FUFA President Eng. Moses Magogo was among mourners who attended funeral service of former Uganda Cranes and Gor Mahia legend Timothy Ayieko Tuesday morning at Namirembe Cathedral, Uganda.
Timo, as he was famously known passed on Sunday morning from heart and kidney complications.
He will be buried at his ancestral home in Kusumu County, Kenya at a later date yet to be confirmed.
Also in attendance was FUFA’s Chief Executive Officer Edgar Watson, government’s representative Dr. Patrick Bernard Ogwel, Ex internationals, Football coaches, players, administrators, family and football fans.
Magogo hailed Tim’s contribution to Ugandan football despite the fact that he traced his roots to Kenya.
“Amidst the fact that he had Kenya origins, Ayieko decided to play for Uganda,” he said at the function presided over by Rev Festo Kalungi.
Timo manned the midfield when Uganda reached the final of the 1978 Ghana AFCON.
In Kenya, he played for Gor Mahia between 1979 and 1982 scoring twenty goals.
Tim won the Kenyan Premier League on his debut year (1979) and back to back CECAFA Clubs Championships in 1980 and 1981.
Born to John Njoga and Hellen Anyango in 1954 in Kisumu County, Kenya, Tim left for Uganda with his parents at age three – settling around Kampala’s biggest slum Kisenyi.
He however returned in 1979 along side another Gor legend Abbey Nassur at the height of Idi Amin’s fascist rule to pursue a career in football – having failed to continue with formal education.
Their exploits paved way for the Gor-Uganda link that has lasted to date.
Currently the Kenyan giants have within their ranks Uganda Cranes left back Godfrey Walusimbi.
After hanging his boots, Tim coached the Cranes for a year in 1995. He leaves behind eight children.
