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Revision as of 01:32, 18 May 2022
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Edward Kizza | ||
| Date of birth | 17 December 1998 | ||
| Place of birth | Kampala, Uganda | ||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | New England Revolution | ||
| Number | 19 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Montverde Academy | |||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017–2019 | Pittsburgh Panthers | 53 | (31) |
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2021– | New England Revolution | 11 | (0) |
| 2021 | → New England Revolution II (loan) | 12 | (5) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 October 2021 | |||
Edward Kizza (born 17 December 1998) is a Ugandan professional footballer who plays as a forward for Major League Soccer club New England Revolution.
Career
Born in Kampala, Kizza moved to the United States with his parents when he was 14.[1] He spent his first year of high school at Carlisle School before joining the Montverde Academy near Orlando, Florida.[2] With Montverde, Kizza was part of the SIMA program and was ranked as the 41st ranked player nationally by topdrawersoccer coming out of his senior season.[2]
On 17 March 2017, Kizza committed to playing college soccer with the Pittsburgh Panthers, despite looking at offers from the Clemson Tigers and Wake Forest Demon Deacons.[2] He made his collegiate debut for the Panthers on 25 August 2017 against the Ohio State Buckeyes, coming on as a substitute in a 0–1 defeat.[3] He completed his freshman college season with 4 goals in 15 matches, earning an ACC All-Freshman team selection.[3] During his sophomore season, Kizza started in all 18 matches for the Panthers, scoring 15 goals.[3] He then scored 12 goals during his junior and final season with the Panthers, appearing in all 20 matches that season.[3]
On 8 October 2020, it was announced that Kizza had parted ways with the Pittsburgh Panthers, despite appearing and scoring in two exhibition matches.[4] He would go on to not play his senior season with the Panthers.[3]
New England Revolution
On 21 January 2021, despite not appearing in the 2020 NCAA season, Kizza was selected with the 24th overall pick by the New England Revolution in the MLS SuperDraft.[5] Despite being selected late in the first round of the draft, Revolution head coach Bruce Arena, stated that Kizza is "a proven goal scorer the collegiate level" and that "we feel very fortunate that we got him as late as we did in the first round".[6] Arena said that he had spoken with Kizza's Pittsburgh Panthers coach Jay Vidovich prior to drafting him.[6]
On 5 March 2021, Kizza signed a professional contract with the New England Revolution after impressing the coaching staff in pre-season.[7] He made professional debut for the Revolution on 17 April 2021 in their season opener against the Chicago Fire, coming on as a 83rd minute substitute in the 2–2 draw and hitting the crossbar with a header.[8]
Career statistics
- As of match played 19 July 2021[9]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| New England Revolution | 2021 | Major League Soccer | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 7 | 0 | |
| Career total | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
Honours
New England Revolution
References
- ^ "Edward Kizza New England Revolution". New England Revolution.
- ^ a b c Rotstein, Steve (17 March 2021). "Top 50 recruit Kizza Edward commits to Pitt men's soccer". The Pitt News. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
- ^ a b c d e "Edward Kizza". Pittsburgh Panthers.
- ^ Bobeck, Brett (8 October 2020). "Pitt soccer parts ways with leading scorer Edward Kizza". The Pitt News. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
- ^ Krysinsky, John (22 January 2021). "Former Pitt scoring whiz Edward Kizza selected by New England Revolution in MLS Draft". Pittsburgh Soccer Now. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
- ^ a b Minton, Sam (22 January 2021). "Bruce Arena feels 'very fortunate" that Edward Kizza dropped to 24th overall". The Bent Musket. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
- ^ "New England Revolution sign 2021 MLS SuperDraft pick forward Edward Kizza". New England Revolution. 5 March 2021. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
- ^ "Chicago Fire 2–2 New England Revolution". Soccerway.
- ^ Edward Kizza at Soccerway
External links
- 1998 births
- Living people
- Ugandan footballers
- Association football forwards
- Pittsburgh Panthers men's soccer players
- New England Revolution players
- New England Revolution II players
- Major League Soccer players
- USL League One players
- Ugandan expatriate footballers
- Expatriate soccer players in the United States
- Sportspeople from Kampala