Veweziwa Kotjipati

Veweziwa Kotjipati (born September 28, 1992) is a Namibian Women football defender who plays as a right back for Tus Lipperode in Germany who on several occasions can also be utilised as a midfielder or striker.

Veweziwa Kotjipati
Personal information
Full name Veweziwa Kotjipati
Date of birth (1992-09-28) 28 September 1992
Place of birth Windhoek, Namibia
Height 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Right-back
Club information
Current team
 Tus Lipperode
Number 3
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2011 JS Academy
2012–2013 SJC Hövelriege Sixth Division (12)
2013– Tus Lipperode Fourth Division (1)
National team‡
2006–2009 Namibia U17
2010–2012 Namibia U20
2010– Namibia
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11 March 2013
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11 March 2013

She is a player of JS Academy in Namibia, a team that plays in the NFA Women Super League, JS is the current Namibian Champions for the 2011/2012 season. Kotjipati started off with athletics at her school El Dorado High School in Windhoek before she became a footballer.

She is a member of the Namibian Women Soccer team.

Club career

Kotjipati recalls playing her first games in the Nawisa Cup back then, and during the time she was at JS Academy as from 2009, her present was noticed and it later led her to join the senior national side as from 2010 while at Academy. After a couple of good showing with Academy, she then joined the German Women sixth division team, SJC Hövelriege.

Kotjipati joined SJC Hövelriege in 2012 where she managed to score 12 goals in the two seasons that she played for the club. In her first season she had several difficulties to adopting to the new German playing style which resulted in some red card situations, after a while she managed to adapt and became one of the top scorer in the league in her second season

In 2013, Kotjipati alongside another Brave Gladiator Stacy Naris joined Tus Lipperode, a team that plays in the fourth tier league.

Namibia National Football Teams

In 2009, Veweziwa Kotjipati joined the National Under 17 women team and later the Young Gladiators (U/20) and the Brave Gladiators in 2010 which she currently play for. She is one of the few women footballers plying their trade overseas and the experienced picked up in the German league is valuable for the Namibian National side.

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