Juliet Nalukenge
Ugandan footballer (born 2003)
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Juliet Nalukenge (born 14 August 2003) is a Ugandan footballer who plays as Forward for Liga MX Femenil club Atlas and the Uganda women's national team.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 14 August 2003 | ||
| Place of birth | Mityana, Uganda | ||
| Height | 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Atlas | ||
| Number | 22 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Kawempe Muslim LFC | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2021 | Kawempe Muslim LFC | ||
| 2021–2024 | Apollon | ||
| 2025– | Atlas | 10 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2018– | Uganda | ||
| 2019–2021 | Uganda U-20 | ||
| 2019 | Uganda U-17 | 14 | (32) |
|
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 6 February 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 14:29, 3 May 2021 (UTC) | |||
A promising forward, Nalukenge was named Ugandan Women's Player of the Year in 2019 and in March 2021 finished ninth in the Goal (website) NXGN Award for the best young female footballer in the world.[1][2]
Club career
Although Nalukenge is a Christian, her football skills won her a scholarship to Kawempe Muslim Secondary School. She began playing for the attached women's football team at youth level in the regional leagues, and in 2015–16 broke into the first team who play at FUFA Women Elite League level.[3][4]
International career
Nalukenge won her first cap for the senior Uganda women's national team on 8 April 2018, in a 2018 Africa Women Cup of Nations qualification first round fixture against Kenya.[3]
She was later included in the Crested Cranes squad for the 2018 CECAFA Women's Championship held in Kigali, Rwanda.
Nalukenge scored her first national team goal on 17 September 2018 eight minutes after coming off the bench as Uganda beat Zimbabwe 2-1 in the final group game of the 2018 COSAFA Women's Championship in South Africa.[5]
On 19 November 2019, Nalukenge scored five goals as Uganda earned a comprehensive 13-0 win over Djibouti in the 2019 CECAFA Women's Championship in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.[6]
International goals
Scores and results list Uganda goal tally first
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 17 September 2018 | Wolfson Stadium, KwaZakele, South Africa |  Zimbabwe | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2018 COSAFA Women's Championship |
| 2 | 17 November 2019 | Chamazi Stadium, Mbagala, Tanzania |  Djibouti | 13–0 | 2019 CECAFA Women's Championship | |
| 3 | 2–0 | |||||
| 4 | 4–0 | |||||
| 5 | 7–0 | |||||
| 6 | 11–0 |
Honours
- FUFA Women Elite League (FWEL): 2015, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017-18
- Cypriot Women's First Division: 2022/23, 2023/24
- Cypriot Women's Cup: 2023
- Cypriot Women's Super Cup: 2023
- Turkish Super Lig Promotional Play-Off: 2025
- COSAFA U17 Women's Championship: 2019[7]
- CECAFA U17 Women's Championship: 2019
- All Africa Games (Bronze): 2023
- CECAFA Women's Championship: 2022
- CECAFA Women's Championship (Silver): 2018
- COSAFA Women's Championship (Bronze): 2018
- CECAFA Women's Championship: (Bronze): 2019
Individual
- NXGN - Goal.com's Best Wonderkids in the World: 2021 (9th),[2][8] 2022 (19th).[9]
- IFFHS Youth Player of the Year: Nominated in Top 20 in 2023.[10]
- IFFHS Best African Youth Team of the Year: 2023[11]
- Uganda's Best Female Player of the Year (FUFA Awards): 2019[12]
- Uganda Sports Press Association (USPA) Female Player of the Year: 2019[13]
- COSAFA U17 Women's Championship Top Scorer: 2019 with 18 goals.[7]
- All-time Top Scorer of the COSAFA U17 Women's Championship: 18 goals
- FIFA U17 Women's World Cup Qualifiers Joint Top Scorer: 2020 with five goals.
- All-time Top Scorer of the Uganda U17 National Team with 32 goals.[14]
- Real Stars Sports Award: Player of the Month for January 2020.[15]