Lubeni Haukongo

Last updated

Lubeni Haukongo
Personal information
Full name Lubeni Pombili Haukongo
Date of birth (2000-09-24) 24 September 2000 (age 24)
Place of birth Mondesa, Namibia
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Shamakhi
Youth career
2010–2016 Swakopmund
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2016–2017 Swakopmund
2017–2019 Eleven Arrows
2019–2021 Lille B 0 (0)
2021–2022 Chippa United 2 (0)
2022–2024 Cape Town Spurs 16 (1)
2024– Shamakhi 0 (0)
International career‡
2021– Namibia 7 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 July 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 1 August 2024

Lubeni Haukongo (born 24 September 2000 in Mondesa) is a Namibian footballer who plays for Shamakhi FK of the Azerbaijan Premier League. [1]

Contents

Club career

Haukongo began his career with hometown club Desert United. [2] He then moved to Swakopmund FC at age seven and progressed through the age categories to the first team. The player then moved on to another Walvis Bay club, Eleven Arrows, where he played in the Namibia Premier League for two seasons. [3]

In May 2018 he was spotted by a South African scout and was one of twenty four West African players invited to a trial in Morocco. Following the trial, Haukongo was invited to train with Lille OSC of the French Ligue 1 for four weeks. The transfer was finalized in March 2019. [4] While with the club he played for its reserve side in the Championnat National 2, the fourth tier of the French football league system. Not long after joining the club he sustained an quad muscle tear injuries which sidelined him for almost one year. [5] [6]

In summer 2021 Haukongo joined Chippa United of the South African Premier Division for the 2021–22 season and was immediately named the club captain. The player cited a desire for more playing time following his recovery from injury as the reason for departing Lille at the end of his contract. [7] [3] [8] He made his professional debut with Chippa United against Orlando Pirates on 18 September 2021. [9] [10]

Following one season with Chippa United in which he made only two appearances because of injury, Haukongo signed for Cape Town Spurs of the National First Division in July 2022. [11] [12] After an impressive 2023–24 South African Premier Division season that was ended by injury, Haukongo returned to Europe, signing for Shamakhi FK of the Azerbaijan Premier League. [13]

International career

Haukongo represented Namibia at the under-17, under-20, and under-23 youth levels. He was part of the squad that won the 2016 COSAFA Under-17 Championship. [4]

He received his first senior call up for a friendly against Lesotho in 2018 but did not appear in the match. [5] [14] He was called up next in November 2021 for a 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification match against the Congo. [15]

International career statistics

As of match played 27 January 2024 [16]
Namibia national team
YearAppsGoals
202120
202450
Total70

Related Research Articles

BenjaniMwaruwari is a former Zimbabwean professional footballer who played as a striker.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ernst Middendorp</span> German soccer coach (born 1958)

Ernst Middendorp is a German football coach who coaches Cape Town Spurs.

Norman Takanyariwa Mapeza is a Zimbabwean football manager and former player. During his career, he played as a defender and midfielder.

Eliphas "Safile" Shivute is a Namibian retired international footballer.

Athiel Mbaha is a Namibian former footballer who played as a goalkeeper for the Namibia national football team. He also played for Namibian sides African Stars, Blue Waters, Orlando Pirates, Ramblers and United Africa Tigers and South African sides Black Leopards and Maritzburg United. A member of the Namibia national football team, Mbaha competed at the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations, playing against Ghana and Guinea, and was capped 36 times by Namibia. Mbaha has been deaf since the age of seven. He also plays chess.

Wilko Rudi Risser is a Namibian-German footballer who plays for Chippa United in the South African Premier Soccer League.

Danzyl Bruwer is a Namibian retired footballer formerly with Ajax Cape Town FC in the Premier Soccer League of South Africa.

Mark Simon Harrison is an English professional football manager and former footballer.

The Namibia national rugby sevens team has played in various rugby sevens tournaments, including the Commonwealth Games and the World Rugby Sevens Series. Namibia did not qualify for the Tokyo Olympics after finishing 5th at the 2019 Africa Men's Sevens.

Sandro de Gouveia is a Namibian retired footballer. He played as a midfielder.

Chris Katjiukua is a Namibian professional footballer who played as a defender for several South African clubs and the Namibia national football team. He has played for Eleven Arrows and African Stars in Namibia, and Lamontville Golden Arrows, Highlands Park and Black Leopards in South Africa—before finishing with a gameless stint at Cape Town Spurs.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Chippa United F.C.</span> Association football club

Chippa United Football Club is a South African professional football club based in East London in the Eastern Cape province, having previously been based in Nyanga suburb of the city of Cape Town. The club's first team currently plays in the Premier Soccer League's Premier Division, with the reserve team playing in the PSL's reserve league. The team plays most of its home games at the Buffalo City Stadium, while hosting night matches at Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bantu FC</span> Football club

Bantu Football Club is a Lesotho football club based in Mafeteng.

Isaskar Gurirab is a Namibian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Blue Waters fc since august 2023. He Scored in his first match since returning to the country from Orapa united in the Botswana premiere league.

Gabriel Gadiel Michael Kamagi is a Tanzanian football player who plays for Chippa United.

The 2020–21 Nedbank Cup is the 2020–21 edition of South Africa's premier knockout club football (soccer) competition, the Nedbank Cup.

Prins Menelik Tjiueza is a Namibian footballer who plays for Cape Town City FC of the South African Premier Division, and the Namibian national team.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Swakopmund FC</span> Namibian football club

Swakopmund FC is a Namibian football club based in Swakopmund which currently plays in the First Division, the second-tier competition in the country. The team plays its home matches at the SFC-Stadion.

Nyiko Sydney Mobbie is a South African professional soccer player who plays as a right back for SuperSport United and the South African national team.

References

  1. ↑ Lubeni Haukongo at Soccerway. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
  2. ↑ "Rock solid defender on the move". erongo.com.na. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
  3. 1 2 Uugwanga, Michael. "Haukongo not in Brave Warriors squad". Confidente Namibia. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
  4. 1 2 Lussen, Philipp; Leuschner, Erwin. "Neues Leben in Frankreich" (in German). Allgemeine Zeitung. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
  5. 1 2 Uugwanga, Michael. "Haukongo on his way to full recovery". Confidente Namibia. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
  6. ↑ "Un nouveau défenseur central pour la réserve" (in French). allezlille.fr. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
  7. ↑ "LOCALAll DStv Premiership Signings Confirmed". idiskitimes.co.za. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
  8. ↑ "Lubeni Haukongo (ex-LOSC) a retrouvé un club" (in French). onefootball.com. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
  9. ↑ "Brave Warriors pecking order remains the same ... as Samaria announces his team against Senegal". New Era. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  10. ↑ "BUCS EASE PAST CHIPPA, SURGE TO THE TOP". Premier Soccer League. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  11. ↑ Mshengu, Thami. "Cape Town Spurs Signed Lubeni Haukongo from Chippa United". thamissoccer.co.za. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
  12. ↑ "Etafia's son snapped up by NFD side". kickoff.com. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
  13. ↑ Kohler, Lorenz. "Namibia Star Set For Europe After PSL Stint". iDisk Times. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
  14. ↑ "Namibia 2 Lesotho 1". National Football Teams. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
  15. ↑ "Namibia: Warriors Have Nothing to Lose". The Namibian. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  16. ↑ "NFT profile". National Football Teams. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.