Emmanuel Okwi

Okwi played for Uganda Super League club SC Villa before joining Tanzanian team Simba S.C. for US$40,000.^[4]

In January 2013, Tunisian team Étoile Sportive du Sahel signed Okwi for a Tanzania record transfer fee of US$300,000.^[5] The team, however, failed to pay the fee to Simba S.C. He was then cleared by FIFA's Player Status Committee in December 2013 to return to SC Villa^[6] although the clearance was changed two months later so he could play for Young Africans S.C.,^[7] despite Simba S.C.'s protests.^[8]

Okwi rejoined Simba S.C. in August 2014 under a six-month contract, explaining that Young Africans S.C. had terminated his contract^[9] by failing to pay the US$50,000 owed to him.^[10] Okwi refused to play the last five games of the 2013–14 season for Young Africans because of the payment controversy.^[10] Young Africans vigorously protested the transfer to Simba S.C. and claimed that the contract was still in effect.^[10] The Tanzania Football Federation rejected that claim in September 2014.^[11]

In July 2015, SønderjyskE Fodbold signed Okwi on a five-year contract,^[12] with the consent of Simba S.C.,^[13] that would last until 2020.^[14] In January 2017, Okwi and agreed to terminate the contract. He scored two goals in six appearances.^[15]

Upon his return from Denmark Okwi re-joined former club SC Villa signing a six-month contract. He scored 10 goals in 13 Uganda Premier League matches.^[16]

In June 2017, Okwi signed with Simba S.C. for the third time in his career having agreed a two-year contract.^[16]

In July 2019, after impressing at the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations, Okwi joined Egyptian Premier League club Al Ittihad on a two-year contract.^[17][18]

Okwi first represented Uganda at senior level in 2009. He was the second top scorer at the 2010 CECAFA Cup, scoring a four goals in five matches.^[19] The following year at the 2011 CECAFA Cup, he scored five goals and was joint top scorer alongside Rwanda's Meddie Kagere and their captain Olivier Karekezi.^[20]

Okwi grew up idolizing Thierry Henry and is a fan of Arsenal F.C. Okwi was born into a Roman Catholic family, but at a young age, his mother became a Born Again Christian and raised her children in her faith. Okwi married his longtime girlfriend Florence Nakalegga with whom they have one child.^[21] Okwi played football as a boy while at St. Henry's College Kitovu.^[22]

International

As of match played 18 June 2023^[23]

Scores and results list Uganda's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Okwi goal.^[23]

List of international goals scored by Emmanuel Okwi

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	13 December 2009	Nyayo National Stadium, Nairobi, Kenya	Rwanda	2–0	2–0	2009 CECAFA Cup
2	2 December 2010	Benjamin Mkapa National Stadium, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania	Malawi	1–1	1–1	2010 CECAFA Cup
3	5 December 2010	Benjamin Mkapa National Stadium, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania	Kenya	1–0	2–1	2010 CECAFA Cup
4	8 December 2010	Benjamin Mkapa National Stadium, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania	Zanzibar	2–1	2–2	2010 CECAFA Cup
5	12 December 2010	Benjamin Mkapa National Stadium, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania	Ethiopia	2–2	4–3	2010 CECAFA Cup
6	28 November 2011	Chamazi Stadium, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania	Somalia	2–0	4–0	2011 CECAFA Cup
7				3–0
8				4–0
9	8 December 2011	Benjamin Mkapa National Stadium, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania	Tanzania	2–1	3–1	2011 CECAFA Cup
10	10 December 2011	Benjamin Mkapa National Stadium, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania	Rwanda	2–2	2–2	2011 CECAFA Cup
11	3 June 2012	Estádio 11 de Novembro, Luanda, Angola	Angola	1–1	1–1	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
12	16 June 2012	Mandela National Stadium, Kampala, Uganda	Congo	4–0	4–0	2013 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
13	6 December 2012	Mandela National Stadium, Kampala, Uganda	Tanzania	1–0	3–0	2012 CECAFA Cup
14	15 June 2013	Mandela National Stadium, Kampala, Uganda	Angola	1–1	2–1	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
15	31 August 2013	Botswana National Stadium, Gaborone, Botswana	Botswana	1–0	3–1	Friendly
16				2–0
17	2 December 2013	Nairobi City Stadium, Nairobi, Kenya	Eritrea	1–0	3–0	2013 CECAFA Cup
18				3–0
19	31 August 2017	Mandela National Stadium, Kampala, Uganda	Egypt	1–0	1–0	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
20	13 October 2018	Mandela National Stadium, Kampala, Uganda	Lesotho	1–0	3–0	2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
21				3–0
22	22 June 2019	Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt	DR Congo	2–0	2–0	2019 Africa Cup of Nations
23	26 June 2019	Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt	Zimbabwe	1–0	1–1	2019 Africa Cup of Nations
24	8 September 2019	Moi International Sports Centre, Nairobi, Kenya	Kenya	1–0	1–1	Friendly
25	13 October 2019	Bahir Dar Stadium, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia	Ethiopia	1–0	1–0	Friendly
26	17 November 2019	Mandela National Stadium, Kampala, Uganda	Malawi	1–0	2–0	2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
27	25 March 2022	Markaziy Stadium, Namangan, Uzbekistan	Tajikistan	1–0	1–1	2022 Nowruz Cup
28	29 March 2022	Markaziy Stadium, Namangan, Uzbekistan	Uzbekistan	2–4	2–4	2022 Nowruz Cup

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