1st Zeso Foundation Uganda League
Winners:
- U-8, U-10, U-12 – Rwenzori House
Runners up:
- U-8: Kilimanjaro House
- U-10, U-12: Elgon House
In the year 2023, Moses Kalanzi, coming to the apex of his football career harbored a rich idea.
This idea rotated around handsomely paying back to the beautiful game, football.
Football virtually transformed Kalanzi’s life for the better having played for U-23 at the All Africa Games in Maputo city, Mozambique (2011) and also ventured the murky semi and full professional set ups in the different countries he played for in Denmark (Blokhus), Spain (Malaga B) and elsewhere.
The idea was initiation of a football academy for the youngsters to inspire hundreds of thousands of young players to follow his path.
The product is Zeso Foundation Uganda, based in Bulenga (after Sseguya stage) on the outskirts of Kampala, Uganda’s capital city.
Zeso Foundation Uganda is a non-profit organization dedicated to nurturing young football talents. The academy provides a platform for kids to develop their skills, and its state-of-the-art facilities include three playgrounds, two natural grass pitches, and one artificial turf.
Moses Kalanzi, Founder Zeso Foundation Uganda
Kalanzi, also a former player at Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) football club is well aware of the expectations from the demanding football world, amidst all odds and challenges.
Part of the Zeso Foundation Uganda programs has been an active league in different age groups which concluded successfully on Sunday, 29th January 2025.
This league commenced at the start of the year with about 80 children aged between four and eighteen years.
At the climax, the houses names after gigantic enviable highlands in East Africa; Rwenzori, Elgon and Kilimanjaro were rewarded accordingly.
The winners in the U-8, U-10 and U-12 were Rwenzori House.
Kilimanjaro House emerged as runners up in the U-8 cluster as Elgon House came second in the U-10 and U-12 categories.
The outstanding teams got trophies and plaques for individual performers.
Special friends of Kalanzi; active and retired footballers as Vincent Kayizzi Walugembe, Erisa Ssekisambu, Rickman Marik, Sula “King Bayiwe” Luzige, Nicholas Ssebwato then played with the academy older players (U-18’s).
There was delious food served to the players and parents.
By and large, it remains a day to be remembered with merry making and celebrations as Kalanzi leads the right path that the children will be guided.
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