| Ismail Watenga | |
| Fullname: | Ismail Bin Abdul Rashid Watenga |
| Birth Date: | 15 May 1995 |
| Birth Place: | Mbale, Uganda |
| Height: | 1.83 m |
| Position: | Goalkeeper[1] |
| Currentclub: | Golden Arrows |
| Clubnumber: | 1 |
| Years1: | 2011–2018 |
| Clubs1: | Vipers |
| Years2: | 2018–2019 |
| Clubs2: | Ethiopian Coffee |
| Years3: | 2019–2020 |
| Clubs3: | Sofapaka |
| Years4: | 2020–2022 |
| Clubs4: | Chippa United |
| Caps4: | 19 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Years5: | 2022– |
| Clubs5: | Mamelodi Sundowns |
| Caps5: | 0 |
| Goals5: | 0 |
| Years6: | 2022 |
| Clubs6: | → Marumo Gallants (loan) |
| Caps6: | 4 |
| Goals6: | 0 |
| Years7: | 2023– |
| Clubs7: | → Golden Arrows (loan) |
| Caps7: | 19 |
| Goals7: | 0 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2014– |
| Nationalteam1: | Uganda |
| Nationalcaps1: | 19 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Pcupdate: | 1 August 2024 |
| Ntupdate: | 27 March 2018 |
Ismail Watenga (born 15 May 1995) is a Ugandan professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Golden Arrows.[2]
He moved to Golden Arrows in August 2023.[3]
In January 2014, coach Milutin Sredojević, invited him to be included in the Uganda national football team for the 2014 African Nations Championship.[4] [5] The team placed third in the group stage of the competition after beating Burkina Faso, drawing with Zimbabwe, and losing to Morocco.[6] [7]