Eliphas Shivute

Eliphas Shivute
Personal information
Date of birth (1974-09-27) September 27, 1974
Place of birth Olukonda, South-West Africa
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Playing position Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996-1997 Eleven Arrows
1997-1999 Motherwell 24 (3)
1999 Dalian Wanda FC 24 (5)
2000 Eleven Arrows
2001 Shenzhen Ping'an Kejian 17 (4)
2001-2002 Čukarički Stankom 2 (0)
National team
1992-2001 Namibia 40 (8)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


Eliphas Shivute (born 27 September 1974) is a retired Namibian international footballer. He has since retired from football due to a knee injury.

Club career

He played with Eleven Arrows F.C. until 1997 when he moved abroad to Scotland and signed with Motherwell F.C.. He played in the Scottish Premier League until 1999 when he moved to China signing with Jia-A League club Dalian Wanda FC in the costliest signing ever by then, ₤350.000. After one season in 2000 he shortly returned to Namibia playing for half season for his former club Eleven Arrows[1] before moving to another Chinese top league club Shenzhen Ping'an Kejian where he will play until December 2001. That winter he returned to Europe having a short spell with Serbian club FK Čukarički Stankom playing in the First League of FR Yugoslavia, just before retiring.[2]

International career

Shivute has been part of the national team since 1992 having earned 40 caps and scored 8 times.[3] He also represented Namibia at the 1998 African Cup of Nations where he scored two goals in a 3-4 loss to Côte d'Ivoire.

Personal life

Born in Olukonda Eliphas Shivute got married to Justine in 2003 and is a father of four children, two daughter and two sons. The eldest daughter Monica is 17 years of age followed by Kwashi (14), Anastasia (5) and Andrew (2).

References

  1. Shivute Back to Play for Arrows in League at AllAfrica.com.
  2. Eliphas Shivute at National-Football-Teams.com
  3. Eliphas Shivute profile at Motherwell official website.

Sources

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