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Sad that Africa’s best footballer, Denis Onyango is nothing in his native Uganda

Onyango was before all these also voted the world's tenth best goalkeeper Photo: Courtesy

Uganda's football governing body FUFA is mourning. It will take them long to recover from the bitter shock from the blow that has been delivered onto them by the Confederation of African Football CAF.

News hit Kampala Friday morning that what those men who run FUFA had dreaded most had come to pass - Uganda's goal keeper Denis Onyango had been voted the continent's best footballer for 2016. What a blow to Uganda's soccer managers?

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