The Little Known Side of Ugandan Singer Rickman Manrick, a Football Star in Sweden

Posted on July 08, 2020
By Sean Musa Carter
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With little known about his passion for football, Ugandan singer of 'Ebbango Naliwanika", Derrick Ddungu aka Rickman Manrick plays at Sävedalen IF, a second division entity based in Gothenburg city, Sweden and here we unmask the side very few people know.

Rickman is an active professional footballer plying his trade with Sävedalen IF, a second division entity based in Gothenburg city, Sweden and in the same city, Rickman was formerly a student teacher at the Kvarnbyskolean School for Children with otism.

Ddungu whose stage name is “Rickman Manrick” is a fast paced footballer with awesome close ball control, accurate passing and good dribbling skills often galvanized by fancy step overs.

Back in the days, Rickman concentrated on music during a spell he was done injured.

“The reason I did music is when I tore my Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) in the knee and I had a surgery in 2016. I was going to be out for a whole year so when I was bored I started doing music” he vividly recounts.

Rickman Manrick playing Football

The “Ebango Waliwanika” song was produced in 2019 and took everyone by storm and upto-date, this particular song has accumulated as many as 476,274 views on You-Tube (as of 8th July 2020).

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