SOUTH AFRICA 2000 Playing as a midfielder, Nakimbugwe scored one of the two goals with which Uganda beat Réunion 2-1 for their first-ever win in the Women’s AFCON over two decades ago in South Africa, but it was not enough to see the Crested Cranes progress beyond the group stage. With one win, a draw and a defeat Uganda finished the group stage on the same points as Zimbabwe (4) but were edged out on goal difference.

Nassuna, who was a little over a month old when Uganda played it’s first international women’s match in 1998, now hopes to pick up where her mother left off as she and her teammates look to write a new chapter in the history of women’s football in Uganda. “I want to put out a good show,” she said.

ACHIEVE GREATER THINGS Her mother is rooting for them: “I worked hard, reached and even scored a goal at the continent’s biggest platform, so I want her to do better than that. I want her and her colleagues to push themselves beyond the limits and achieve greater things,” Nakimbugwe told Ugandan website Monitor.

“We didn’t even have enough exposure but we tried; the federation has given them a lot and they should push themselves and use these chances. They should make the country proud and that will open their chances at bigger clubs abroad,” she added.