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Tenywa Bonseu
Tenywa "T-Bone" Bonseu (born October 28, 1976, in Kampala) is a retired Ugandan footballer, who played nine years of professional soccer as a defender in the United States. CareerAmateur and collegeBonseu began his career in 1994 playing for Horizon FC in his native Uganda, before coming to the United States in 1997 to attend and play college soccer for Martin Methodist College in rural Tennessee after a trial with a club in the Japanese J-League.[1] ProfessionalBonseu joined the Pittsburgh Riverhounds of the A-League in 1999 and played there for two seasons, before signing with the Major League Soccer's Chicago Fire.[2] Bonseu went on to spend several seasons in MLS, playing with the Columbus Crew in 2001, Dallas Burn in 2002 and 2003, and the MetroStars, who acquired Tenywa from Dallas for Steve Jolley before the 2004 season.[3] In five seasons in MLS, Bonseu played in 87 regular season and 11 playoff games (starting all but three). After being released by the MetroStars, Bonseu played four seasons with the Rochester Rhinos in the USL First Division from 2005 through 2008, before signing for Pittsburgh Riverhounds in 2009. InternationalBonseu was one of the youngest players ever selected to appear for the national team of Uganda. He has 21 appearances for Uganda. References
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