Background
Also known as Samson, he was born in Arua on 7th October 1990.
Also known as Samson, he was born in Arua on 7th October 1990.
He has an eye for goal, power, pace and can shoot from distance with both feet. He burst onto the national scene in 2007 with a brace for Arua-based Ugandan Super League debutants Ediofe Hills Football Club against URA Football Club. He was instantly called to the Cranes putting in a solid performance in CECAFA later that year. The following year, Bunamwaya South Carolina (U.S.) bought him for a national record 12 Million Shillings.
A back injury in September 2008 laid him off for two months but returned strongly to end the season as third best scorer with 18 goals.
He was named in the 2009 African Championship of Nations Uganda squad. He proved his worth by scoring five goals in a single league game as his team demolished Sharing Football Club 10-1.
On 20 May 2011, Okhuti signed a contract with Xi mang The Vissai Ninh Binh in Vietnam"s V.League 1 where he scored four goals within three months. He returned in January 2012 to play for Bunamwaya.
Okhuti"s club was only one point behind but had to face URA which had beaten Bunamwaya 1-0 in the Bell Uganda Cup tournament the preceding month at Pece Stadium in Gulu.
So, Bunamwaya settled for second and rebranded to Vipers. Personal issues and injury niggles kept Caesar unheard of in 2013. Okhuti joined South Sudan"s El Nasir and was supposed to play the whole of 2014 but didn"t.
He came back home to help Arua-based Onduparaka Football Club get promotion in the Ugandan Big League.
In the 2016 Azam Uganda Premier League, Okhuti became a Red Eagle and led in scoring as Express remained unbeaten at the start of the season. He said, "The Most Important Reason why I went to Express is that it"s a place where you can express yourself." He was named Player of the Month in September 2015.
Caesar scored three goals in the tournament like his captain and Saint Mary"s Kitende old boy Farouk Miya. Okhuti attributes his comeback to "change of attitude".
On course to revamp his career, Okhuti was included in the Cranes squad for CHAN 2016.
He looks up to Red Eagles legend Hassan Mubiru and Thierry Henry. His Favourite Clubs are Express and Arsenal Football Club plus his Biggest Influence was King Joel, a games master at Mvara South.S (Arua). Caesar is a GOD-fearing and devoted Christian who speaks Lugbara, English, Luganda and Swahili.
He studied at Saint Joseph"s College Ombaci and Saint Mary"s Kitende.
During the exciting end to the season, defending champions URA Football Club and Express Football Club were tied atop the league table with 51 points.