Eliphas Shivute is a retired Namibia

Namibia

Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia , is a country in southern Africa whose western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Angola and Zambia to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and east. It gained independence from South Africa on 21 March...

n international footballer. He has since retired from football due to a knee injury.

Club career

He played with Eleven Arrows F.C.

Eleven Arrows F.C.

The Eleven Arrows, also known as Arrows,are a Namibian football club from Walvis Bay. They play in the country's highest division, the Namibia Premier League.-Performance in CAF competitions:*African Cup of Champions Clubs: 1 appearance...

 until 1997 when he moved abroad to Scotland and signed with Motherwell F.C.

Motherwell F.C.

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. He played in the Scottish Premier League

Scottish Premier League

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 until 1999 when he moved to China

People's Republic of China

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 signing with Jia-A League

Chinese Jia-A League

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 club Dalian Wanda

Dalian Shide F.C.

Dalian Shide , also known as Dalian Haichang International Football Team Shide FC or previously as Dalian Wanda , is a Chinese Super League football club owned by Shide Group...

 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 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

FK Cukaricki Stankom

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 playing in the First League of FR Yugoslavia, just before retiring.

International career

Shivute has been part of the national team since 1992 having earned 40 caps and scored 8 times. He also represented Namibia

Namibia national football team

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 at the 1998 African Cup of Nations

1998 African Cup of Nations

The 1998 African Cup of Nations in Burkina Faso was the 21st edition of the African Cup of Nations , the national football championship of Africa, administered by the Confederation of African Football . Just like in 1996, the field of sixteen teams was split into four groups of four...

 where he scored two goals in a 3-4 loss to Côte d'Ivoire

Côte d'Ivoire national football team

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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).

Sources

• Eliphas Shivute speaks his mind - The Namibian, 4 September 1998
• Eliphas - A Rising Star In China - The Namibian, 4 June 1999
• Chinese to sign young Cameroon players - BBC Sport, 17 February 2001
• Player stats - Soccerbase.com