Veweziwa Kotjipati

Veweziwa Kotjipati
Personal information
Full name	Veweziwa Kotjipati
Date of birth	28 September 1992 (age 29)
Place of birth	Windhoek, Namibia
Height	1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Position(s)	Right-back
Club information
Current team
Number	3
Senior career*
Years	Team
2009–2011
2012–2013	Sixth Division
2013–	Fourth Division
National team‡
2006–2009
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

Veweziwa Kotjipati (born September 28, 1992) is a Namibian women's football defender who plays as a right back for Tus Lipperode in Germany. She has also been utilised as a midfielder or striker.

Kotjipati formerly played for , a team that plays in the Namibia Women's Super League. She started in athletics at her school El Dorado High School in Windhoek before she became a footballer.

Kotjipati is also a member of the Namibian women's soccer team.

Club career[]

Kotjipati recalls playing her first competitive games in the Nawisa Cup. During the time she was at JS Academy beginning in 2009, her talent was noticed which later allowed her to join the senior national side from 2010 onward. After a couple of good showings with Academy, she then joined the German women's sixth division team, .

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 adapting to the new German playing style which resulted in some red card situations. She eventually managed to adapt and became one of the top scorers in the league in her second season.

In 2013, Kotjipati and another Brave Gladiator, , joined Tus Lipperode, a team that plays in the German fourth-tier league.

Namibia national football teams[]

In 2009, Kotjipati joined the Namibian national U-17 women's team and later the Young Gladiators U-20 squad. She joined the Brave Gladiators in 2010, whom she currently represents. She is one of the few Namibian women's footballers currently plying their trade overseas.

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