Isaac Isinde

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Isaac Isinde

| fullname =

| image =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1991|04|16|df=y}}

| birth_place = Kampala, Uganda

| height = 1.83 m

| position = Centre back

| currentclub = Hadiya Hossana

| clubnumber = 5

| years1 = 2007–2008 |clubs1 = Iganga Town Council |caps1 = |goals1 =

| years2 = 2008–2009 |clubs2 = Simba |caps2 = |goals2 =

| years3 = 2009–2011 |clubs3 = Victors |caps3 = |goals3 =

| years4 = 2011–2016 |clubs4 = Saint George

| caps4 = 204

| goals4 = 10

| years5 = 2017–2018 |clubs5 = Buildcon

|caps5 = 19

|goals5 = 0

| years6 = 2018–2019 |clubs6 = Busoga United

|caps6 = 28

|goals6 = 0

| years7 = 2019 |clubs7 = TRAU

|caps7 = 2

|goals7 = 0

| years8 = 2020– |clubs8 = Hadiya Hossana

|caps8 =

|goals8 =

| nationalyears1 = 2010–

| nationalteam1 = Uganda

| nationalcaps1 = 60

| nationalgoals1 = 2

| pcupdate = 19:18, 24 January 2021 (UTC)

| ntupdate = 29 July 2017

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Isaac Isinde (born 16 April 1991) is a Ugandan professional footballer who currently plays for Busoga United FC as a centre-back.{{cite web|url=https://globalsportsarchive.com/people/soccer/isaac-isinde/66293/|title=Player info: Issac Isinde|website=globalsportsarchive.com|publisher=Global Sports Archive|access-date=28 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211228124019/https://globalsportsarchive.com/people/soccer/isaac-isinde/66293/|archive-date=28 December 2021|url-status=live}} He started playing football at Jinja Senior Secondary School, an Eastern Uganda Sports giant; where he was a regular fixture.

He has won 4 Ethiopian Premier League titles and 2 Ethiopian FA Cups in his 5 years with Saint George.{{cite web|last=Strack-Zimmermann|first=Benjamin|url=http://www.national-football-teams.com/player/36608/Isaac_Isinde.html|title=NFT player — National team & Club appearances: Isinde, Isaac|publisher=National Football Teams|access-date=18 November 2018|archive-date=1 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220101093423/http://www.national-football-teams.com/player/36608/Isaac_Isinde.html|website=national-football-teams.com}}{{cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/isaac-isinde/183431/|title=Uganda - I. Isinde- Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway|publisher=soccerway.com|accessdate=30 Aug 2014}}

Career history

Isaac has played club football for Iganga Town Council, Simba, Victors in Uganda, Saint George in Ethiopia, Buildcon F.C in Zambia, and TRAU FC in India.{{cite web|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/teams/trau-fc/10/|title=TRAU FC: Players from A-Z|website=Worldfootball.net|access-date=28 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211228122908/https://www.worldfootball.net/teams/trau-fc/10/|archive-date=28 December 2021}}

Buildcon F.C

Isaac moved to Buildcon F.C after expiry of his contract with St. George of Ethiopia, a couple of days to the finals of Africa Cup of Nations where he was part of the Uganda Cranes, Isaac made his debut for Buildcon F.C against T.P Mazembe at Levy Mwanawasa stadium, Ndola, Isinde featured at right back.{{Cite news|url=https://www.kawowo.com/2017/03/30/isinde-impresses-buildcon-debut-tp-mazembe/|title=Isinde debuts for Buildcon in barren draw with TP Mazembe|date=2017-03-30|work=Kawowo Sports|access-date=2018-04-06|language=en-US}} He made his debut in the Zambian league on 8 April 2017 against Real Nakonde F.C and the match ended in a draw of 0–0.{{citation needed|date=August 2022}}

International career

Isinde played his first international game with the senior national team on 3 March 2010 in and against Tanzania (2–3), where he played the entire match. He has now been a regular in the national team set up since 2013 and at 25 years of age already has 55 caps to his name.