David Obua Information & David Obua Links at HealthHaven.com

David Obua
	David Obua
Personal information
Full name	David Obua
Date of birth	10 April 1984 (age 25)
Place of birth	Kampala, Uganda
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Left winger / Left back
Club information
Current club	Heart of Midlothian
Number	13
Youth career
1999	Police FC
Senior career1
National team2
	1 Senior club appearances and goals; counted for the domestic league only and; correct as of 19:33, 3 November 2009 (UTC).; 2 National team caps and goals correct; as of September 23, 2007.; * Appearances (Goals)

David Obua (born 10 April 1984 in Kampala, Uganda) is a Ugandan footballer who plays as either left-back or left-wing for Scottish Premier League club Hearts and Uganda.

[edit] Playing career

[edit] Club

He signed his first professional contract in the United States after briefly attending Martin Methodist College in Pulaski, Tennessee between 1999 and 2001. His first taste of professional football was with Raleigh, N.C. in the United Soccer Leagues system. After a partial season in Raleigh, he moved to the Wilmington Hammerheads, a third division team, where he finished the season with 7 goals.

But problems off the field forced Obua to temporarily abandon his hopes of a professional career. He eventually returned to Uganda and started over again. He was spotted by Kaizer Chiefs and signed for them for 3 years after a standout performance for the national team against South Africa. He went on to become one of the top players in South Africa during a two-year period 2005-2007.^{[citation needed]}

Being out of contract he was available on a free transfer in the summer of 2008. He landed a trial with Premier League club West Ham United,^[1] before agreeing a deal with Scottish Premier League club Heart of Midlothian.^[2] On 6 August, it was revealed that Obua was granted a work permit and had signed for Hearts.

[edit] Country

In September 2007, he scored a hat-trick for Uganda in an African Cup of Nations qualifier against Niger which was won 3–1.

[edit] Family

Obua is the son of Denis Obua, who played for Uganda in the 1978 African Cup of Nations. His uncle John Akii-Bua became Uganda's first Olympic champion by winning the 400 metre hurdles in the world record time of 47.82 seconds at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.

[edit] References

^ Out of Africa, Knees Up Mother Brown, 12 July 2008.
^ Obua agrees contract with Hearts, BBC Sport, July 20, 2008.

[edit] External links

Career history at National-football-teams.com

[0] Out of Africa, Knees Up Mother Brown, 12 July 2008.

[1] Obua agrees contract with Hearts, BBC Sport, July 20, 2008.

[1]

[2]