Carlos Kambaekwa
1 September 2008
Windhoek — Brave Warriors coach Tom Saintfiet has selected a strong 18-member team for Namibia's do or die clash against Kenya in Nairobi on Saturday.
The wounded Warriors must beat Kenya in Group 10 of their 2010 FIFA World Cup preliminary and hope the other two nations in the group stumble along the way to have any mathematical chance of qualification for the 2010 CAF African Nations Cup finals in Angola.
Saintfiet has left out all locally based players and recalled Jomo Cosmos' goal keeper Abisai "Zico" Shaningayamwe and discarded Warriors pair of winger Sydney Plaatjies and Levy "Meraai" Swartbooi, while Collin Benjamin also makes a welcome return to the squad after the Hamburg player was laid low through a nagging injury.
Former captain Michael "Dolam Tower" Pienaar is amongst the notable absentees from the 18-member squad while the league's leading goal scorer Pineas Jacob has also been cold-shouldered by the technical staff who have seemingly opted to go for broke.
The squad reads as follows
Goalkeepers
1.Athiel Mbaha Maritzburg United
2. Abisai 'Zico' Shanin gayamwe Jomo Cosmos
Defenders
3.George Hummel Jomo Cosmos
4. Steven Goagab Carara Kicks
5. Ivan Namaseb Fc Ak
6. Hartmann Toromba Free State Stars
7. Richard Gariseb Bidvest Wits
Midfielders
8. Quinton Jacobs Jomo Cosmos
9. Paulus Shipanga Bay United Fc
10. Rudi Louw
Unattached
11. Sidney Plaatjies Mamelodi Sundowns
12. Levis 'Meraai' Swatrbooi
Primero Da Agosto
13. Oliver Risser Cloppenburg
14. Lazarus Kaimbi Jomo Cosmos
Strikers
15. Collin Benjamin Hamburg Sv
16. Wilko Risser
Eintracht Fc
17. Costa Khaiseb
Fc Ak
18. Rudolf Bester
Cukaricki
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