Bethuel Muzeu

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Bethuel Muzeu
Personal information
Date of birth (2000-02-22) 22 February 2000 (age 24)
Place of birth Omaheke Region, Namibia
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Black Leopards
Number 9
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2021–2022 Tura Magic
2022– Black Leopards 48 (19)
International career‡
2022– Namibia 25 (4)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia
COSAFA Cup
Runner-up 2024 South Africa
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:45, 19 November 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17:24, 13 November 2024 (UTC)

Bethuel Muzeu (born 2 February 2000), also known as Muzeu Muzeu, is a Namibian footballer who plays for National First Division club Black Leopards and the Namibia national team.

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Club career

Muzeu represented his native Omaheke Region in the 2018 Namibian Newspaper Cup. [1] By the 2021 Namibia Premier Football League season, he joined Tura Magic. [2] As a member of Kasaona FA he was the top scorer of the 2022 Ramblers-Bank Windhoek U21 tournament staged at Ramblers Stadium in Windhoek. The team went on to win the inaugural tournament. [3] [4]

In July 2022 Muzeu joined Black Leopards F.C. of the South African National First Division after impressing at the 2022 COSAFA Cup. The contract was for one season with an option for an additional season if the club earns promotion to the South African Premier Division. [5] After playing in pre-season matches with the club, head coach Joel Masutha compared Muzeu to fellow-Namibian in South Africa Peter Shalulile. [6]

During the 2023–24 National First Division season, Muzeu finished tied for first in the league scoring race with seventeen goals. He shared the Golden Boot award with Prince Nxumalo of JDR Stars who also scored seventeen. [7] Following the season, Black Leopards began shopping the striker to clubs in higher divisions for a reported transfer fee of R15 million. The club reportedly rejected an offer of R8 million earlier that season. [8]

International career

Muzeu represented Namibia at the youth level in 2019 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations qualification. He scored in the 1–1 second-leg draw with Botswana. However, Namibia was eliminated on away goals. [9] [10] He was named to Bobby Samaria's provisional squad ahead of 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification matches against Burundi and Kenya. [11] In July 2022 Muzeu was named to Namibia's final roster for the 2022 COSAFA Cup by Collin Benjamin. [12] He made his senior international debut on 12 July 2022 in the team's opening match, leading the offensive corps in a 2–0 victory against Madagascar. [13] In Namibia's next match of the tournament, he scored the match-winning goal against Mozambique to send the nation to its fourth-ever COSAFA Cup final. [14]

In January 2024, Muzeu entered a 2023 Africa Cup of Nations against Tunisia as a second-half substitute. He went on to assist on a goal by Deon Hotto which secured a 1–0 victory. The win was Namibia's first-ever in any edition of the Africa Cup of Nations. [15] Later that year, he scored the game-winning goal of a 2–1 2024 COSAFA Cup match against Lesotho. [16]

International goals

No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
115 July 2022 Moses Mabhida Stadium, Durban, South Africa Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique 1–01–0 2022 COSAFA Cup
21 July 2024 Isaac Wolfson Stadium, Gqeberha, South Africa Flag of Lesotho.svg  Lesotho 2–12–1 2024 COSAFA Cup
33 July 2024Flag of Seychelles.svg  Seychelles 1–03–1
43–0
Last updated 3 July 2024 [17]

International career statistics

As of match played 19 November 2024 [17]
Namibia national team
YearAppsGoals
202231
202360
2024163
Total254

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