Personal information | |||
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Full name | Otandeka Kanyesigye Laki [1] | ||
Date of birth | [2] | 24 January 1996||
Place of birth | The Bronx, New York, U.S. | ||
Height | 1.61 m (5 ft 3 in) [3] | ||
Position(s) | Winger, striker [3] | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | MFA Žalgiris-MRU | ||
Number | 24 | ||
Youth career | |||
2010–2012 | Colts Neck Cougars | ||
Match Fit Chelsea [4] | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
2019 | SV 67 Weinberg II | 7 | (3) |
2019 | SV 67 Weinberg | 1 | (0) |
2019 | MSV Duisburg II | 13 | (9) |
2021 | New Jersey Copa | ||
2022 | Doncaster Rovers Belles | ||
2023 | FK Saned | 9 | (2) |
2024– | MFA Žalgiris-MRU | 1 | (2) |
International career‡ | |||
2014– | Uganda | 6 | (2) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 December 2019 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 5 October 2021. [5] |
Otandeka Kanyesigye Laki (born 24 January 1996) is a Ugandan footballer who plays as a winger and a striker lithuanian MFA Žalgiris-MRU and the Uganda women's national team.
Laki was born in The Bronx, New York, United States and raised in Marlboro Township, New Jersey to Ugandan parents – her father being an ambassador. [6] [7] She has attended the Colts Neck High School. [8]
Laki has played for SV 67 Weinberg and MSV Duisburg II in Germany and for New Jersey Copa in the United States. [3] [9]
Laki signed for English club Doncaster Rovers Belles in October 2022, making her debut against Peterborough United. [10]
On 2023 she removed to Lithuania and joined FK Saned. On 3 August 2023 she made debut in the Women's A League against FK Vilnius. [11] On 13 September 2023 she scored a goal in the women's A league match against FC Gintra. The defending champions title FC Gintra crushed their rivals with a score of 10-1. [12] On 17 September 2023 in the match against FK Vilnius he scored an honorary goal. Vilnius won a crushing victory with the result 11-1. [13]
On 2024 Laki transferred to MFA Žalgiris-MRU. [14] On 17 March 2024 MFA Žalgiris-MRU crushed FK Saned with a score of 21-0. Laki scored two goals in this match. [15] [16]
Laki was capped for Uganda at senior level during the 2016 CECAFA Women's Championship, where she scored two goals, and the 2021 COSAFA Women's Championship. [3] [5]
Scores and results list Uganda goal tally first
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 13 September 2016 | Jinja, Uganda | ![]() |
?–0 | 9–0 | 2016 CECAFA Women's Championship |
2 | ?–0 |
Nicknamed Oti, Laki has studied journalism and media studies at the Rutgers University. [17]