The 2018/19 StarTimes Uganda Premier League monthly Awards for December 2018 took place today morning at Kati Kati restaurant in Kampala.
Onduparaka FC midfielder Gaddafi Gadihno and Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) FC manager Mike Hillary Mutebi were named the Pilsner player and coach for the month of December 2018 respectively.
Gadaffi beat SC Villa attacking midfielder and league’s current top scorer Bashir Mutanda to the top accolade. The Caterpillars playmaker won the Pilsner man of the match award twice in the same month compared to Mutanda’s one.
Mike Mutebi beat URA manager Sam Ssimbwa to the Manager of the month for December 2018.
Both Gadaffi and Coach Mike Mutebi each walked away with a reward of one million Ugandan shillings.
This is the third time the awards have taken place this season since their inception in October 2018.
Mbarara City football club midfielder Paul Mucureezi was crowned the Pilsner StarTimes Uganda Premier League player of the Month for November and their manager, Charles Livingstone Mbabazi, was voted the Pilsner StarTimes Uganda Premier League Coach of the Month.
Pilsner Lager announced a new partnership deal with the StarTimes Uganda Premier League to award the competition’s best players and coaches for the next three years.
The awards are named ‘Pilsner man of the match award’ and the monthly awards named ‘Pilsner player of the month award’ and ‘Pilsner coach of the month award’.