Botes and Shituula gain exposure

The Namibia Football Association (NFA) yesterday announced that former Brave Warriors striker Henrico Botes and former Gladiator Diina Shituula attended a four-day UEFA career transition programme, sponsored by the UEFA Assist and UEFA Academy in March.The programme attended by the two Namibians was held in conjunction with Cosafa.The UEFA career transition programme is designed to take former professionals and current professional footballers nearing retirement through different second career options within football.NFA secretary-general Franco Cosmos emphasised the importance of the programme, stating that it will equip the participants with the necessary skills.“Ms Shituula and Mr Botes met the requirements for this development programme funded by UEFA Assist and UEFA Academy, giving the duo additional career options to pursue in the beautiful game of football,” Cosmos said in a statement.Henrico Botes also welcomed the programme, which he felt gave him the exposure he needed.“We were exposed and important take away is how former players need to prepare themselves for retirement, physically, physiologically and emotionally, to properly manage the implications of post-retirement loneliness,” Botes said.Shituula was also thrilled to have been part of the programme, which she described as critically important.“This initiative enabled us to connect properly and create critical networks to gain more insight from the experts football has developed over the years in SADC.“We are ready to plough back what we have learned at this UEFA programme,” Shituula remarked.

Botes and Shituula gain exposure

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Namibian Sun 2025-07-14

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