Hendrik Somaeb (born 29 September 1992) is a Namibian international

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who plays for

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Club career

Born in the Namibian coastal city of

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in 1992 (then in

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), Somaeb started playing with local side

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. With the usual presence of South African scouts paying attention to any emerging Namibian talents, it was no surprise that Somaeb, by then established Namibian international, was signed by South African side

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where he played the following two seasons in the

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. He later played with another South African club,

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, in the

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, before returning to Namibia in 2017 joining his former club

. In summer 2018 he made his move to Europe and Serbian top-league side

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signed him on the last day of the 2018 summer transfer-window. He debuted for Zemun in the

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, on 1 September 2018, in a 7th round home victory against

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by 1–0. On 19 February 2019, he joined Zambian giants Lusaka Dynamos Football Club.Petrus Joins Lusaka Dynamos
at namibian.com.na

International career

Somaeb has been a regular member of the Namibian national team since 2010.

International goals

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

References

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* 1992 births Living people Sportspeople from Walvis Bay Namibian men's footballers Namibian expatriate men's footballers Namibia men's international footballers Men's association football midfielders Blue Waters F.C. players Namibia Premier League players Free State Stars F.C. players South African Premier Division players Jomo Cosmos F.C. players National First Division players Expatriate men's soccer players in South Africa Namibian expatriate sportspeople in South Africa FK Zemun players Serbian SuperLiga players Expatriate men's footballers in Serbia Expatriate men's footballers in Zambia Lusaka Dynamos F.C. players Namibia men's A' international footballers 2018 African Nations Championship players Namibian expatriate sportspeople in Zambia Namibian expatriate sportspeople in Serbia 21st-century Namibian sportsmen {{Namibia-footy-bio-stub