Frans Ananias

Frans Page Ananias (born 1 December 1972) is a Namibian former footballer who played as a midfielder. He was capped 29 times by the Namibia national team and scored one goal, and played for Namibia at the 1998 African Cup of Nations. He played club football for African Blizzards, United Africa Tigers, African Stars and Young Ones in Namibia and FC Penzberg in Germany.

Early life Ananias was educated at Mandume Primary School, Opawa Junior Secondary School, Otjikoto Secondary School and Cosmos High School.

Club career Ananias started his career at Central First Division club African Blizzards, a feeder club of United Africa Tigers, before transferring to Tigers. He later returned to Namibia and signed for African Stars in 1998. He later joined Young Ones, before returning to Tigers where he played until his retirement.

International career In 1987, Ananias represented a pre-independence Namibia at an under-15 tournament in Gqeberha. Ananias made 1 appearance at the tournament. In total, he was capped 30 times by Namibia and scored once.

Personal life Ananias has two children.