Tugela Tuyeni

Tugela Tuyeni (2 May 1977 – 16 December 2016) was a Namibian midfield footballer with Civics of the Namibia Premier League and the Namibia national football team.

Club career Tugela fled into exile for the liberation of Namibia as a little boy tailing his parents to various refugee camps in Angola and Zambia respectively during Namibia’s liberation war against the South African apartheid regime. He then became a resident of Swakopmund where he was placed in the care of his aunt to start his primary education until he completed his secondary education at Namibia’s most revered holiday resort. He then started playing football with local side Blue Boys.

He later won three league titles with Civics and two with Blue Waters.

International career Tuyeni played twice for the Namibia national football team, in March and May 2008. He scored on his debut against Malawi. He was declared dead upon arrival at the Tsumeb State Hospital after the pick-up truck he was in veered of the road and crashed into a traffic sign between Tsumeb and Oshikoto.

Honours Namibia Premier Football League: 5 2000, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007

NFA Cup: 1 2008