Ugandan goalkeeper and captain Ruth Aturo has signed a contract with Saudi Arabian outfit, Al-Shabab Women’s Football Club

Aturo joins the club after featuring for Finland’s Kitkan Tyovaen Palloilijat (FC KTP), which she joined earlier this year from UCU Lady Cardinals. She made significant contributions to FC KTP Kotka’s triumph in the Naisten Kakkonen League in Finland. She kept four clean sheets in eight league matches played to help the club promotion to the top tier.

Before leaving for her first professional experience abroad, she has won four domestic league titles and FUFA Women’s Cup. The “Crested Cranes” captain Ruth Aturo was recently capped for Uganda at senior level during the 2022 Women’s Africa Cup and the 2021 COSAFA Women’s Championship

It is LTA Agency’s first player to be transferred to Saudi Arabia and our first collaboration with Al-Shabab.

We wish Ruth Aturo the best of luck in her new club