Khalid Aucho

Khalid Aucho (born 8 August 1993) is a Ugandan professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Tanzanian Premier League club Singida Black Stars and captains the Uganda national team.

Aucho has played football in various clubs, such as Jinja Municipal Council F.C. from 2009 to 2010, Water F.C from Uganda from 2010 to 2012, Simba FC from Uganda, Tusker from Kenya, Gor Mahia from Kenya, and Baroka from the South African Premier Soccer League. He was on the Uganda team that qualified for the Africa Cup of Nations for the first time in 38 years.

Early life Aucho was born in Jinja, Uganda. He attended Namagabi Primary School – Kayunga, St Thudus (O-level), Iganga Mixed School (A-level).

Club career

Gor Mahia Aucho played for Kenya Premier League side Gor Mahia from 2015 to May 2016. He joined GorMahia from Tusker and was unveiled on 8 January 2015 at Nyayo Stadium. He scored his first goal for GorMahia on 22 March 2015 in the 41st minute against Chemilli Sugars F.C. with GorMahia winning 3–1. Aucho played his last game for GorMahia on 25 May 2016 at Moi Stadium Kisumu against Sofapaka F.C., where he headed in the opener for the Kenyan champions in the sixth minute, with GorMahia finishing the first leg on top of the table having 29 points.

In July 2016, Aucho went on trial at Scottish Premiership side Aberdeen. The move to Aberdeen collapsed, however, after a transfer fee snag between the clubs. After unsuccessful trials in Scotland, Aucho was signed by Baroka F.C. from South Africa at a fee reported to be 200,000 Rands (approximately KSh1.6million).

Baroka On 24 August 2016, Aucho was signed by Premier Soccer League side Baroka. He made his debut on 15 October 2016 in a Premier Soccer League match played at Cape Town Stadium at the 50th minute replacing Chauke Mfundhisii.

Serbia In February 2017, in the last days of the winter transfer period, Aucho went to Red Star Belgrade following a recommendation by the Uganda national team coach Milutin Sredojević. Red Star immediately sent him to OFK Beograd on loan until the end of the season. Due to administrative problems with missing visa, Aucho formally signed a six-month deal with OFK Beograd. Next the club was relegated to the Serbian League Belgrade, Aucho trained with Red Star Belgrade for a period in 2017, after which he left the club in June same year.

India Aucho joined East Bengal February for last few matches of the 2017–18 I-league and Indian Super Cup. He featured all the four matches of the club in 2018 Indian Super Cup. He was released after the competition.

In September 2018 he joined another Indian club in Churchill Brothers. He made his league debut for the club on 28 October 2018, playing all ninety minutes in a 0–0 away draw with Minerva Punjab. He scored his first league goal for the club on 9 December 2018 in a 4–1 home victory over Aizawl F.C. His goal, assisted by Israil Gurung, was scored in the 23rd minute and made the score 1–0 to Churchill Brothers.

Makkasa In July 2019 Aucho joined Makkasa on a two-year contract. In his first season at the club he made 21 appearances scoring twice,

International career Aucho made his debut for the Uganda national team (the "Cranes") against Rwanda in a 1–0 victory at the 2013 CECAFA Cup. He scored his first international goal in a match against Sudan to give his side a 1–0 victory in the group stage of the same competition.

In June 2016, Aucho scored on an overhead kick from his own penalty box in a 2–1 away win over Botswana in a qualifying game for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations.

Aucho was on the Uganda team that qualified for the Africa Cup of Nations for the first time in 38 years on 4 September 2016.

Aucho was called up by head coach Milutin Sredojević to the Uganda national football team for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations. He missed the first game against Ghana on 17 January 2017 because of suspension.

Career statistics

International

Scores and results list Uganda's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Aucho goal.