Rudolf Bester (born 19 July 1983) is a retired
Namibia
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n professional football
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who last played for
Alexandra Black Aces.
Career
He previously played for
Serbian SuperLiga
The Serbian Super League ( sr, Супер лига Србије / Super liga Srbije), referred to as the Mozzart Bet Super League ( sr, Моцарт Бет Супер лига / Mozzart Bet Super liga) for sponsorship reasons, is a Serbian profes ...
club
FK Čukarički
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, having joined the team in January 2008 from
Eleven Arrows
The Eleven Arrows are a professional Namibian football club from Walvis Bay. They play in the country's highest division, the Namibia Premier League.
Achievements
*Namibia Premier League
The Namibia Premier League (NPL), also known as Debmari ...
.
He was a part of the
Namibian squad at the
2008 African Cup of Nations. He has a record of 13 goals for Namibia and is currently the highest national top goal scorer, ahead of retired Gerros Uri-khob with 12 and
Ruben Van Wyk
Ruben Van Wyk (born 16 June 1976) is a retired Namibian footballer.
Club career
Nicknamed ''Puchy'', van Wyk played for Liverpool Okahandja and Black Africa He had a spell in the South African Premier Division with Free State Stars.
Internat ...
with 11 goals. Despite coming on for Orlando Pirates as a substitute in various games, Bester once gave Pirates an important victory in the last games of the 2011/12 league season. The win came at a crucial time and contributed to the team's league title. Pirates were held 1–1 by Cosmos and in the dying minutes of the second half, he scored a winning cracker to give the defending champions a 3-point lead on top of the table against relegation bound Jomo Cosmos in the 2011/12 season.
In June 2012 Bester missed three important international matches due to Injury. He was expected to play for Namibia's Brave Warriors in the
2014 Brazil World Cup Qualifiers against Nigeria, Kenya and
2013 African Cup of Nations qualifier against Liberia. He recovered from the injury and returned to international duty in a friendly against Rwanda on Saturday, 13 October 2012 in Windhoek. He is one of the few Namibians to play professional football outside Namibia, the first Namibian to win the PSL with Pirates and the first Namibian to play against
Tottenham Hotspur
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of England.
His name is occasionally spelled as ''Rudolph'' in some sources.
Honours
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Premier Soccer League
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2011–12
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MTN 8
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2011
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Telkom Knockout Cup (1):
**2011
International goals
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References
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1983 births
Living people
People from Otjiwarongo
Sportspeople from Otjozondjupa Region
Namibian men's footballers
Namibia men's international footballers
Namibian expatriate men's footballers
Men's association football forwards
Eleven Arrows F.C. players
FK Čukarički players
Serbian SuperLiga players
Namibian expatriate sportspeople in Serbia
Maritzburg United F.C. players
Orlando Pirates F.C. players
Blue Waters F.C. players
2008 Africa Cup of Nations players
Expatriate men's footballers in Serbia
Expatriate men's soccer players in South Africa
Namibian expatriate sportspeople in South Africa
Lamontville Golden Arrows F.C. players
Free State Stars F.C. players
Moroka Swallows F.C. players