Ryan Nyambe

Ryan Nyambe

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Position: Defender

Football Club: Blackburn rovers

Ryan Nyambe Ryan Nyambe he is a Namibian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Blackburn Rovers in Britain.

Ryan Simasiku Nyambe born on 04 December 1997 in Katima Mulilo, Namibia. His father is Mr. Luscious Nyambe and Ms.Thelma Mbombozana Chaka, a mother who left the country to Europe some years ago searching for education opportunity. The parent arrived in England and three years later, a young boy joined the Blackburn's academy at the age of 13, the same academy where he started honing his sport career.

Profile Summary

Height (182cm) prefered foot (Right). Nyambe turned professional with Blackburn Rovers in July 2015. He made his first-team debut in August 2015 in the EFL Cup. In 2019 Nyambe represented Namibia, the country of his birth, at international level.

He made his international debut for Namibia against Ghana on 9 June 2019 in Dubai. On 23 June 2019, Nyambe made his competitive debut for Namibia in the first round of the Africa Cup of Nations group stages against Morocco.

Whilst the match ended in a 0–1 defeat, Nyambe was credited as a Man Of The Match for good performance he put up. Nyambe has said that he models his playing style on that of Rio Ferdinand.

GOALS: 0 | CAPS: 3

Updated - January 2020

History

BRAVE WARRIORS

The Namibia national football team, nicknamed the ''Brave Warriors'', represents Namibia in regional and international football and is controlled by the Namibia Football Association (NFA). The Brave Warriors first played on 23 March 1990 two days after the country gained independence from South Africa, they hosted neighboring Zimbabwe that scop advantage 5–1 over the celebratory fever that was engulfed, Namibian players.

Namibia's first win came on 1 July 1994, with a 1–0 victory in the friendly away match against Botswana. On 17 May 1998, Namibia played their first match outside the African continent against non-African opposition, Saudi Arabia losing 2–1 in a friendly in France. Namibia has made first appearances in the African Cup of Nations in 1998, Namibia lost to Ivory Coast 4–3 and drew with Angola 3–3 before losing to South Africa 4–1. The most capped player of the Brave Warriors is retired midfielder Johannes Hindjou with 69 caps and Rudolph Bester is the all-time top goalscorer with 13 goals.