Zainah Nandede
{{Short description|Ugandan footballer (born 2003)}}
{{BLP no footnotes|date=June 2025}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Nandede
| image = Zainah Nandede.jpg
| birth_name =
| full_name = Zainah Nandede
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2003|10|15|df=y}}
| birth_place = Mbale City
| height = 1.5m
| position = Forward
| currentclub = Kampala Queens FC
| medaltemplates = Two League trophies [Super League]
U17 COSAFA youth championships trophy
U17 CECAFA championship trophy
2022 CECAFA Women Senior Championship trophy
Women Player of the year
}}
Zainah Nandede (born 15 October 2003) is a Ugandan football player who plays as a forward for Kampala Queens FC in the FUFA Women Super League and Uganda's Women National football team the Crested Cranes. She is the 2024 FUFA Woman player of the year.{{Cite web |last=Sports |first=Pulse |date=2023-03-28 |title=How Kampala Queens knocked out competition to League title |url=https://www.pulsesports.ug/football/story/how-kampala-queens-knocked-out-competition-to-league-title-2023032811524246888 |access-date=2025-06-10 |website=Pulse Sports Uganda |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Marsha |first=Ahmed |date=2025-02-05 |title=WAFCON 2026 Qualifiers: Uganda vs Ethiopia – 39 Players Summoned for Crested Cranes Squad |url=https://www.fufa.co.ug/wafcon-2026-qualifiers-uganda-vs-ethiopia-39-players-summoned-for-crested-cranes-squad/ |access-date=2025-06-10 |website=FUFA: Federation of Uganda Football Associations |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Baluku |first=Chrispus |date=2025-05-31 |title=FULL LIST: Omedi, Nandede shine bright at 2024 MTN FUFA Awards |url=https://dailyexpress.co.ug/2025/05/31/full-list-omedi-nandede-shine-bright-at-2024-mtn-fufa-awards/ |access-date=2025-06-10 |website=Daily Express |language=en-GB}}
Education
In 2016 Nandede joined Nkoma SS in Mbale where she sat her senior for in 2018.{{Cite web |title=Nkoma Head Teacher elected Mbale City Secondary Schools Sports Association Chairperson|url=https://ugandaradionetwork.net/story/nkoma-head-teacher-elected-as-mbale-city-secondary-schools-sports-association-chairperson- |access-date=2025-06-10 |website=Uganda Radionetwork |language=en}}
Nandede finished Secondary school education at Amus College School Bukedea in 2020.{{Cite web |last=Isabirye |first=David |date=2024-03-06 |title=Education & Sports: Amus College School Bukedea excels in 2023 A-Level examinations |url=http://kawowo.com/2024/03/06/education-sports-amus-college-school-bukedea-excels-in-2023-a-level-examinations/ |access-date=2025-06-10 |website=Kawowo Sports |language=en-US}}
Football career
Zainah Nandede started her football career in 2018 at local club, Kataka She in Mbale, a city in Eastern Uganda. Before leaving the club in 2021, she had scored 10 goals, contributed six assists in 17 appearances.{{Cite web |date=2022-04-16 |title=Nandede embraces competition at Kampala Queens and beyond |url=https://www.monitor.co.ug/uganda/magazines/score/nandede-embraces-competition-at-kampala-queens-and-beyond-3784404 |access-date=2025-06-10 |website=Monitor |language=en}}
Since 2019, Nandede has featured for U17, U20 and senior women football national team. Currently she is a player Kampala Queens FC and senior women football national team the Crested Cranes.{{Cite web |last=Marsha |first=Ahmed |date=2025-02-16 |title=Zaina Nandede embraces positional shift for club and country |url=https://www.fufa.co.ug/zaina-nandede-embraces-positional-shift-for-club-and-country/ |access-date=2025-06-10 |website=FUFA: Federation of Uganda Football Associations |language=en-US}}
Club career
Her club football started in 2018 at Kataka She a FUFA Eastern Women regional League club. She helped the club to gain promotion to FUFA Women Elite League in 2019.
In 2021 she joined Kampala Queens FC where she is still playing up to date [https://sports.mtn.co.ug/2024/02/18/zainah-nandede-fires-kampala-queens-past-wakiso-hill/]
International career
She played for the National team U17 in 2019, the national team U20 and the National senior team from 2022 to present.{{Cite web |last=Marsha |first=Ahmed |date=2025-02-05 |title=WAFCON 2026 Qualifiers: Uganda vs Ethiopia – 39 Players Summoned for Crested Cranes Squad |url=https://www.fufa.co.ug/wafcon-2026-qualifiers-uganda-vs-ethiopia-39-players-summoned-for-crested-cranes-squad/ |access-date=2025-06-10 |website=FUFA: Federation of Uganda Football Associations |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Muyita |first=Joel |date=2024-03-04 |title=African Games 2023: Uganda U20 Women National Team final squad named |url=http://kawowo.com/2024/03/04/african-games-2023-uganda-u20-women-national-team-final-squad-named/ |access-date=2025-06-10 |website=Kawowo Sports |language=en-US}}
Honours
- 2019: COSAFA U-17 Youth Championship trophy
- 2019: CECAFA U-17 Championship trophy
- 2021: CECAFA Women's U-20 Championship silver medal
- 2022: CECAFA Women's Championship trophy
- 2022/23: FUFA Women Super League champion.{{Cite web |last=Sports |first=Pulse |date=2023-03-28 |title=How Kampala Queens knocked out competition to League title |url=https://www.pulsesports.ug/football/story/how-kampala-queens-knocked-out-competition-to-league-title-2023032811524246888 |access-date=2025-06-10 |website=Pulse Sports Uganda |language=en}}
- 2024/25: FUFA Women Super League champion.{{Cite web |last=Mujuni |first=Oscar Diego |date=2025-06-03 |title=Kampala Queens Crowned 2024/25 Womens Super League Champions, Win Second Title |url=https://nbssport.co.ug/2025/06/03/kampala-queens-crowned-2024-25-womens-super-league-champions-win-second-title/ |access-date=2025-06-10 |website=NBS Sport |language=en-US}}
- 2024: MTN Federation of Uganda Football Associations Woman player of the year.{{Cite web |date=2025-06-02 |title=Omedi, Nandede crowned MTN Fufa’s best |url=https://www.monitor.co.ug/uganda/sports/soccer/omedi-nandede-crowned-mtn-fufa-s-best-5066228 |access-date=2025-06-10 |website=Monitor |language=en}}
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