Basil Tuma
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Basil Tenywa Tuma | ||
| Date of birth | 24 April 2005 | ||
| Place of birth | Uganda | ||
| Position(s) | |||
| Team information | |||
Current team |
Slough Town (on loan from Reading) | ||
| Number | 27 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2021 | Fulham | ||
| 2022–2023 | Reading | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2022– | Reading | 6 | (0) |
| 2025– | → Slough Town (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2021–2022 | Uganda U17 | ||
| 2022–2024 | Malta U19 | 5 | (1) |
| 2023– | Malta U21 | 6 | (0) |
| 2024– | Malta | 8 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 08:54, 17 December 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 12 October 2025 (UTC) | |||
Basil Tenywa Tuma (born 24 April 2005) is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for Slough Town, on loan from EFL League One club Reading. Born in Uganda, he plays for the Malta national team.
Early life
[edit | edit source]Tuma was educated at Eton College and finished 3rd in the Junior Boys 100 metres at the 2019 ESAA English Schools Track & Field Championships with a time of 11.23 seconds.[1]
Club career
[edit | edit source]Reading
[edit | edit source]Tuma made his debut for Reading in their 2–1 EFL Cup defeat to Stevenage on 9 August 2022, playing 55 minutes before being replaced by Jahmari Clarke.[2]
On 2 July 2025, Reading announced that Tuma had signed a new one-year contract with the club.[3]
On 16 December 2025, Reading announced Tuma had joined Slough Town on loan until 10 January 2026.[4][5]
International career
[edit | edit source]Tuma represented Uganda at the 2020 CECAFA U-17 Championship, where they were victorious over Tanzania in the final.[6] Tuma was then called up for the Malta U19 in September 2022.[7] Tuma made his debut for the Malta U21 team in a 0-6 defeat to Spain on 8 September 2023.[8]
In October 2024, Tuma was called up to the Maltese senior international team for the first time, for their matches against Turkmenistan and Moldova.[9] After their match against Turkmenistan was cancelled due to travel issues faced by Turkmenistan,[10] Tuma made his debut for Malta against Moldova on 13 October 2024, coming on as a halt-time substitute to win the match-winning penalty.[11]
Career statistics
[edit | edit source]- As of match played 16 December 2025
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | EFL Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Reading | 2022–23[12] | Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | |
| 2023–24[12] | League One | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2024–25[12] | League One | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2025–26[12] | League One | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Slough Town (loan) | 2025–26[13][14] | National League South | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Career total | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 0 | ||
- ^ a b Appearance in EFL Trophy
Honours
[edit | edit source]Uganda U17
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External links
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- 2005 births
- Living people
- Maltese men's footballers
- Malta men's international footballers
- Malta men's youth international footballers
- Malta men's under-21 international footballers
- Ugandan men's footballers
- Maltese people of Ugandan descent
- Naturalised association football players
- Naturalised citizens of Malta
- Reading F.C. players
- Men's association football midfielders
- People educated at Eton College
- Footballers from Berkshire
- English Football League players
- 21st-century English sportsmen
- 21st-century Ugandan sportsmen
- Maltese football biography stubs