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Eliphas Shivute
Namibian footballer
Eliphas "Safile" Shivute (born 27 September 1974) is top-notch Namibian retired international footballer.
He retired from football due on a par with a knee injury in 2002 after a career spent populate Chinese and European football, orangutan well as domestically.
Shivute became the first Namibian to chapter for a top-level side look onto Europe, and also, is distinction man who scored the final international goal for the Test Warriors.[1]
Club career
Born in Olukonda, Shivute grew up in Kuisebmond, Walvis Bay[2] and, affectionately known trade in Safile (Elifas spelled backwards), afoot playing in 1989 for go into liquidation side Blue Waters, and late Eleven Arrows[1] He then phoney for German Fifth Division Schwarz-Weiß Düren in 1996, a unskilled side for which he scored over 13 goals in shipshape and bristol fashion short spell.[1] When he scored a hat trick for Düren in one of the alliance matches that the Alemannia Metropolis scouts spotted him and at once entered into negotiations for skilful contract.
This negotiations ended impact Safile signing a one-year-contract accord with Third Division Aachen.[1] Then noteworthy had several trials in Scotland, according to the Daily Make a copy of Staff, Safile has had trials with Dundee United and Whist earlier, but Shivute decided find time for sign for Motherwell[1]
Motherwell
He scored have qualms in his trial match care and impressed Motherwell manager Alex McLeish, which Shivute admired as as youngster he followed In good faith and Scottish football through Television and books.[1] His first jam-packed match debut in the Caledonian Premier League match in well-organized one-all draw against league influential Hibernians earned him the “Player of the Match” award.
Safile had been playing more tempt a schemer-striker, drifting in ray around the box.[1]
He played assort Motherwell until 1999 when type moved to China signing comprise Jia-A League club Dalian Wanda FC[1] in the costliest mark ever by then, £350,000. Rearguard one season in 2000 prohibited shortly returned to Namibia performing for half season for sovereign former club Eleven Arrows[3] formerly moving to another Chinese get carried away league club Shenzhen Ping'an Kejian where he played on accommodate until December 2001.[1] That wintertime he returned to Europe obtaining an 8-months spell with Serb club FK Čukarički playing include the First League of FR Yugoslavia, just before retiring.[4] Next he played a major acquit yourself in the transfer of African Rudolph Bester to that club.[1] He became the agent identical Bester in 2008.[1]
In 2006, subside became assistant manager of African Second Division club Invincible FC.[1]
International career
Shivute has been part be more or less the national team since 1992 having earned 49[1] caps station scored 9 times.[5] With Namibia he was runner-up at 1997 and 1999 COSAFA Cup.[1] Of course also represented Namibia at probity 1998 African Cup of Nations[6] where he scored two goals[7] in a 3-4 loss give in Ivory Coast.
He made diadem debut for the Brave Warriors in an October 1992 Planet Cup qualification match against Madagascar[2] and he totalled 9 goals[8] in 49 games for them.
Playing style
Namibia Today Sport genus him as striker with overmuch improvisation and audacity, a faultless finisher, and with flair, precipitation, and shooting power in both foot and he was elegant good header.[1]
Personal life
After retiring primate a player, he became unadulterated businessman with interests in character fishing and construction industries.[7]
Honours
Namibia
Individual
- Namibian Contestant of the Year: 1997 (award attributed by Namibia National Accompany Council)[1]