{"id":16104,"date":"2021-08-20T13:38:18","date_gmt":"2021-08-20T13:38:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/?p=16104"},"modified":"2021-08-20T13:28:31","modified_gmt":"2021-08-20T13:28:31","slug":"goalkeeper-karungi-returns-to-denmark-with-points-to-prove","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/goalkeeper-karungi-returns-to-denmark-with-points-to-prove","title":{"rendered":"Goalkeeper Karungi returns to Denmark with points to prove"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press<\/a> – Uganda<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Ugandan female goalkeeper Vanessa Edith Karungi returned to Denmark yesterday with a mission to prove that she is Crested Cranes\u2019 best goalkeeper.<\/p>\n

Karungi, who has since she announced herself on the scene in 2017 been behind Ruth Aturo and Daisy Nakaziro in coach Faridah Bulega\u2019s pecking order, believes she is \u201cthe best\u201d and will making proving it the basis of her two-year contract at new club Boldklubben af 1893 (B 93).<\/p>\n

Her goalkeeping coach at her local club She Corporate Hassan Isa described her as \u201cthe best talent in the country although others have worked really hard to be where they are.\u201d<\/p>\n

For the 21-year-old Karungi, the move which pits her among the first-ever Ugandans to move straight from the amateur ranks at home to the professional ones in Europe and \u201ccalls for me to work harder than before so that when the call comes, I am walking straight into the team<\/p>\n

Sustained stay<\/p>\n

Fazila Ikwaput, who had a few months\u2019 separate stints in India and Kazakhstan will lay claim to being the pioneer but Karungi hopes for a more sustained stay that will see her push to play for even bigger clubs.<\/p>\n

Most of the others like Jean Sseninde, Tracy Jones Akiror, Sandra Nabweteme, Yudaya Nakayenze, Joan Nakirya, and Sandra Nantubwe \u2013 among others, found their path through balanced opportunities to study and play football.<\/p>\n

\u201cI need to prove that I deserve to be there and there can be no excuses now because the facilities in Denmark are better and you are dealing with the right people,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

B 93 hosted Karungi in May for a month\u2019s trials which going by the new developments, she passed with flying colours.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt the trials, they were looking for punctuality, sacrifice \u2013 to show that you can work on anything, hard work and definitely how you interact with teammates,\u201d Karungi, famed for her penalty saving prowess, said as she hopes to inspire those she leaves behind at home.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen the opportunity came, we had almost spent two years at home without anything happening at school.<\/p>\n

KALUNGI BRIEFLY<\/b><\/p>\n

Birth date: November 8, 1999<\/p>\n

Club: B 93 Copenhagen<\/p>\n

2016: She Corporate<\/p>\n

2016-2018: Olila HS<\/p>\n

2018-2021: She Corporate<\/p>\n

TITLES<\/p>\n

2017: Fufa Women Cup<\/p>\n

& National Post Primary<\/p>\n

Games (NPP) – Girls Football<\/p>\n

Champions<\/p>\n

ACCOLADES<\/p>\n

2017: Best Goalkeeper Fufa<\/p>\n

Women Cup & NPP<\/p>\n

[email protected]<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Uganda. Ugandan female goalkeeper Vanessa Edith Karungi returned to Denmark yesterday with a mission to prove that she is Crested Cranes\u2019 best goalkeeper. 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