BETTER INTERMEDIARY REGULATION TO SOLVE POOR PLAYER RECRUITMENT HAUNTING UGANDAN FOOTBALL CLUBS.

 BETTER  INTERMEDIARY REGULATION TO SOLVE POOR PLAYER RECRUITMENT HAUNTING UGANDAN FOOTBALL CLUBS.  

Participants paying attention to FUFA Football Development Director Ali Mwebe during the FUFA first intermediary training workshop 2019. On the right is Dan Ntale and on the left is Dr Kintu Edmund.

Ugandan clubs still facing a big challenge in the recruitment of players this is clearly shown in the way they release over 8 - 10 players every transfer window.

This is bad for football players career development since most big clubs grab all good players whom they don't utilise by not giving them enough playing time and later board them off like used chicken feed hence destroying the player's value and enthusiasm for the game.

On the other hand this is not good for the clubs financial standing since a player is bought at cost paid, salary not utilized and finally released without any financial gain to the club.

All this is brought up by failure for clubs to have skilled football scouts with enough resources to do there worker so the clubs end up recycling used players even if they have been put off the game for a few years. Clubs jump on the boys who have been on form for one season but without any scouting history, plus the demon of coaches moving with a crick of players in there pockets from one club to another.

Most of these clubs don't even invest in player development ,they don't have a reserve team , poor facilitation of their said academies the list is endless. Today in Ugandan football many club CEOs and coaches are illegally taking on the role of intermediaries when signing players and these individuals don't usually have club and players interests at heart. They end up signing substandard players who would inturn agree to settle for a portion of their transfer fees suddenly these coaches & CEOs end up taking the biggest cut from these players transfer fees. In return clubs end up with substandard players and players turn up demotivated since they didn't get their fair share of the transfer fee and some times monthly salary.

But there is room for putting things right if only the right people are given chance to do the right thing.

 From the left is Mr Bwambale F, Dr Edmunds.K and Miss Alice .N 

During the 1st FUFA intermediary training in Uganda at Jevine Hotel Lubaga 2019.

Clubs owners should task their administrators to always working towards scouting , developing profitable players and avoid the offloading of players leaving clubs with losses on their investments and to do all this Football intermediaries with interests of the clubs or players at heart should be employed to boost the clubs/ players management hence promoting return on investment.

Therefore proper regulation of football intermediaries in the country by FUFA will greatly improve the quality players and coaches recruitment.  

              

FUFA President Eng. Moses Magogo while facilitating at the first FUFA intermediary training workshop 2019.

During the first FUFA intermediary training workshop at Jevine hotel Lubaga 2019, participants were put to the task of discussing some of the issues involved in the business and also bring up ideas on how best to run their work.

Main areas of discussions included but not limited to;

• How to grow and promote the intermediary business
• How to unlock regional and international markets
• The Challenges anticipated in the business
• How to protect the intermediary business

WHO IS A FOOTBALL INTERMEDIARY ?

A natural or legal person who, for a fee or free of charge, represents players and/or clubs in negotiations with a view to concluding an employment contract or represents clubs in negotiations with a view to concluding a transfer agreement.

NB: Terms referring to natural persons are applicable to both genders as well as to legal persons. Any term in the singular applies to the plural and

vice-versa. (FIFA Regulations on working with intermediaries, 2019) 

The Participants of FUFA  two day intermediary workshop training at Jevine hotel, Rubaga 2019.

Having expressed interest in providing services of Intermediaries in Uganda, the following persons in the table below were trained, sat for and passed the examinations and are hereby eligible to be licensed as Intermediaries. (FUFA additional list of intermediaries, 2020)     

SN	NAME	EMAIL
1	Alice Namatovu	namatovualice74@gmail.com
2	Alinatwe Eric Daniel	ericdan89@gmail.com
3	Angura Ella Herbert	ellaherbert7@gmail.com
4	Anguzu Emmanuel	anguzue@gmail.com
5	Anthony Akera	akeraanthony@gmail.com
6	Asiimwe Venansio	asiimwe@haloworldwide.org
7	Bubbi Fozzi Taibu	bfozzi@yahoo.com
8	Bulega Ahmed Umar Ali	umarbulega@gmail.com
9	Bwambale Francisco	bwfrancis27@gmail.com
10	Elijah Kayemba	kayembae@yahoo.com
11	Etyana Noel	enourel74@gmail.com
12	Haruna Rashid	rashidinio2019@ahoo.com
13	James Mwere	jamesmwere@gmail.com
14	Juuko Martin	mjuuko555@gmail.com
15	Kabajja Ali	ali.kabajja@ph-af.com
16	Kanakulya B Muhamed	kanamoh@gmail.com
17	Kayemba Geofrey Ssolo	geokayssolo@yahoo.com
18	Kibirige Bobkins	kibirigebobkins2006@yahoo.com
19	Kintu Edmund	cash7ks@gmail.com
20	Kyambadde Richard	kyambarich@gmail.com
21	Mayanja Joshua	muyanjajoshua@gmail.com
22	Mugenyi Timothy	mugenyiandrew71@gmail.com
23	Mugume Keneth Kwolekya	mubumebaaksan@gmail.com
24	Mulihebwa Solomon	smolinebwa@gmail.com
25	Mutesasira Muhammad	mutesasiramuhammad@gmail.com
26	Nantale Kasalirwa Mariam	mkasalirwe94@gmail.com
27	Ndaula Mulindwa Conrad Roy	conradroyn@gmail.com
28	Nseyeeya Hadadi	hadadinseyeeya@gmail.com
29	Odoa Shaban Hamis	odoashaban@gmail.com
30	Onder Oscar Steven Isaac	osscaron9@gmail.com
31	Patrick Ogua Jove	patrickogua@gmail.com
32	Ssekabira Geofrey	sekabirageb2015@gmail.com
33	Ssemujju Yusufu	yussemujju@gmail.com
34	Tumuhaise Jonasan Tibatiina	tibatiina@gmail.com
35	Tumwesige Francis	atuhyi2010@gmail.com

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