Bevis Kristofer Kizito Mugabi (born 1 May 1995) is a professional footballer who plays as a defender for Scottish Premiership club Motherwell. He has previously played in the English Football League for Yeovil Town. Born in England, he represents Uganda at international level.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Bevis Kristofer Kizito Mugabi[1] | ||
Date of birth | (1995-05-01) 1 May 1995 (age 27)[2] | ||
Place of birth | Harrow, England | ||
Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.87 m)[3] | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Motherwell | ||
Number | 5 | ||
Youth career | |||
0000–2011 | Fulham | ||
2011–2016 | Southampton | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2016–2019 | Yeovil Town | 85 | (4) |
2019– | Motherwell | 71 | (4) |
National team‡ | |||
2018– | Uganda | 15 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10:33, 10 November 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:41, 21 July 2022 (UTC) |
Mugabi was born in Harrow, London,[4] to parents from Kampala, Uganda.[5]
Mugabi started his career with Fulham before joining Southampton's youth system in July 2011, and signed a new two-and-a-half-year contract with the club in February 2015.[6]
He signed for League Two club Yeovil Town on 5 August 2016 on a one-year contract.[7] He made his first-team debut on 9 August 2016, as a 54th-minute substitute in an EFL Cup match against Walsall.[8] Mugabi scored his first goal for Yeovil in an EFL Trophy tie against Portsmouth on 30 August 2016.[9] He signed a new two-year contract with the club in May 2017.[10]
At the end of the 2018–19 season, Mugabi was released by Yeovil following the club's relegation from League Two.[11]
On 12 September 2019, Mugabi signed for Motherwell on a contract until January 2020.[5][12] After Motherwell teammate Charles Dunne was injured, Mugabi was set to make his debut sooner than expected.[13] On 22 November 2019, Motherwell announced that they had extended their contract with Mugabi until the summer of 2021.[14]
On 18 February 2022, Mugabi signed a new contract with Motherwell, until the summer of 2024.[15]
Mugabi was eligible to represent England or Uganda at international level.[16]
In August 2016, Mugabi received his first call up to the Uganda national team for their friendly against Kenya and their 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification match against Comoros,[17] but Mugabi was withdrawn from the squad by Yeovil Town with the club citing the short notice of the call-up as the reason for his withdrawal.[18] In March 2018, Mugabi received a second call up to the Uganda national team for two international friendlies.[19] Mugabi made his international debut for Uganda on 24 March 2018 in their 3–1 friendly victory over São Tomé and Príncipe.[20] Mugabi returned to the national team after a year long absence when he was included in Uganda's squad for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations.[21]
Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Yeovil Town | 2016–17[8] | League Two | 31 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5[lower-alpha 1] | 1 | 39 | 2 |
2017–18[22] | League Two | 22 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 28 | 2 | |
2018–19[23] | League Two | 32 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 35 | 1 | |
Total | 85 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 102 | 5 | ||
Motherwell | 2019–20[24] | Scottish Premiership | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
2020–21[25] | Scottish Premiership | 23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 27 | 2 | |
2021–22[26] | Scottish Premiership | 31 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 2 | |
2022–23[27] | Scottish Premiership | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
Total | 71 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 81 | 4 | ||
Career total | 156 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 183 | 9 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Uganda | 2018 | 2 | 0 |
2019 | 8 | 0 | |
2021 | 2 | 0 | |
2022 | 3 | 0 | |
Total | 15 | 0 |
Southampton
Uganda squad – 2019 Africa Cup of Nations | ||
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Motherwell F.C. – current squad | |
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