The Most Famous
SOCCER PLAYERS from Namibia
This page contains a list of the greatest Namibian Soccer Players. The pantheon dataset contains 21,273 Soccer Players, 1 of which were born in Namibia. This makes Namibia the birth place of the 162nd most number of Soccer Players behind Saint Kitts and Nevis, and Pakistan.
Top 2
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Namibian Soccer Players of all time. This list of famous Namibian Soccer Players is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Collin Benjamin (b. 1978)
With an HPI of 38.66, Collin Benjamin is the most famous Namibian Soccer Player. His biography has been translated into 21 different languages on wikipedia.
Collin Benjamin (born 3 August 1978) is a Namibian professional football coach and a former player who played as a midfielder. He is the head coach of the Namibia national football team. He spent most of his professional career with Hamburger SV while representing Namibia at international level. Benjamin represented Namibia at the 2008 African Cup of Nations, earning 32 caps; he captained the team for several years. Benjamin was known for his speed and was mainly used for wing play as a defender. He was named as the head coach of the Namibia national team in June 2022, succeeding Bobby Samaria.Shina Oludare (15 June 2022). "Collin Benjamin: Ex- Hamburger SV defender named as new Namibia coach". Goal.com. Retrieved 2 January 2024. After his 10 years at Hamburg Benjamin ended his playing career in Germany at 1860 Munich, where he then spent time in the club's coaching set-up. Benjamin, who won 41 caps for Namibia and captained his country, said he was up to the "daunting" challenge of coaching the Brave Warriors - but would require "resources to accomplish the task ahead" of him. Namibia began their 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying campaign with a 1–1 draw against Burundi in neutral Johannesburg earlier in June 2022. In 2024, Benjamin led Namibia Brave warriors to its first victory record and reaching round of 16 after 26 years in the AFCON 2023 Cup of Nation in the Ivory Coast.
2. Ryan Nyambe (b. 1997)
With an HPI of 16.84, Ryan Nyambe is the 2nd most famous Namibian Soccer Player. His biography has been translated into 16 different languages.
Ryan Nyambe (born 4 December 1997) is a Namibian professional footballer who plays as a defender for EFL Championship club Derby County. He previously played for Blackburn Rovers and Wigan Athletic, before joining Derby. At Blackburn and Derby, Nyambe gained promotions to the Championship by finishing in second-place in League One both times in 2018 with Blackburn and 2024 at Derby. Nyambe is also an international footballer for the Namibia national team.
People
Pantheon has 2 people classified as Namibian soccer players born between 1978 and 1997. Of these 2, 2 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Namibian soccer players include Collin Benjamin, and Ryan Nyambe. As of April 2024, 1 new Namibian soccer players have been added to Pantheon including Ryan Nyambe.
