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Diaspora: Ugandan defender completes move to 2.Bundesliga side

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Ugandan defender Herbert Bockhorn has completed his move to German 2.Bundesliga side 1. FC Magdeburg.

The Ugandan-born right back joins Magdeburg as a free agent, having ran down his two-year employment contract at VFL Bochum.

At Bochum, Bockhorn featured in 42 games, scored one goal and assisted his teammates two times in two years.

He has also previously featured at Borussia Dortmund II, TSV Melsdorf, SV Werder Bremen, SC Wiedenbrück and Huddersfield Town.

His new side, Magdeburg currently sits second bottom on the 2.Bundesliga table with only four points garnered in seven games.

Bockhorn was born in Uganda at Nsambya Hospital on 31st, January 1995 to a German dad, Hartwig Bockhorn and a Ugandan mum, Jean Marion Nansubuga.

He was summoned by then Uganda Cranes head coach Sebastian Desabre in 2019 for the Africa Cup of Nations qualifier game against Tanzania, but the right back later pulled out because of injury concerns.

About the Magdeburg

FC Magdeburg is a German association football club based in the city of Magdeburg.

The club was founded in 1965 and spent all but one season in East Germany top flight, the DDR-Oberliga, winning three championships and seven cup titles.

It is the only East German club to have won a European title, winning the European Cup Winners’ Cup in 1974.

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