Jean Sseninde
{{short description|Ugandan footballer (born 1992)}}
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| birth_place = Kampala, Uganda
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Jean Namayega Sseninde, (born 4 December 1992), also Jean Sseninde, is a Ugandan former footballer who played as a defender for the Queens Park Rangers in the FA Women's National League South and for the Uganda national team.{{cite web| title=Seninde eyes Cranes team |first=Aloysius |last=Byamukama |url=https://www.newvision.co.ug/new_vision/news/1317219/seninde-eyes-cranes-team |accessdate=29 December 2017 | date=11 December 2014 |newspaper=New Vision |location=Kampala}}[https://www.palaceforlife.org/news/women-girls-football/international-womens-day-jean-sseninde/ Palace for Life website, International Women's Day: Jean Sseninde, article dated 8 March 2018]
Background and education
Sseninde was born in the Central Region of Uganda on 4 December 1992.{{cite web| title=About Jean Sseninde |accessdate=29 December 2017 | url=https://www.qpr.co.uk/squads/ladies/jean-sseninde/ | date=28 December 2017 | publisher=Queens Park Rangers Ladies Football Club (QPRLFC)| author=QPRLFC | location=London}} Her mother is Rosemary Sseninde, the former State Minister for Primary Education in the Ugandan Cabinet, who also served as the Wakiso District Women's Representative in the Parliament of Uganda.
Namayega attended local elementary schools for her primary education. She went to Gayaza High School for her O-Level studies. She transferred to Saint Mary's School Kitende, where she completed her A-Level education.{{cite web| url=http://www.monitor.co.ug/Magazines/PeoplePower/Jean-Sseninde-Aspiring-change-lives-through-football/689844-4336378-mqfxdqz/index.html |title=Jean Sseninde: Aspiring to change lives through football |access-date=12 March 2018 |date=12 March 2018 | newspaper=Daily Monitor |first=Deus | last=Bugembe | location=Kampala}}
Career
Following her graduation from Kitende, Sseninde sought counsel from Majidah Nantanda, the head coach of the Uganda women's national soccer team. Nantanda recommended that Sseninde join a professional football club in England, through the Federation of Uganda Football Associations (FUFA). Prior to joining the London Phoenix Ladies FC, Sseninde played for the Charlton Athletic, for one season. Before that, she played for the Queens Park Rangers, for three seasons.{{cite web|publisher=Kawowo.com | url=https://www.kawowo.com/2017/09/02/jean-sseninde-switches-qpr-crystal-palace/ |title=Jean Sseninde switches from QPR to Crystal Palace | date=August 2017 | accessdate=29 December 2017 |first=David |last=Isabirye | location=Kampala}}
Other consideration
Sseninde is a member of Common Goal, an organisation whose members pledge to give away at least one percent of their annual salary to charity.{{cite web| accessdate=29 December 2017 | url=https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11096/11186604/jean-sseninde-interview-common-goals-first-african-player-to-sign-up |title=Jean Sseninde interview: Common Goal's first African player to sign up | date=28 December 2017 |publisher=Sky Sports | first=Adam |last=Bate |location=London}} She founded the Jean Sseninde Foundation, which sponsors the annual Jean Sseninde Women Football Development Tournament, aimed at discovering and mentoring female soccer talent in Uganda.{{cite web| first=William | date=14 December 2017| url=https://matookerepublic.com/2017/12/14/jean-sseninde-the-ugandan-female-footballer-who-is-friends-with-manchester-uniteds-juan-mata-and-wants-to-inspire-other-girls-to-play-football/ |title=Jean Sseninde, the Ugandan footballer who is friends with Man United's Juan Mata and wants to inspire other girls to play football |accessdate=29 December 2017 |last=Kasoba}}{{cite web| newspaper=Daily Monitor |url=http://www.monitor.co.ug/Sports/Soccer/Crested-Cranes--Sseninde-joins-Mata-s-Common-Goal-project/690266-4154424-format-xhtml-dm01p8z/index.html |title=Crested Cranes' Sseninde joins Mata's Common Goal project |access-date=29 December 2017 |date=25 October 2017 | location=Kampala |author=Swaib Raul Kanyike}}
In 2020, the South Sudan Football Association hired Sseninde as a consultant to help promote football for girls in South Sudan;[https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/africa/55301354 BBC website, Jean Sseninde: Battling prejudice to develop women's football in South Sudan, article dated 15 December 2020] at the time she was also on the women's committee of the Confederation of African Football.{{fact|date=September 2024}}
In 2021 she created Jean Sseninde United, which promotes football for girls and women in Kasangati.[https://jeanssenindeunitedltd.com Jean Sseninde United website]
References
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External links
- [https://www.ducorsports.com/jean-sseninde-giving-the-underprivileged-a-chance-at-football-in-uganda/ Jean Sseninde - Giving the Underprivileged a Chance at Football in Uganda]
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Category:People educated at Gayaza High School
Category:Ugandan women's footballers
Category:Women's association football defenders
Category:People from Wakiso District
Category:Footballers from Central Region, Uganda