Keiron Zziwa

Canadian-Ugandan basketball player

Keiran St. Charles Alvarez Zziwa
No. 1 – University of Manitoba
Position	Point guard / shooting guard
League	Manitoba Colleges Athletic Conference
Personal information
Born	(1997-11-07) 7 November 1997 (age 26) Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Nationality	Ugandan
Listed height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Listed weight	80 kg (176 lb)
Career information
High school	Glenlawn Collegiate^[1]
College	Manitoba (2015–2021)

Keiran St. Charles Alvarez Zziwa (born 7 November 1997) is a Canadian-Ugandan professional basketball player for the University of Manitoba in the Manitoba Colleges Athletic Conference. He also represents the senior Ugandan national team.^[2]^[3]

Early life

Zziwa was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, to Kanyago Charles Zziwa, a native of Uganda, and a Portuguese mother, Tracy Zziwa.^[4]

College career

Zziwa featured for the University of Manitoba Bisons from 2015–2021.^[5]

National team

He represents the senior Ugandan national team.^[2]^[6] He made his international debut for Uganda against Morocco in July 2021 during the qualifiers for AfroBasket 2021.^[4]

References

^ "GlenlawnAAAA Varsity Boys Basketball". Manitoba High School Athletic Association.
^ ^a ^b "AfroBasket Qualifers [sic]: Two new faces named in Silverbacks squad". June 23, 2021.
^ "FIBA.basketball". FIBA.basketball. 2018-04-19. Retrieved 2021-08-05.
^ ^a ^b Namanya, Mark. "Unmasking new stars behind Uganda's Afrobasket success". The Observer.
^ "Silverbacks: 12-man Squad for Rescheduled AfroBasket Qualifiers Named". June 24, 2021.
^ Sawatzky, Mike (June 28, 2021). "Bisons hoopster to suit up for Uganda" – via www.winnipegfreepress.com.