Police FC locally, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":108643,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,18],"tags":[3179,758],"class_list":["post-108644","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-sport","tag-as-kigali","tag-rwanda"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Mitima, Burundian goalkeeper join AS Kigali - Rwanda<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"AS Kigali FC has strengthened its squad with the signing of Rwandan defender Isaac Mitima and Burundian goal keep ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/mitima-burundian-goalkeeper-join-as-kigali\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mitima, Burundian goalkeeper join AS Kigali\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"AS Kigali FC has strengthened its squad with the signing of Rwandan defender Isaac Mitima and Burundian goal keep ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/mitima-burundian-goalkeeper-join-as-kigali\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Rwanda\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-08-30T17:45:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-08-30T17:50:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2025\/08\/sm_1756563567.305351.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"667\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/mitima-burundian-goalkeeper-join-as-kigali#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/mitima-burundian-goalkeeper-join-as-kigali\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Mitima, Burundian goalkeeper join AS Kigali\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-08-30T17:45:53+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-08-30T17:50:49+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/mitima-burundian-goalkeeper-join-as-kigali\"},\"wordCount\":153,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/mitima-burundian-goalkeeper-join-as-kigali#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2025\/08\/sm_1756563567.305351.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"AS Kigali\",\"Rwanda\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Sport\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/mitima-burundian-goalkeeper-join-as-kigali#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/mitima-burundian-goalkeeper-join-as-kigali\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/mitima-burundian-goalkeeper-join-as-kigali\",\"name\":\"Mitima, Burundian goalkeeper join AS Kigali - 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