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Skillful Vihiga Queens midfielder narrowly misses award in Uganda
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Reading Time: 2min | Tue. 07.12.21. | 18:40
Nabirye received her maiden Crested Cranes call up having been named in the COSAFA Championships and went on to score her first goal in the tournament
Vihiga Queens defensive midfielder Joan Nabirye missed on the Fan's Favorite Ugandan foreign-based player in this year's Airtel FUFA Awards that took place over the weekend, losing to Israel-based Fahad Bayo.
The midfielder has been nominated alongside two other Ugandan internationals plying their trade in top clubs across the continent apart from Bayo, including Mamelodi Sundowns and retired Uganda Cranes custodian Denis Onyango and Simba's Taddeo Lwanga.
The first Award of the evening.
— FUFA (@OfficialFUFA) December 4, 2021
Airtel FUFA Fans Favorite Ugandan Player
Fahad Bayo (Ashdod FC ) pic.twitter.com/vFIvcjLBfy
Nabirye was very instrumental for Vihiga Queens in their run to the inaugural CAF Women Champions League, featuring prominently in the CECAFA regional qualifiers and playing in all the three matches at the main even as Queens were eliminated from the competition in their last group stage game against Rivers Angels of Nigeria.
Following her heroics with Vihiga Queens, Nabirye earned a call up to Uganda's Crested Cranes squad for the COSAFA Championship and was subsequently chosen for the Africa Women Cup of Nations qualifiers against Ethiopia where they emerged overall winners and will face off with Kenya's Harambee Starlets in the last qualifying stage in February next year.
Congrats @BayoFahad,the Fans favorite foreign based player.
— NABIRYE JOAN🇺🇬🇰🇪 (@NABIRYEJOAN4) December 5, 2021
It was an honor and motivation to be recognized against top male Footballers.@taddeolwanga @Oyangodennis
Am thankful to everyone who voted for me & @OfficialFUFA @Airtel_Ug for rewarding athlete's.
The hardwork continues pic.twitter.com/AzIEvQiq1Y
At the COSAFA Championship, she managed to score her maiden goal with the side, netting the first goal of the match in their 5-1 rout over Eswatini in their second Group C match.
The winner of the award, 23-year-old Bayo had a spectacular 2022 Qatar World Cup qualifying campaign, scoring three goals against Kenya, and against Rwanda in both legs in the four appearances that he made.
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