Basil Tuma
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Basil Tenywa Tuma | ||
| Date of birth | 24 April 2005 | ||
| Place of birth | Uganda | ||
| Positions | |||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Reading | ||
| Number | 26 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2021 | Fulham | ||
| 2022–2023 | Reading | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2022– | Reading | 6 | (0) |
| 2025–2026 | → Slough Town (loan) | 12 | (3) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2021–2022 | Uganda U17 | ||
| 2022–2024 | Malta U19 | 5 | (1) |
| 2023– | Malta U21 | 6 | (0) |
| 2024– | Malta | 8 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 12:40, 27 April 2026 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 12 October 2025 (UTC) | |||
Basil Tenywa Tuma (born 24 April 2005) is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for EFL League One club Reading. Born in Uganda, he plays for the Malta national team.
Tuma was educated at Eton College and finished 3rd in the Junior Boys 100 metres at the 2019 ESAA English Schools Track & Field Championships with a time of 11.23 seconds.[1]
Club career
Reading
Tuma made his debut for Reading in their 2–1 EFL Cup defeat to Stevenage on 9 August 2022, playing 55 minutes before being replaced by Jahmari Clarke.[2]
On 2 July 2025, Reading announced that Tuma had signed a new one-year contract with the club.[3]
On 16 December 2025, Reading announced Tuma had joined Slough Town on loan until 10 January 2026.[4][5] On 13 January 2026 Tuma's loan deal was extended again, this time until mid-March 2026.[6] Tuma scored his first goal for Slough on 31 January against Chelmsford.[7]
International career
Tuma represented Uganda at the 2020 CECAFA U-17 Championship, where they were victorious over Tanzania in the final.[8] Tuma was then called up for the Malta U19 in September 2022.[9] Tuma made his debut for the Malta U21 team in a 0-6 defeat to Spain on 8 September 2023.[10]
In October 2024, Tuma was called up to the Maltese senior international team for the first time, for their matches against Turkmenistan and Moldova.[11] After their match against Turkmenistan was cancelled due to travel issues faced by Turkmenistan,[12] Tuma made his debut for Malta against Moldova on 13 October 2024, coming on as a halt-time substitute to win the match-winning penalty.[13]
