Eliphas Shivute
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| Full name | Eliphas Kambuta Shivute | |||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | September 27, 1974 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Olukonda, South-West Africa | |||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Forward | |||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||
| 1989–1990 | Blue Waters | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1990–1991 | Eleven Arrows | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1996 | Schwarz-Weiß Düren | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1997 | Alemannia Aachen | 0 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 1997–1999 | Motherwell | 24 | (3) | |||||||||||||||||
| 1999–2001 | Dalian Wanda FC | 24 | (5) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2000 | → Eleven Arrows (loan) | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2001 | → Shenzhen Ping'an Kejian (loan) | 17 | (4) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2001–2002 | Čukarički | 2 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1992–2001 | Namibia | 42 | (10) | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||||||||||||||
Eliphas "Safile" Shivute (born 27 September 1974) is a Namibian retired international footballer.
He retired from football due to a knee injury in 2002 after a career spent in Chinese and European football, as well as domestically. Shivute became the first Namibian to play for a top-level side in Europe, and also, is the man who scored the first international goal for the Brave Warriors.[1]
Club career
[edit]Born in Olukonda, Shivute grew up in Kuisebmond, Walvis Bay[2] and, affectionately known as Safile (Elifas spelled backwards), started playing in 1989 for local side Blue Waters, and later Eleven Arrows[1] He then played for German Fifth Division Schwarz-Weiß Düren in 1996, a non-professional side for which he scored over 13 goals in a short spell.[1] When he scored a hat trick for Düren in one of the league matches that the Alemannia Aachen scouts spotted him and immediately entered into negotiations for a contract. This negotiations ended into Safile signing a one-year-contract with Third Division Aachen.[1] Then he had several trials in Scotland, according to the Daily Record Staff, Safile has had trials with Dundee United and Hearts earlier, but Shivute decided to sign for Motherwell[1]
Motherwell
[edit]He scored twice in his trial match for and impressed Motherwell manager Alex McLeish, which Shivute admired because as youngster he followed English and Scottish football through TV and books.[1] His first full match debut in the Scottish Premier League match in a one-all draw against league leaders Hibernians earned him the “Player of the Match” award. Safile had been playing more as a schemer-striker, drifting in and around the box.[1]
He played with Motherwell until 1999 when he moved to China signing with Jia-A League club Dalian Wanda FC[1] 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[3] before moving to another Chinese top league club Shenzhen Ping'an Kejian where he played on loan until December 2001.[1] That winter he returned to Europe having an 8-months spell with Serbian club FK Čukarički playing in the First League of FR Yugoslavia, just before retiring.[4] Later he played a major role in the transfer of Namibian Rudolph Bester to that club.[1] He became the agent of Bester in 2008.[1]
In 2006, he became assistant manager of Namibian Second Division club Invincible FC.[1]
International career
[edit]Shivute has been part of the national team since 1992 having earned 49[1] caps and scored 9 times.[5] With Namibia he was runner-up at 1997 and 1999 COSAFA Cup.[1] He also represented Namibia at the 1998 African Cup of Nations[6] where he scored two goals[7] in a 3-4 loss to Ivory Coast. He made his debut for the Brave Warriors in an October 1992 World Cup qualification match against Madagascar[2] and he totalled 9 goals[8] in 49 games for them.
Playing style
[edit]Namibia Today Sport describe him as striker with much improvisation and audacity, a great finisher, and with flair, speed, and shooting power in both foot and he was a good header.[1]
Personal life
[edit]After retiring as a player, he became a businessman with interests in the fishing and construction industries.[7]
Career statistics
[edit]International
[edit]- Scores and results list Namibia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Shivute goal.[4]
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 July 1994 | Botswana National Stadium, Gaborone, Botswana |  Botswana |
1–0 | 1–0 | Friendly |
| 2 | 8 November 1996 | Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt |  Egypt |
1–3 | 1–7 | 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 3 | 8 June 1997 | Samuel Kanyon Doe Sports Complex, Monrovia, Liberia |  Liberia |
1–1 | 1–1 | 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 4 | 28 June 1997 | Independence Stadium, Windhoek, Namibia |  Malawi |
4–0 | 4–1 | 1997 COSAFA Cup |
| 5 | 1 February 1998 | Stade Général Seyni Kountché, Niamey, Niger |  Burkina Faso |
1–? | 1–3 | Friendly |
| 6 | 8 February 1998 | Stade Général Aboubacar Sangoulé Lamizana, Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso |  Ivory Coast |
1–3 | 3–4 | 1998 Africa Cup of Nations |
| 7 | 3–3 | |||||
| 8 | 12 September 1998 | Independence Stadium, Windhoek, Nabimia |  Mozambique |
2–1 | 2–1 | 1998 COSAFA Cup |
| 9 | 2 October 1999 | Independence Stadium, Windhoek, Namibia |  Angola |
1–1 | 1–1 | 1999 COSAFA Cup |
| 10 | 8 April 2000 | Stade Linité, Victoria, Seychelles |  Seychelles |
1–0 | 1–1 | 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification |
Honours
[edit]Player
[edit]Namibia
- COSAFA Cup: Runner-up, 1997,[9] 1999[10]
Individual
[edit]- Namibian Sportsman of the Year: 1997 (award attributed by Namibia National Sport Council)[1]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 "Safile, an absolutely phenomenal player" at Namibia Today Sport, 11–17 December 2009, retrieved 27-10-2018
- 1 2 Kambaekwa, Carlos (20 March 2020). "In conversation with Warriors legend Eliphas Kambuta 'Safile' Shivute". New Era.
- ↑ Shivute Back to Play for Arrows in League at AllAfrica.com.
- 1 2 "Eliphas Shivute". National-Football-Teams.com.
- ↑ Eliphas Shivute profile Archived 2011-08-10 at the Wayback Machine at Motherwell official website.
- ↑ Courtney, Barrie (5 June 2005). "African Nations Cup 1998 - Final Tournament Details". RSSSF. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
- 1 2 Angula, Conrad (13 February 2014). "CLASS OF 1998: WHERE ARE THEY NOW?". The Namibian Sun. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
- ↑ Namibia International Matches - RSSSF
- ↑ "COSAFA Cup 1997 Details". Retrieved April 18, 2026.
- ↑ "COSAFA Cup 1999 Details". Retrieved April 18, 2026.
External links
[edit]- Eliphas Shivute at Soccerbase.com
- Eliphas Shivute at National-Football-Teams.com
- Eliphas Shivute speaks his mind[permanent dead link] - 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
- 1974 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Oshikoto Region
- Men's association football forwards
- Namibian men's footballers
- Namibia men's international footballers
- 1998 African Cup of Nations players
- Blue Waters F.C. players
- Eleven Arrows F.C. players
- Motherwell F.C. players
- Dalian Shide F.C. players
- Shenzhen F.C. players
- FK Čukarički players
- Scottish Football League players
- Scottish Premier League players
- Namibian expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Germany
- Namibian expatriate sportspeople in Germany
- Expatriate men's footballers in Scotland
- Namibian expatriate sportspeople in Scotland
- Expatriate men's footballers in China
- Namibian expatriate sportspeople in China
- Expatriate men's footballers in Serbia and Montenegro