Itamunua Maverinjono Keimuine (born 1 May 1993) is a

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who currently plays as a

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for

Dire Dawa City Dire Dawa City Sport Club (Amharic: ድሬዳዋ ከተማ ስፖርት ክለብ), also known as Dire Dawa Kenema, is a professional Ethiopian Association football, football club based in Dire Dawa. They play in the top division of Ethiopian footb ...

in the

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and for the

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Club career

Keimuine started his career at

Tura Magic Ongos Valley FC is a Namibian football club based in Windhoek. It competes in the Namibia Premier Football League. History Ongos SC was founded as Tura Magic Sports Club. In summer 2023 the club was purchased and renamed Ongos FC after the Ongo ...

, and in 2012–13 season helped them in an important relegation battle by scoring in a 3–1 win against

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. 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

, thus becoming the first Namibian player to play in Ethiopia.

International career

Keimuine was called up for the Namibia U20's for the 2013 African U-20 Championship qualification, but were knocked out in the preliminary round, after losing 4–1 on aggregate to

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. 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

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. The game ended in a 1–1 draw. In May 2015, Keimuine was part of the Namibian squad which won the

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. On 21 June 2016, he scored his first ever international goal in a 3–0 win against

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in the

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. 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

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(1):

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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 SC players Namibian expatriate sportspeople in Ethiopia Namibian men's footballers 21st-century Namibian sportsmen