Uganda Cranes coach Paul Put has named 12 Uganda Premier League stars on the 28-man squad including veteran Nicholas Wadada for the June friendlies against Cameroon and The Gambia.
The two matches will be played in Morocco on June 6 & 9, 2025 as Cranes prepare for CHAN 2025 and the forthcoming Fifa World Cup qualifiers and Afcon 2025.
Wadada, who returned to Vipers in June has been pivotal for the Venoms as they clinched the 2024/25 league title.
His last appearance for Uganda Cranes was in 2021 but now has a chance to add on his 57 caps.
Other local based players on the team are Wadada’s Vipers teammates Hilary Mukundane, Allan Okello and Karim Watambala, SC Villa’s duo of Arnold Odong and Patrick Kakande, NEC’s Enock Ssebagala & Hannington Ssebwalunyo, URA’s Ivan Ahimbisibwe, KCCA’s Usama Arafat and BUL’s Joel Mutakubwa are the other UPL players on the team.