Sekagya becomes first African to captain Salsburg to cup double

May 22, 2012

Ibrahim Sekagya labelled the 2011/2012 season his best ever in his club career after guiding Austrian giants Red Bull Salzburg to a cup double on Sunday.

By Fred Kaweesi

 Ibrahim Sekagya labelled the 2011/2012 season his best ever in his club career after guiding Austrian giants Red Bull Salzburg to a cup double on Sunday.

Salzburg overcame Ried with a 3-0 victory in the Cup final played in Vienna and the Ugandan defender consequently became the first African to captain a European club to both the league and domestic titles.

Ibrahim Sekagya celebrates winning the league title. He is the club captain

“I am so delighted. This has to be my best season ever. I have had difficult times in the last one year but this makes me feel better,” Sekagya said.

The achievement has been a just reward for the former Cranes captain, who excelled more than any other player at the club in the final title stretch this season, with strong, reliable and consistent performances.

Ibrahim Sekagya can't  have enough of the Bundesliga trophy

His Vital tackles, a calm demeanour and quality distribution are what Salzburg has reaped from the defender that joined the club in July 2007.

Although Sekagya’s season with blighted with injury problems, his presence helped Salzburg build play from the back, more so with some level of consistency.

Team captain, Ibrahim Sekagya gives a speech after the team clinching the Bundesliga

After guiding Salzburg to the league title last week, Sekagya stated: “Its three titles for me but I want to add to these in the coming seasons,” Sekagya stated.

Sekagya retired from Cranes duty in February following increasing pressures to overhaul the team that failed to qualify for the 2012 Nations Cup tournament.

However, Salzburg seems to be the immediate beneficiaries from this.

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