Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 9 January 1974 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Tsumeb, South West Africa | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Forward | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
Eleven Arrows | |||||||||||||||||
Chief Santos | |||||||||||||||||
Blue Waters | |||||||||||||||||
Jomo Cosmos | 0 | (0) | |||||||||||||||
-2008 | Chief Santos | ||||||||||||||||
International career | |||||||||||||||||
1998–2004 | Namibia | 11 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Berlin Auchumeb (born 9 January 1974) is a retired Namibian international footballer, also formerly with Chief Santos of the Namibia Premier League.
Nicknamed Pancho, [1] Auchumeb played for Namibian sides Eleven Arrows, Chief Santos and Blue Waters and was also contracted to South African football giants Jomo Cosmos FC. Highlight of his career being, the day he played in a friendly match alongside Jomo Cosmos' boss Jomo Sono, in Port Elizabeth, in a friendly match against Orlando Pirates of SA (2001). [2] And also the day he matched shoulder to shoulder at a Media tournament in Soweto JHB November 28, 2000, against one of the legends South Africa could produce, Marks Maponyane.
He competed for the Namibia national football team from 1998 to 2004, with 11 caps, including the 1998 African Cup of Nations. [3] And Berlin Auchumeb was the hero with his stunning sudden-death extra-time winner against the giant nation of South Africa, Bafana Bafana in Windhoek (1998 COSAFA Cup) preliminary game.
Auchumeb was awarded with a Park renamed after him, in recognition towards nation building. Being a former national and international footballer.[ citation needed ]
Auchumeb works as Managing Director of Tsumeb Emmanuel Rehab Centre in Tsumeb. He also worked at a bank after retiring as a player in 2008. [3] His father Sagarias 'Celle' Auchumeb was also a prolific goalscorer for Chief Santos. [4]
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