Uganda Senior Women’s National Football-Crested Cranes team captain and first choice goalkeeper Ruth Aturo has concluded a lucrative career move to a club in Finland.
The shot stopper on Sunday travelled to the Europe and immediately put pen to paper, winning herself a place between the posts of Football Club Kotkan Työväen Palloilijat (FC KTP) on a two-year deal.
It’s revealed that Aturo’s deal with this club was completed in the end of 2021, but the player had not moved to Finland due to travel complications.
Aturo has been featuring for Uganda Christian University (UCU) Lady Cardinals FC for the last three seasons, helping the team to two title wins.
In 2018, the University side clinched the FUFA Women’s Cup before going to win the FUFA Women Super League in the following year.
Before joining UCU Lady Cardinals, Aturo had featured for Kawempe Muslim Ladies FC where she won three successive FUFA Women Elite League titles.
She becomes the latest Ugandan female footballer to earn a professional stint in Europe, joining Fauzia Najjemba who recently moved to BIIK Shymkent in Kazakhstan.
Others include; Juliet Nalukenge who plies her trade at Chrysomolia FC on loan from Apollon Ladies FC in Cyprus, and goalkeeper Vanessa Karungi at B93 in Denmark.
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