Quinton Norman Jacobs (born 21 January 1979) is a Namibian former

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who played as a

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Career

Born in

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, Namibia, Jacobs began his football career with local club

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, playing for them from 1997 to 1999. In late 1998, he spent a trial period with

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, playing in a friendly for the club's reserve team against a

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Under-21s side. After leaving Black Africa in 1999, he had a brief spell with

Partick Thistle Partick Thistle Football Club are a professional football club from Glasgow, Scotland. Despite their name, the club are based at Firhill Stadium in the Maryhill area of the city, and have not played in Partick since 1908. The club have been mem ...

in the

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, after turning down offers from Ajax and Werder Bremen. He once scored directly from a corner kick in a match against Ross County at Firhill stadium. He left Partick in 2000 and spent a year with German side

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, but did not make a single appearance before joining South African side

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in 2001. In 2003, he moved back to Namibia to play for Civics Windhoek. He spent a year there and another year with

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before returning to South Africa to play for

Ajax Cape Town Cape Town Spurs F.C. (formerly known as Ajax Cape Town) is a South African professional football club based in Parow in the city of Cape Town that plays in the National First Division. Dutch Eredivisie club AFC Ajax was their parent club and m ...

in 2005. In 2006, Jacobs got another chance in European football, joining

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, but after just one goal in 15 appearances, he rejoined Ramblers. In 2009, he placed for

African Stars F.C. The African Stars Football Club are a professional Namibian football club from Windhoek. They play in the country's highest division, the Namibia Premier League. Achievements *Namibia Premier League: ::Champions:(5) 1994, 2008–09, 2009–10, ...

in Namibia and joined

Palestinian Palestinians ( ar, الفلسطينيون, ; he, פָלַסְטִינִים, ) or Palestinian people ( ar, الشعب الفلسطيني, label=none, ), also referred to as Palestinian Arabs ( ar, الفلسطينيين العرب, label=non ...

club

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early in 2010.

United Sikkim

He played for the

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in the

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. On 15 March 2012 he scored a brace which helped his side win 3–2 against Kalighat Milan Sangha F.C. in

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. He had scored 16 goals in 23 matches in the 2nd Division for the

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-based club helping his side win promotion to the

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Salgaocar

On 6 May 2012 Jacobs signed with former Indian

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champions Salgaocar.

Mohun Bagan

In January 2013, the century-old

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-based club

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signed this Namibian midfielder as a replacement to the underperforming Stanley Okoroigwe. On 28th Match, he scored his first I-League goal for the club against

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in a 2–0 win at Kalyani. He also won the Man of the Match for the effort.

International career

He is a member of the

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Coaching career

He is the current Head Coach of Mariental based club Mariental Sports Club, From 2020 to current.

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: Namibian Football Association Southern Stream 1st Division

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jacobs, Quinton 1979 births Living people Cape Town Spurs F.C. players Bryne FK players Expatriate men's footballers in Scotland Black Africa S.C. players F.C. Civics Windhoek players Men's association football midfielders Namibia men's international footballers 2008 Africa Cup of Nations players Namibian expatriate men's footballers Namibian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Namibian expatriate sportspeople in Norway Namibian expatriate sportspeople in South Africa Namibian expatriate sportspeople in Scotland Namibian expatriate sportspeople in the State of Palestine Namibian expatriate sportspeople in India Black Leopards F.C. players African Stars F.C. players Partick Thistle F.C. players Footballers from Windhoek Expatriate men's soccer players in South Africa Ramblers F.C. players Expatriate men's footballers in the State of Palestine United Sikkim FC players Scottish Football League players Mohun Bagan SG players I-League players Expatriate men's footballers in India Salgaocar FC players MSV Duisburg players Calcutta Football League players Namibian men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Expatriate men's footballers in Norway