Martin Kayongo-Mutumba

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Martin Kayongo-Mutumba
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Kayongo-Mutumba with AIK in 2013
Personal information
Full name Martin Kayongo-Mutumba
Date of birth (1985-06-15) 15 June 1985 (age 39)
Place of birth Solna, Sweden
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Winger
Youth career
1990–1998 Vasalunds IF
1998–2002 AIK
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2002–2003 AIK 10 (0)
2004 FC Café Opera 0 (0)
2005–2007 Inter Turku 58 (7)
2008 Väsby United 29 (4)
2009–2010 AIK 37 (3)
2010–2011 Videoton FC 3 (0)
2011–2014 AIK 72 (6)
2014 Çaykur Rizespor 0 (0)
2014–2015 Orduspor 5 (0)
2015 Rah Ahan 7 (1)
2015 IF Brommapojkarna 11 (0)
2016–2017 Örgryte IS 22 (4)
2018 Syrianska FC 7 (1)
International career
2002 Sweden U17 4 (0)
2003 Sweden U19 7 (3)
2012–2014 Uganda 7 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Martin Kayongo-Mutumba (born Martin Mutumba, 15 June 1985) is a former professional footballer who played as a winger. He is best remembered for his time with AIK, with which he won both Allsvenskan and Svenska Cupen in 2009. Born in Sweden to Ugandan parents, he represented the Sweden U17 and U19 teams before making his full international debut for Uganda in 2012.

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Career

Early career

Mutumba began his career in Vasalunds IF as a young child, and in 1999 he joined AIK, as a youth player. In the fall of 2002 he made his first appearance with the senior squad against Kalmar FF, playing the last five minutes of the game.

In 2004 AIK wanted Mutumba to play with FC Café Opera, a club that would functioned as an AIK feeder club. [1] Unfortunately, Mutumba broke his leg in an indoor tournament he played with some friends before the season had started and he was never able to play any matches for Café Opera. [2] He stated that he lost his interest in football and "started hanging with the wrong crowd". This eventually landed him with a battery and assault charge. A judicial court gave him a second chance and he decided to continue with football. [3]

Inter Turku

In 2005, AIK sold him to Finnish team FC Inter Turku that played in the Premier Division, Veikkausliiga.

Väsby United

When the Finnish season ended in the fall of 2007 Mutumba tried out for Spanish La Liga club Deportivo de La Coruña, [4] his old club AIK [5] and Scottish Premier League club Hibernian. [6] Mutumba himself reported that he turned down a deal from Deportivo La Coruña, and British media claimed he signed a short-term contract with Hibernian. In a 2009 interview with Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet he stated that the deal with Deportivo La Coruña fell through due to problems on behalf of his agent, and he explained that they were talking about the development team, Fabril, who play in the Spanish Segunda B division. [7] In the end he signed with Superettan club FC Väsby United, where he had previously been under contract in 2004 when the club was still known as "FC Café Opera“.

Return to AIK

In November 2008 he signed with AIK again. [8] Following his return to the club, he stated that he was where he wanted to be and that it was highly unlikely that he would move abroad again and that the money offered to him was not going to be decisive. In the last game of the 2009 season AIK beat IFK Göteborg 2–1 in a dramatic title-deciding match, claiming the Allsvenskan championship for the first time in eleven years. In the match 55th minute, Mutumba provided the assist to his teammate Antônio Flávio, who took the "skillful" feed and rifled the equalizer past IFK Gothenburg's goalkeeper. [9] Two days before the final game, Mutumba tattooed in "AIK GULD (Gold) 2LAX9 (2009, LAX is slang for thousand) on his chest. [10]

AIK came off to a bad start in the 2010 season, performing badly despite being crowned champions only a few months earlier. The club was nearing a relegation battle due to these bad showings. Manager Mikael Stahre left for Panionios GSS and the team came under heavy criticism for its poor performances.

Videoton

On 28 June 2010, media reported that the Hungarian club of Videoton FC had bought both Bojan Djordjic and Martin Mutumba. [11] The director of the Hungarian club compared Djordjic to Roberto Baggio and Mutumba to Ronaldinho. [12] The transfer led to many speculations in media, especially since AIK had appointed the Scottish manager Alex Miller only a couple of days before the transfer were made. The players claimed that it was Mr. Miller’s decision to let the players go, but the organization of AIK claimed that they got such a good offer that they couldn't refuse to sell. [11]

Second return to AIK

In 2011, Mutumba was signed by AIK for the third time, agreeing on a three-year deal with the club.

Çaykur Rizespor

On 5 January 2014, Çaykur Rizespor announced that Mutumba signed with them for 2.5 years.

Rah Ahan

On 3 March 2015, he joined Persian Gulf Pro League club Rah Ahan.

Personal life

When he originally signed on with AIK, still a teenager, his father quit his job and the young Mutumba provided the family with the only income they had. When the club let him go, the family quickly found themselves in economic hardship. [3]

In 2003, Mutumba collaborated on the book "Svartskallar – Så funkar vi" (roughly: "Wogs – How we work") where 11 young people from multicultural and minority backgrounds talk about what it is like to be of immigrant background in modern Swedish society. [13]

Mutumba loves music and is a huge fan of reggae, rap music and samba. A keen rapper, he has released tracks under the moniker M9. [14] He has a tattoo on his left temple that says "R-BY", a tribute to Rinkeby, the suburb in Stockholm where he grew up and still resides. [15] Days before the deciding final game of the 2009 season he tattooed "A.I.K GULD 2LAX9" (AIK league champions 2009) across his chest. Fortunately for him it came true.

He is second cousin with former footballer Moses Nsubuga who played for IF Elfsborg and lost his left leg in a car accident 1997. [16] [17] In January 2012, Mutumba got a Ugandan passport and was summoned in the Uganda national team squad that faced Congo Brazzaville in the Africa Cup of Nations (2013) qualifiers. However, he didn't play spending all the 90 minutes on bench. Later in June that year, Mutumba made his debut in the Uganda national team that played an away World Cup (2014) qualifier with Angola on 3 June 2012.

After his active time as a footballer, Martin Mutumba has become a valued lecturer. Based on his own life journey, he lectures on motivation, overcoming obstacles and the importance of taking chances in life. [18]

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCupEuropeTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
AIK 2002 Allsvenskan 10000010
2003 Allsvenskan90000090
Total1000000100
FC Café Opera (loan) 2004 Superettan 00000000
FC Inter 2005 Veikkausliiga 1620000162
2006 Veikkausliiga1710000171
2007 Veikkausliiga2540000254
Total5870000587
Väsby United 2008 Superettan2940000294
AIK 2009 Allsvenskan2435100294
2010 Allsvenskan1301000140
Total3776100434
Videoton FC 2010–11 Nemzeti Bajnokság I 30000030
AIK 2011 Allsvenskan2831000293
2012 Allsvenskan2521090352
Total5352090645
Çaykur Rizespor 2014–15 Süper Lig 00000000
Rah Ahan 2014–15 Pro League 71000071
Brommapojkarna 2015 Superettan11000110
Örgryte IS 2016 Superettan72100082
2017 Superettan1520000152
Total2241000234
Syrianska 2018 Division 1 Norra 1730000173
Career total24727919026628

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year [19]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Uganda 201220
201340
201410
Total70

Honours

AIK

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