Simon Uutoni (born 10 February 1970) is a

Namibia Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country on the west coast of Southern Africa. Its borders include the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Angola and Zambia to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south; in the no ...

n retired footballer.

Club career

Born in

Tsumeb Tsumeb (; ) is a city of around 35,000 inhabitants and the largest town in the Oshikoto Region, Oshikoto region in northern Namibia. Tsumeb, since its founding in 1905, has been primarily a mining town. The town is the site of a deep mine (the ...

, Uutoni grew up in the Nomtsoub neighborhood and played in the Benfica and Monaco youth teams before he started playing as a wing back for Namibia Premier League side

Liverpool Okahandja Liverpool Okahandja is a Namibian football club based in Okahandja. The club won the NFA Cup in 1992 and became Namibia Premier League champions in 2001–2002. The Namibian 1998 African Cup of Nations squad included five Liverpool players: Petr ...

International career

Nicknamed ''China'', Uutoni competed for the

Namibia national football team The Namibia national football team represents Namibia in men's international football and is controlled by the Namibia Football Association. They have never qualified for the FIFA World Cup but have made four appearances in the Africa Cup of ...

from 1997–1998, including the

1998 African Cup of Nations The 1998 African Cup of Nations in Burkina Faso was the 21st edition of the Africa Cup of Nations (ACN), the national Association football, football championship of Africa, administered by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). Just like in ...

finals. He made his debut for the ''Brave Warriors'' in an April 1997 World Cup qualification match against

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, and totalled 3 goals in 23 games for them.

Personal life

After retiring as a player in 2004, he worked in the construction business in northern Namibia. He was an ambassador of the

2016 COSAFA Cup The 2016 COSAFA Cup (known as Castle Lager COSAFA Cup Namibia 2016 for sponsorship reasons) was the 16th edition of the COSAFA Cup, an international football competition consisting of national teams of member nations of the Council of Southern Af ...

alongside former national teammate Johannes Hindjou. Uutoni is a father of seven children.

Honours

NFA Cup The Namibia FA Cup (''Namibia Football Association Cup''), officially Bidvest Namibia Cup, is an association football tournament for Namibian club The competition was relaunched in 2024, following a number of years of inactivity due to the unavail ...

: 1 :: 1992

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* 1970 births Living people Sportspeople from Tsumeb Men's association football wing halves Namibian men's footballers Namibia men's international footballers 1998 African Cup of Nations players Namibia Premier League players {{Namibia-footy-bio-stub