However, Majid Musisi missed the trip when his passport was delayed but made the Villa squad that travelled to Sudan three weeks later to face El-Hilal in the Africa Club Championship.
After this performance, Cranes coach Barnabas Mwesiga handed the 20-year-old his debut in July 1987. and Majid would play in a 1988 Olympic qualifier game against Mozambique.
With Majid Musisi partnering, Phillip Omondi on the frontline, the combo beat the Mozambique side, with each picking up a brace in the 4–1 win.
Later that year, the pair defied a Fufa directive and appeared for their Lugave clan in the Bika By'Abaganda football championship, just days before the Olympic qualifier against Zambia.
FUFA eventually recalled the two players and ironically, it was Musisi and Vubya who made the difference as Uganda won the home leg 2–1.
He rented him a plush house at Najjanankumbi, a Kampala suburb, fully furnished with a refrigerator, cooker, video system, standby generator and other luxuries.
Drama unfolded in the decisive league game against KCC, when Majid Musisi missed a couple of sitters and even failed to convert from the spot when the Jogoos were trailing 1–2.
To cap a successful season, Majid Musisi topscored the CECAFA Cup with four goals – also converted in the final shootout as Uganda beat Malawi to win the event after 12 years.
Earlier in September, he was a thorn in the DR Congo defence when he scored a late winner in the 2–1 triumph in a Nations Cup qualifier.
Majid Musisi scored a couple of goals in that fairytale campaign but what stood out was his diving header against Nigeria's Iwuanyanwu Nationale in the semi-final.
In his final league appearance, he tormented KCC goalie Sadiq Wassa to the extent that when he scored his fourth in the 5–0 win, he simply walked off the field as if to suggest that domestic opposition no longer matched his ambitions.
On the other hand, he was a tireless workhorse with exceptional firepower; added to pace, good dribbling skills and a great aerial presence, he was the most difficult striker to mark.
Professional football At Rennes, Majid Musisi was a regular presence and scored a number of crucial goals, which prompted Turkish side Bursaspor to sign him in 1997 for a reported $1m.
However, he unceremoniously ended his Cranes career when Harrison Okagbue, the then coach threw him out of camp for breaching the team's code of conduct in 2000.
[11] After spending two seasons with the Rennes in France where he played a total of 64 matches scoring 18 goals (League 2 and Coupe de France), he was sold to the Turkish top-flight club Bursaspor and later to Çanakkale Dardanelspor[12] for 1.8 billion Ugandan shillings transfer fee ($1 million), making a record in the transfer market for the most expensive Uganda import.
He founded the now famous Bursaspor crocodile walk goal celebration during the UEFA Intertoto Cup match against German side Karlsruher SC on 2 August 1995.
[14] Musisi fathered seven children[15] He died after a long illness on 13 December 2005 at his mother's home in Bwaise, a city suburb of Kampala, where he had been staying after his condition worsened.