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Nantanda: Caf instructor explains why Uganda women's players retire early

Related Topics: Uganda, Kawempe, Tanzania

Confederation of African Football (Caf) instructor Majida Nantanda believes many female players retire early from the game because football in Uganda is still in its first phase.

Despite the undoubted talent in Uganda, women disappear from the game and those who make it, end up quitting early, and the former Crested Cranes coach has explained why.

"It is so sad that our girls retire from active football at a tender age," Nantanda told Fufa FM.

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"This is so because right now women football is still in its first phase; that is to say that football is still based in secondary schools.