Innocent Esimu Wafula (born 1 April 1998) is a Ugandan footballer who plays as a defender for Ugandan Premier League club KCCA FC and the Uganda national team.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Innocent Esimu Wafula | ||
| Date of birth | (1998-04-01) 1 April 1998 (age 24) | ||
| Place of birth | Busia, Uganda | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | KCCA FC | ||
| Number | 30 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014 | Chemilil Sugar F.C. | 27 | (4) |
| 2015–2018 | Gor Mahia | 133 | (23) |
| 2019–2020 | Vipers SC | 4 | (1) |
| 2021 | Mbarara City FC | (1) | |
| 2021– | KCCA FC | ||
| National team‡ | |||
| 2021– | Uganda | 1 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:48, 10 September 2021 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 September 2021 | |||
Wafula joined Chemelil Sugar in 2014[1] and made his debut against Muhoroni Youth on 22 February 2014. Chemelil Sugar won 2–0 and Wafula made both assists. He scored his first goal for Chemelil Sugar against Tusker on 23 April 2014 at Ruaraka Stadium Nairobi.[2]
Wafula joined Gor Mahia in 2015 from Chemelil Sugar.[3] In his debut with the club against KCB he scored and the match ended 1–0. In January 2017 he signed a new two-year contract deal at Gor Mahia.[4] On 17 September 2017, Wafula scored a memorable goal for Gor Mahia against SoNy Sugar at Nyayo National Stadium and Gor Mahia unprecedented the 15th Kenyan Premier League title thus taking it for the third successive year.[5]
Wafula joined Vipers SC in January 2019 and signed a three-year deal.,[6][7]
Wafula joined Mbarara City FC in January 2021 from Vipers SC on a one-year contract. He made his debut on 13 April 2021 against MYDA.[8]
On 24 August 2021, Wafula signed a one-year contract with KCCA FC.[9][8][10]
Wafula made his international debut for Uganda national team on 6 September 2021 against Mali during 2022 World Cup Qualifiers when he came in as a substitute replacing Emmanuel Okwi in the 69th minute. The match was played in St Mary's Stadium-Kitende and ended 0–0.[11][12]
Wafula was born to the late Bwire Ogutu and Mary Omoding of Busia District.[13]