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  • Express FC sign Bebe Cool’s son, Alpha Ssali on 2-year deal

    Express FC sign Bebe Cool’s son, Alpha Ssali on 2-year deal

    Uganda football giant Express FC have signed talented Alpha Ssali on a two year deal after leaving Proline FC.

    Ssali announced last week that he had left boyhood club Proline FC.

    The sixth time Uganda Premier League champions Express FC announced the signing of Alpha Ssali today at Skyz Hotel in Naguru, Kampala.

    Express FC manager James Odoch said he was excited to acquire the 19 year old and said he was hoping for good things from the attacker.

    “Alpha is very talented and he is already in the Uganda Cranes set up with the Under 20 team. I have followed him for the last six years. He has a bright future,” Odoch said.
    He added: “We will not put so much pressure on him. We will let him develop with time. But his talent is there for everyone to see”

    Speaking to the press, Alpha Ssali said he was excited to join Express FC and can’t wait to get started.
    “This is a good move for me. As the name (Express), I’m here to express myself on the pitch. I hope to help my teammates achieve great things together. I can’t wait to get started,” Ssali said.

    He also revealed that he’s favorite position was on the wings as an attacker, but was ready to help the team in any position the coach asks him to play.
    About a month back, his legendary musician father, Bebe Cool acquired him a private foreign coach, and has been undertaking vigorous training sessions ahead of next season.

    Alpha Ssali was born on December 23, 2003 to celebrity parents Bebe Cool and wife Zuena Kirema.

  • ‘The Alpha Ssali I know’ – Kiwanuka Katongole

    ‘The Alpha Ssali I know’ – Kiwanuka Katongole

    DISCLAIMER: THIS IS NOT A SPONSORED POST

    I am personally not a fan of Bebe Cool and I don’t have any of his music in my collection. Paradoxically, my daughter is a fan. Let me explain. It is something that happened in the early 2000s when he refused to appear at our school show at St Stephen’s SS now Luyanzi College. He asked for a lot of money and actually a struggling Bobi Wine, then in his aging Celica, entertained us. It is nothing personal!


    But it hurts to read about uncalled for criticism of Uganda’s youth player Alpha Thierry Ssali, Bebe’s son.
    Having watched Alpha grow from a passionate player to the most improved player of the Proline Academy, his critics are getting it wrong.
    Alpha is a disciplined player, who does not care about his father’s name. I am happy he is is doing his own growing.
    Being the captain of Proline Reserves did not come out of nothing. He is naturally a leader. He is a very humble boy who has helped Larry Feni Craig, an intellectually disabled swimming world champion, cope with life.
    But that is not all. What they don’t tell you is that actually Alpha is a decent player even though he is not a standout player. Last year, Alpha joined PARK Futsal CLUB to improve his game and he was one of the key players in their unbeaten run until the season was halted.
    Coaches normally name players for a tournament to cater for different qualities and yes, sometimes interests. I felt Alpha would not play at Afcon because his athletic age is lower than most of his compatriots that travelled to Mauritania, but every team needs squad players.
    The most touching bit of Alpha’s journey is about exemplary parenting. Zuena, his mother, has been at several games as a fan cheering his son. Most parents don’t do this. Alpha is sometimes uncomfortable with Zuena and her friends’ presence but he keeps a cool head.
    Trying to bring down the young boy’s morale is the least we can do in support of youth football.
    Even if Alpha does not go ahead to play a professional game, like most youth players do as only 2 per cent normally progresses, he deserves to be motivated to do even more.  By the way, he is just 17!