Itamunua Keimuine

Itamunua Maverinjono Keimuine (born 1 May 1993) is a Namibian footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for Dire Dawa City in the Ethiopian Premier League and for the Namibia national football team.

Itamunua Keimuine
Personal information
Full name Itamunua Maverinjono Keimuine
Date of birth (1993-05-01) 1 May 1993
Place of birth Windhoek, Namibia
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Dire Dawa City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2018 Tura Magic
2018– Dire Dawa City
National team‡
2012–13 Namibia U20
2014– Namibia 29 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16:30, 23 June 2019 (UTC)

Club career

Keimuine started his career at Tura Magic, and in 2012–13 season helped them in an important relegation battle by scoring in a 3–1 win against Mighty Gunners.[1] He helped Magic to a strong third place finish in the 2013–14 and 2015–16 seasons.[2]

On 30 September 2018, he joined Ethiopian side Dire Dawa City, thus becoming the first Namibian player to play in Ethiopia.[3]

International career

Keimuine was called up for the Namibia U20's for the 2013 African U-20 Championship qualification, but were knocked out in the preliminary round, after losing 4–1 on aggregate to Rwanda.[4] He subsequently became a regular in the squad and played in the FESA Cup in Angola.[5]

On 1 September 2014, Keimuine got his first national callup after he was named in Namibia's 23-man squad by coach Ricardo Mannetti, for a friendly against Swaziland.[6] The game ended in a 1–1 draw.[7] In May 2015, Keimuine was part of the Namibian squad which won the 2015 COSAFA Cup.[8] On 21 June 2016, he scored his first ever international goal in a 3–0 win against Mozambique in the 2016 COSAFA Cup.[9] On 3 January 2019, he was named in Namibia's 23-man squad for the 2018 CHAN finals in Morocco.[10] Namibia defeated Ivory Coast, Uganda and drew against Zambia to finish second in the group behind Zambia, and qualified for the next round. They were knocked out of the tournament in the quarter-finals by hosts and eventual champions Morocco.[11]

On 23 May 2019, Keimuine was named in Namibia's 23-man squad for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt.[12] In Namibia's opening match against Morocco, he finished Hakim Ziyech’s well-placed cross past his own goalkeeper just 10 minutes after coming on, thus scoring an own goal.[13]

Stats
As of 23 June 2019
National teamYearAppsGoals
Namibia 201410
201580
201641
201770
201880
201910
Total291

International goals
Scores and results list Namibia's goal tally first.
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.21 June 2016Sam Nujoma Stadium, Windhoek, Namibia Mozambique
1–0
3–0
2016 COSAFA Cup

Honours

National team

References
  1. Schultz, Helge (11 March 2013). "BA regain 6-point lead". The Namibian. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  2. "Rebels relegated to First Division". The Namibian. 1 May 2014. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  3. Uugwanga, Michael (1 February 2019). "Keimuine enjoying life in Ethiopia". Windhoek Observer. Archived from the original on 24 April 2019. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  4. "Under-20s depart for Rwanda Clash". The Namibian. 2 May 2012. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  5. "Under-20s on Angolan mission". Windhoek. The Namibian. 12 October 2012. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  6. "'Be active to play for Warriors' - Mannetti". The Namibian. 1 September 2014. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  7. "Ten-man Warriors draw with Swaziland". The Namibian. 11 September 2014. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  8. "Namibia are Cosafa Cup champions". The Namibian. 30 May 2015. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  9. "Mozambique succumb to a 3-0 loss against Namibia". Africa Football. 21 June 2016. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  10. "Namibia selects Chan squad". The Namibian. 21 June 2016. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  11. "Namibia lose to Morocco". The Namibian. 27 January 2018. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  12. "Namibia's AFCON squad boosted by the inclusion of Germany, UK based players". Xinhua News Agency. 23 May 2019. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  13. Salama, Mohamed (23 June 2019). "Itamunua Keimuine's late own goal seals a hard-fought 1-0 victory for Morocco against Namibia". KingFut. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
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