Personal information | |||
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Full name | Tjipenandjambi Carl Karuuombe | ||
Date of birth | 21 September 2001 | ||
Place of birth | Gobabis, Namibia | ||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Dinamo Tbilisi | ||
Number | 30 | ||
Youth career | |||
–2020 | Kaizen | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2020–2023 | Als Puk Tawana | ||
2023 | Loko Vltavín | 1 | (0) |
2023–2024 | UNAM | ||
2024– | Dinamo Tbilisi | 1 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2022– | Namibia | 10 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12:50, 29 October 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13:17, 10 December 2024 (UTC) |
Tjipe Karuuombe (born 21 September 2001) is a Namibian footballer who plays for Dinamo Tbilisi and the Namibia national team.
Karuuombe started playing football at age six. [1] He then joined the Kaizen Football Academy. In 2020, he left the club and joined Als Puk Tawana of South Africa's Second Division. He remained with the club until the middle of the 2022–23 season when he made the jump to Europe, joining Loko Vltavín of the Bohemian Football League in the Czech Republic. However, he was limited to one league appearance for the club because of injury and found himself back in Namibia. Following recovery, Karuuombe joined UNAM of the Namibia Premiership in April 2023. In August 2024, the defensive midfielder returned to Europe to trial with nineteen-time Georgian champions Dinamo Tbilisi. [2] The three-year deal was officially announced the following month. [3]
On 8 December 2024, in their final game of the season, Karuuombe made his debut for Dinamo Tbilisi. [4]
Karuuombe represented Namibia at various youth levels, including at the 2020 COSAFA U-20 Cup and the 2021 U-20 Africa Cup of Nations. [5] [6] [7] Karuuombe's national under-20 squad became the first-ever to qualify for a U-20 Africa Cup of Nations by reaching the tournament in 2021. [1]
Karuuombe was called up to the senior national team by head coach Colin Benjamin for the 2022 COSAFA Cup. [8] He made his senior international debut in the competition on 15 July 2022 in a 1–0 victory over Mozambique in the semi-final. [9] He scored his first senior international goal on 5 June 2024 in an eventual 1–1 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification draw with Liberia. [10]
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 5 June 2024 | Orlando Stadium, Soweto, South Africa | Liberia | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification |
Last updated 29 October 2029 [9] |
Namibia national team | ||
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Year | Apps | Goals |
2022 | 1 | 0 |
2023 | 0 | 0 |
2024 | 9 | 1 |
Total | 10 | 1 |
While playing for Als Puk Tawana, Karuuombe also studied mechanical engineering at North-West University. [11]
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