{"id":1166410,"date":"2022-08-04T14:56:08","date_gmt":"2022-08-04T14:56:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/08\/04\/asante-kotoko-sign-ugandan-striker-on-a-two-year-deal\/"},"modified":"2022-08-04T14:56:08","modified_gmt":"2022-08-04T14:56:08","slug":"asante-kotoko-sign-ugandan-striker-on-a-two-year-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/08\/04\/asante-kotoko-sign-ugandan-striker-on-a-two-year-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"Asante Kotoko sign Ugandan striker on a two-year deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"552\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Screenshot-2022-08-03-123849-696x552.png\"   alt=\"Steven Mukwala\" title=\"Steven Mukwala\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Steven Mukwala <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Kumasi Asante Kotoko have announced the signing of striker,\u00a0Steven Mukwala, ahead of the 2022\/23 Ghana football season.<\/p>\n<p>The Ugandan forward joined the Porcupine Warriors as a free agent after ending his stay at Uganda Rivers Authority FC (URA FC).<\/p>\n<p>Mukwala has signed a two-year deal with the Reds with an option of renewal.<\/p>\n<p>The Porcupine Warriors club signed him in a bid to strengthen their squad for the 2022\/2023 football season.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>The prolific striker was heavily linked with a switch to\u00a0Asante Kotoko\u00a0in the last two transfer windows but the contractual obligations laid by URA FC forced the Ghanaian giants to back out of the negotiations.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">From \ud835\uddde\ud835\uddd4\ud835\udde0\ud835\udde3\ud835\uddd4\ud835\udddf\ud835\uddd4 To  \ud835\uddde\ud835\udde8\ud835\udde0\ud835\uddd4\ud835\udde6\ud835\udddc<\/p>\n<p>Welcome \ud835\udde6\ud835\udde7\ud835\uddd8\ud835\udde9\ud835\uddd8\ud835\udde1 \ud835\udde0\ud835\udde8\ud835\uddde\ud835\uddea\ud835\uddd4\ud835\udddf\ud835\uddd4 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mukwala9?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Mukwala9<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Ugandan joins us on a free transfer for a period of two years with an option to extend for a further year. <\/p>\n<p>AKWAABA MUKWALA \ud83e\udd1d<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AKSC?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#AKSC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WELCOMEMUKWALA?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WELCOMEMUKWALA<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Preseason22?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Preseason22<\/a>\ud83d\udd25 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Of65xbS1nU\">pic.twitter.com\/Of65xbS1nU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Asante Kotoko SC \u2013 21\/22 GPL Champions\ud83e\udd47 (@AsanteKotoko_SC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AsanteKotoko_SC\/status\/1554789566187438081?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 3, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>In the 2019\/20 Ugandan League, Dese scored 13 goals in 23 matches and netted 14 goals in 24 matches the following league campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Then in the 2021\/22 season, the striker hit the back of the net with 13 goals in 26 games.<\/p>\n<p>He was behind Vipers SC forward Yunus Ssentamu and Erick Kambale from Express FC who registered 16 and 15 goals respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Mukwala\u2019s impressive displays also continued into the CAF Confederation Cup Preliminary round where he scored two goals in the home tie against Ethiopian Coffee FC to help his team win 2-1 in the 2020\/2021 season<\/p>\n<p>He also made his competitive debut for the Uganda Cranes in 2021 when they played out a goalless draw with Mali at Kitende in the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.<\/p>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"M4YVnRY1IkI\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Have A Self Identity - Badwam Nkuranhyensem on Adom TV (4-8-22)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/M4YVnRY1IkI?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Steven Mukwala Kumasi Asante Kotoko have announced the signing of striker,\u00a0Steven Mukwala, ahead of the 2022\/23 Ghana football season. 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