Majid Musisi
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Majid Musisi | ||
| Date of birth | 24 December 1965 | ||
| Place of birth | Kampala, Uganda | ||
| Date of death | 13 December 2005 | ||
| Place of death | Uganda | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Playing position | striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1982–1983 | Mulago | ||
| 1983–1984 | Pepsi | ||
| 1985–1992 | SC Villa | (138) | |
| 1992–1994 | Stade Rennes | 51 | (12) |
| 1994–1997 | Bursaspor | 77 | (31) |
| 1997–1999 | Çanakkale Dardanelspor | 79 | (29) |
| 1999–2001 | SC Villa | ||
| 2002–2004 | SHB Đà Nẵng | ||
| 2004–2005 | Ggaba United | ||
| National team‡ | |||
| 1985–2002 | Uganda | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17 September 2007. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17 September 2007 |
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Majid Musisi (December 24, 1965 – December 13, 2005) was a Ugandan footballer.
Majid Musisi, like several other football stars from the eighties, nurtured his football career at the renowned Mulago playground, popularly known as 'Maracana' in reference to the famous Brazilian stadium. Alongside the likes of Adam Semugabi and Rajab Sekalye, he was one of the top prospects at New Mulago Primary School.
Stocky, powerful and endowed with speed, Musisi rapidly outgrew his age and stood out among his peers so much so that in 1983 – at just 16 years – second-tier side Pepsi FC snapped him up. In the process, Majid Musisi abandoned studies at Bashir High School in Wandegeya. After an impressive season, SC Villa's tactician David Otti noticed the youngster and quickly enrolled him into the Villa squad that was preparing for the Cecafa Club Championship in January 1985.
However, Majid Musisi missed the trip when his passport was delayed but made the Villa squad that travelled to Sudan to face El-Hilal in the Africa Club Championship three weeks later. At the time, SC Villa was an emerging force with two league titles already under their belt. Rogers Nsubuga was the club's leading marksman with Ronald Vubya and Shaban Mwinda not far off.
The club also had promising strikers like Issa Kawooya and George Muwanguzi to beef up the attack. Did SC Villa really need Majid Musisi? Many fans wondered at the time. Otti knew better and was instantly vindicated even though he resigned shortly after due to poor results. Under new coach Timothy Ayiekoh, Onyango would make his long-awaited debut against Maroons, scoring twice and followed it up with one goal against Heroes.
For some reason, however, Ayiekoh preferred tested strikers in big matches. In the few matches he played, Ayiekoh deployed him on the right wing, a position that didn't suit him well. So in August 1985, his career took a huge turn that would eke his name into Ugandan football echelons. Villa versus Express…the whole Kampala would come to a standstill. With thousands of fans still forcing their way to enter Nakivubo stadium, Majid Musisi, given a rare start, fired in two quick goals in the first four minutes to give SC Villa a sweet 2–0 win over Express.
The story at the end of the match wasn't the result, but a 'mysterious' Villa player that had scored even before many entered. Despite the fact that Villa didn't win any silverware that season, the writing was on the wall that they were headed for bigger things. Indeed, things turned for the better when in 1986 season, Polly Ouma took over as Villa coach. On his part, he improved his 1985 tally of six goals to eight. SC Villa won its first league and Cup double.
Then the goals started flowing in 1987; He scored three goals as SC Villa won the Cecafa Club Championship and when Nsubuga got sidelined by injury, Ouma played Majid Musisi in his favoured central role, scoring eight goals in the first six league games. His sharpness was so irresistible that Cranes coach Barnabas Mwesiga handed the 20-year-old his debut in July 1987. It was a 1988 Olympic qualifier against Mozambique.
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