Background
After the death of his mother in 1997, he moved to Kampala to live with his maternal uncle.
After the death of his mother in 1997, he moved to Kampala to live with his maternal uncle.
In just his first season in the top-flight, Umony finished the league as joint top scorer with 15 goals to help KCC Football Club claim their first league title in 11 years.
He is widely considered as one of the biggest talents Ugandan soccer has ever produced. Umony is known for his pace, dribbling and passing skills plus his sublime finishing. Born 12 December 1988 in Jinja to Francis Kermit and Loise Uwanchango (both parents from Nebbi District, Westnile Region), Umony is the last born of four siblings.
He started playing football at a young age but struggled to get onto the school teams as he was constantly overlooked due to his small stature.
2007-2008 Coming on as a second-half substitute, he scored the winning goal on his league debut for KCC against Iganga TC. He also received the Football player of for his goalscoring antics. 2008-2009 Umony was also instrumental for his club in reaching the second round of the 2009 CAF Champions League scoring a total of four goals in the process including strikes that helped eliminate fancier opponents like FerroviƔrio Maputo and Supersport United.
He also had a 16-match goal scoring run for club and country. His consistent form locally and internationally made him a transfer target of several big-named African clubs like Simba South Carolina, Yanga, First Rate (at Lloyd's)-Hilal, Mamelodi Sundowns and Supersport United.
2009-2010 After undergoing a week-long trial, Umony signed a two-year deal with South African Premier Soccer League club Supersport United in late June 2009.
On 8 July 2010, he was released by SuperSport United. On 31 August 2010, Umony moved to SuperSport United"s city neighbours University of Pretoria on a permanent transfer. He signed a one-year deal with TUKS that will run in collaboration with the year that he had remaining on his SuperSport contract.
In February 2011, having trained with the club through its pre-season, Umony signed a one-year loan deal with Portland Timbers for their debut year in Major League Soccer.
Following the 2011 season, the Timbers announced that they had declined the option to purchase Umony"s rights and he would not be brought back for the 2012 season. In January 2012, Umony signed with Vietnamese side Becamex Binh Duong.
In December 2012, Umony signed a two-year contract with Tanzanian club Azam F.C. Umony made his debut for Uganda in 2009. He has so far scored eight goals in as many appearances.
International goals Umony graduated from Kyambogo University and enjoys reading Shakespeare.
Kampala City Council National team
Since 2009 he has also been a regular member of the Uganda national football team