Hassan Wasswa Mawanda has officially signed a two year deal at Saudi Arabia outfit Jeddah Club.
Hassan Wasswa, who was member of the Uganda Cranes at the Africa Cup of Nations 2017 and 2019 in Gabon and Egypt respectively.
He started his career as youth at Naguru Avis in the Uganda second division league before switching sides to Nakawa United in the same tier, he later featured at Kampala United , Gaba United, KCCA, Sports Club Villa and Vipers Sports Club. in the Uganda Premier League.
He also traded his football at Saint George (Ethiopia), F.C Cape Town (South Africa) and at the Turkish trio of Karabükspor, Altay and Kayseri Erciyesspor, Đồng Nai (Vietnum), Al-Shorta (Iraq), Al-Nejmeh (Lebanon) and recently at Tala’ea El Gaish in Egypt.
Since departing Tala’ea El Gaish at the start of 2019, Mawanda has been a free agent.
For the Uganda Cranes, he remains among the senior players on the national team having played 76 games and rising to the ranks of vice captain over the years.
Jeddah Club features in the Saudi Arabia second tier division and it is owned by a businessman, Ahmed Al-Baadani.
They are coached by Abdulrahman Al-Ahdal and have a couple of African players as the Ivory Coast’s duo of forward Ibrahim Sory and midfielder Patrick Gbala.
They also have The Gambia’s goalkeeper Modou Jobe, Cameroonian midfielder Oumarou Kaina as well as Brazilian born striker Thiago Furtuoso and midfielder Felipe Nunes.
Jeddah club will open their 2019/2020 campaign away from home against Al Nojoom at the Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Sports City Stadium on 20th August 2019.
