Jamal Salim

{{short description|Ugandan footballer (born 1995)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2023}}

{{Infobox football biography

|name = Jamal Salim

|image =

|fullname = Omar Jamal Salim Magoola

|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1995|5|27|df=y}}

|birth_place = Pallisa, Uganda

|height = 1.87 m

|position = Goalkeeper

|currentclub = Richards Bay F.C.

|clubnumber = 80

|years1 = 2011–2012

|clubs1 = Express

|caps1 = 31

|goals1 = 0

|years2 = 2012–2014

|clubs2 = KCCA

|caps2 = 55

|goals2 = 0

|years3 = 2014–2018

|clubs3 = Al-Merrikh

|caps3 = 120

|goals3 = 0

|years4 = 2018–2021

|clubs4 = Al-Hilal Club

|caps4 =60

|goals4 =0

|years5 = 2021–2022

|clubs5 = Pretoria Callies

|caps5 =18

|goals5 =0

|years6 = 2022–

|clubs6 = Richards Bay

|caps6 = 53

|goals6 = 0

|nationalyears1 = 2012–

|nationalteam1 = Uganda

|nationalcaps1 = 8

|nationalgoals1 = 0

|club-update = 1 August 2024

|ntupdate = 4 May 2023

}}

Omar Jamal Salim Magoola (born 27 May 1995), commonly known as Jamal Salim, is a Ugandan footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Richards Bay.

Career

Salim has played club football in Uganda for Express FC and the Kampala Capital City Authority FC.{{NFT|48594}}

He was signed by Express FC after the Inter regions tournament in 2011, which was won by his team Central. In 2012, he was attending Kampala University as a first year student undertaking a degree in human resource management and was one of the nominees for Bell Super League goalkeeper of the year.{{cite web | url=http://www.ugandapicks.com/2012/05/what-you-should-know-about-jamal-magoola-express-fc-goal-keeper-34827.html | title=What You Should Know About Jamal Magoola – Express FC Goal Keeper. | work=Uganda Picks | accessdate=17 February 2014 | archive-date=22 February 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222133031/http://www.ugandapicks.com/2012/05/what-you-should-know-about-jamal-magoola-express-fc-goal-keeper-34827.html | url-status=dead }} He made his international debut for Uganda on 10 July 2012 against South Sudan.{{Cite web|last=Isabirye|first=David|date=2019-11-22|title=Goalkeeper Jamal’s synergy with the local communities|url=http://kawowo.com/2019/11/22/goalkeeper-jamals-synergy-with-the-local-communities/|access-date=2022-02-16|website=Kawowo Sports|language=en-US|archive-date=2 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230402202750/https://kawowo.com/2019/11/22/goalkeeper-jamals-synergy-with-the-local-communities/|url-status=live}} He was a member of the Ugandan Cranes Team for two African Cap of Nations (AFCON) Finals in 2017 in Gabon and 2019 in Egypt.

Career statistics

=International=

{{Updated|matches played on 15 August 2019}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
colspan="3"|Uganda national team
YearAppsGoals
201210
201300
201410
201500
201620
201710
201810
201900
Total||6||0

References