Veweziwa Kotjipati

Veweziwa Kotjipati

Personal information
Date of birth	(1992-09-28) 28 September 1992
Place of birth	Epukiro, Namibia
Height	1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Position(s)	Left back
Team information
Current team	Borussia Mönchengladbach II
Youth career
2009–2010	JS Academy
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2010–2012	JS Academy
2012–2013	SJC Hövelriege		(12)
2013	Tus Lipperode
2013–2015	FSV Gütersloh 2009
2015–2018	Arminia Bielefeld	43	(2)
2018–2019	Herforder SV	12	(0)
2019–	Borussia Mönchengladbach	6	(0)
2019–	Borussia Mönchengladbach II	12	(1)
International career‡
2006–2009	Namibia U17
2010–2012	Namibia U20
2010–	Namibia
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 May 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 March 2013

Veweziwa Kotjipati (born 28 September 1992) is a Namibian footballer who plays as a left back for German Niederrheinliga club Borussia Mönchengladbach II and the Namibia women's national team. She has also been utilised as a midfielder or striker.

Kotjipati formerly played for JS Academy, 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.

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, SJC Hövelriege.

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, Stacy Naris, joined Tus Lipperode, a team that plays in the German fourth-tier league.

International career

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.

Honours

JS Academy

• Namibia Women's Super League: 2011/12

Arminia Bielefeld

• Frauen-Regionalliga: 2015/16

External links

• namibian.com.na Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine
• nfa.org.na Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine
• republikein.com.na Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine
• "Namibia: Beauties Thrash Challengers". allafrica.com. 4 July 2012.
• nfa.org.na Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine
• sun.com.na
• namibiasport.com.na
• namibian.com.na Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine
• thevillager.com.na Archived 31 March 2023 at the Wayback Machine
• nfa.org.na Archived 23 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine
• Veweziwa Kotjipati on Facebook
• Veweziwa Kotjipati at Global Sports Archive
• Veweziwa Kotjipati on Instagram