Emmanuel Okwi

Emmanuel Arnold Okwi (born 25 December 1992) is a Ugandan professional football player who plays as a striker for SønderjyskE in Denmark and the Uganda national football team. He played football as a boy while at St. Henry's College Kitovu. In July 2015, he signed a five-year contract with the Danish Supaliga club, SønderjyskE Fodbold.

Okwi played for Ugandan Super League club SC Villa before joining Tanzanian team Simba S.C. for US$40,000.

In January 2013, Tunisian team Étoile du Sahel signed Okwi for a Tanzania record transfer fee of US$300,000. The team, however, failed to pay the fee to Simba S.C. He was then cleared by FIFA's Player Status Committee in December 2013 to return to SC Villa although the clearance was changed two months later so he could play for Young Africans S.C., despite Simba S.C.'s protests.

Okwi rejoined Simba S.C. in August 2014 under a six-month contract, explaining that Young Africans S.C. had terminated his contract by failing to pay the US$50,000 owed to him. Okwi refused to play the last five games of the 2013-14 season for Young Africans S.C. because of the payment controversy. Young Africans S.C. vigorously protested the transfer to Simba S.C. and claimed that the contract was still in effect. The Tanzania Football Federation rejected that claim in September 2014.

In July 2015, SønderjyskE Fodbold signed Okwi under a five-year contract, with the consent of Simba S.C., that will last until 2020.

Okwi first represented Uganda at senior level in 2009. He was the second top scorer at the 2010 CECAFA Cup, scoring a four goals in five matches. The following year at the 2011 CECAFA Cup, he scored five goals and was joint top scorer alongside Rwanda's Meddie Kagere and their captain Olivier Karekezi.

International goals

Scores and results list Uganda's goal tally first.

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	13 December 2009	Nyayo National Stadium, Nairobi	Rwanda	2–0	2–0	2009 CECAFA Cup
2.	2 December 2010	Benjamin Mkapa National Stadium, Dar es Salaam	Malawi	1–1	1–1	2010 CECAFA Cup
3.	5 December 2010	Benjamin Mkapa National Stadium, Dar es Salaam	Kenya	1–0	2–1	2010 CECAFA Cup
4.	8 December 2010	Benjamin Mkapa National Stadium, Dar es Salaam	Zanzibar	2–1	2–2	2010 CECAFA Cup
5.	12 December 2010	Benjamin Mkapa National Stadium, Dar es Salaam	Ethiopia	2–2	4–3	2010 CECAFA Cup
6.	28 November 2011	Chamazi Stadium, Dar es Salaam	Somalia	2–0	4–0	2011 CECAFA Cup
7.	28 November 2011	Chamazi Stadium, Dar es Salaam	Somalia	3–0	4–0	2011 CECAFA Cup
8.	28 November 2011	Chamazi Stadium, Dar es Salaam	Somalia	4–0	4–0	2011 CECAFA Cup
9.	8 December 2011	Benjamin Mkapa National Stadium, Dar es Salaam	Tanzania	2–1	3–1	2011 CECAFA Cup
10.	10 December 2011	Benjamin Mkapa National Stadium, Dar es Salaam	Rwanda	2–2	2–2	2011 CECAFA Cup
11.	3 June 2012	Estádio 11 de Novembro, Luanda	Angola	1–1	1–1	2014 FIFA World Cup qualifier
12.	16 June 2012	Namboole Stadium, Kampala	Congo	4–0	4–0	2013 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier
13.	6 December 2012	Namboole Stadium, Kampala	Tanzania	1–0	3–0	2012 CECAFA Cup
14.	15 June 2013	Namboole Stadium, Kampala	Angola	1–1	2–1	2014 FIFA World Cup qualifier
15.	31 August 2013	Botswana National Stadium, Gaborone	Botswana	1–0	3–1	Friendly
16.	31 August 2013	Botswana National Stadium, Gaborone	Botswana	2–0	3–1	Friendly
17.	2 December 2013	Nairobi City Stadium, Nairobi	Eritrea	1–0	3–0	2013 CECAFA Cup
18.	2 December 2013	Nairobi City Stadium, Nairobi	Eritrea	3–0	3–0	2013 CECAFA Cup