Itamunua Maverinjono Keimuine (born 1 May 1993) is a Namibian

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who currently plays as a

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for Dire Dawa City in the

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and for the

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Club career

Keimuine started his career at

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, and in 2012–13 season helped them in an important relegation battle by scoring in a 3–1 win against Mighty Gunners. He helped Magic to a strong third place finish in the 2013–14 and 2015–16 seasons. On 30 September 2018, he joined Ethiopian side Dire Dawa City, thus becoming the first Namibian player to play in Ethiopia.

International career

Keimuine was called up for the Namibia U20's for the

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, but were knocked out in the preliminary round, after losing 4–1 on aggregate to Rwanda. He subsequently became a regular in the squad and played in the FESA Cup in Angola. On 1 September 2014, Keimuine got his first national callup after he was named in Namibia's 23-man squad by coach

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, for a friendly against Swaziland. The game ended in a 1–1 draw. In May 2015, Keimuine was part of the Namibian squad which won the 2015 COSAFA Cup. On 21 June 2016, he scored his first ever international goal in a 3–0 win against

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in the 2016 COSAFA Cup. On 3 January 2019, he was named in Namibia's 23-man squad for the 2018 CHAN finals in Morocco. Namibia defeated Ivory Coast, Uganda and drew against Zambia to finish second in the group behind Zambia, and qualified for the next round. They were knocked out of the tournament in the quarter-finals by hosts and eventual champions

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. On 23 May 2019, Keimuine was named in Namibia's 23-man squad for the

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in Egypt. In Namibia's opening match against Morocco, he finished

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’s well-placed cross past his own goalkeeper just 10 minutes after coming on, thus scoring an own goal.

Stats

International goals

:''Scores and results list Namibia's goal tally first.''

Honours

National team

* COSAFA Cup (1): 2015

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Keimuine, Itamunua Living people 1993 births Footballers from Windhoek 2018 African Nations Championship players Namibia men's A' international footballers Namibian expatriate men's footballers Men's association football midfielders 2019 Africa Cup of Nations players Expatriate men's footballers in Ethiopia Dire Dawa City S.C. players Namibia men's international footballers Ongos Valley FC players Namibian expatriate sportspeople in Ethiopia Namibian men's footballers