Silvanus Njambari | |
Fullname: | Silvanus Delaja Njambari |
Birth Date: | 28 August 1974 |
Birth Place: | Usakos, South West Africa |
Death Place: | Windhoek, Namibia |
Position: | Leftback |
Youthclubs1: | Black Marroko FC |
Years1: | 1993–1996 |
Clubs1: | Liverpool Okahandja |
Years2: | 1997–2003 |
Clubs2: | Black Africa |
Nationalyears1: | 1994–2001 |
Nationalteam1: | Namibia |
Nationalcaps1: | 27 |
Nationalgoals1: | 1 |
Silvanus Njambari (28 August 1974 – 11 January 2003) was a Namibian footballer.
Njambari played for Liverpool Okahandja and Black Africa.
Nicknamed Selly, he competed for the Namibia national football team from 1998-2000, including the 1998 African Cup of Nations.[1] He made his debut for the Brave Warriors in a 1994 friendly match against Botswana and totalled 1 goal in 27 games for them.
Born in Usakos in the Erongo Region, Njambari was a son of former player Samuel Mannetjie Tjikune and his wife Katrin Oosthuizen-Njambari and he was a brother of another former Liverpool striker, Donald Tjikune.[2]
Njambari died unexpectedly in 2003, aged only 28. He was found dead in Windhoek and allegedly committed suicide after falling out with his girlfriend.[3]