Lubeni Haukongo
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Lubeni Pombili Haukongo | ||
| Date of birth | 24 September 2000 | ||
| Place of birth | Mondesa, Namibia | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2010–2016 | Swakopmund | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2017 | Swakopmund | ||
| 2017–2019 | Eleven Arrows | ||
| 2019–2021 | Lille B | 0 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | Chippa United | 2 | (0) |
| 2022–2024 | Cape Town Spurs | 16 | (1) |
| 2024 | Shamakhi | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2021– | Namibia | 7 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 6 July 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 1 August 2024 | |||
Lubeni Haukongo (born 24 September 2000) is a Namibian footballer.[1]
Club career
[edit | edit source]Haukongo began his career with hometown club Desert United.[2] He then moved to Swakopmund FC at age seven and progressed through the age categories to the first team. The player then moved on to another Walvis Bay club, Eleven Arrows, where he played in the Namibia Premier League for two seasons.[3]
In May 2018 he was spotted by a South African scout and was one of twenty four West African players invited to a trial in Morocco. Following the trial, Haukongo was invited to train with Lille OSC of the French Ligue 1 for four weeks. The transfer was finalized in March 2019.[4] While with the club he played for its reserve side in the Championnat National 2, the fourth tier of the French football league system. Not long after joining the club he sustained an quad muscle tear injuries which sidelined him for almost one year.[5][6]
In summer 2021 Haukongo joined Chippa United of the South African Premier Division for the 2021–22 season and was immediately named the club captain. The player cited a desire for more playing time following his recovery from injury as the reason for departing Lille at the end of his contract.[7][3][8] He made his professional debut with Chippa United against Orlando Pirates on 18 September 2021.[9][10]
Following one season with Chippa United in which he made only two appearances because of injury, Haukongo signed for Cape Town Spurs of the National First Division in July 2022.[11][12] After an impressive 2023–24 South African Premier Division season that was ended by injury, Haukongo returned to Europe, signing for Shamakhi FK of the Azerbaijan Premier League.[13]
International career
[edit | edit source]Haukongo represented Namibia at the under-17, under-20, and under-23 youth levels. He was part of the squad that won the 2016 COSAFA Under-17 Championship.[4]
He received his first senior call up for a friendly against Lesotho in 2018 but did not appear in the match.[5][14] He was called up next in November 2021 for a 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification match against the Congo.[15]
International career statistics
[edit | edit source]- As of match played 27 January 2024[16]
| Namibia national team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 |
| 2024 | 5 | 0 |
| Total | 7 | 0 |
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Lubeni Haukongo at National-Football-Teams.comLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Lubeni Haukongo at SoccerwayLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Cape Town Spurs profile
- 2000 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Swakopmund
- Men's association football defenders
- Namibian men's footballers
- Namibia men's international footballers
- Namibia men's youth international footballers
- Eleven Arrows F.C. players
- Chippa United F.C. players
- Cape Town Spurs F.C. players
- Şamaxı FK players
- Namibian expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in France
- Namibian expatriate sportspeople in France
- Expatriate men's soccer players in South Africa
- Namibian expatriate sportspeople in South Africa
- Expatriate men's footballers in Azerbaijan
- 2023 Africa Cup of Nations players
- 21st-century Namibian sportsmen