Henrico Botes

Henrico Botes
Personal information
Full name	Henrico Botes
Date of birth	24 December 1979 (age 44)
Place of birth	Rehoboth, South West Africa
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Team information
Current team	Bidvest Wits
Number	21
Senior career*
Years	Team
1999–2003	Young Ones
2003–2005	Ramblers
2005–2007	Moroka Swallows
2007–2014	Platinum Stars
2014–2016	Bidvest Wits
2016–2017	Platinum Stars
2017–2018	University of Pretoria FC
International career‡
2001–2014	Namibia
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:51, 27 October 2013 (UTC); ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16:51, 27 October 2013 (UTC)

Henrico Botes (born 24 December 1979) is a former Namibian football striker. He played for Platinum Stars, Bidvest Wits and University of Pretoria F.C. in the South African Premier Soccer League and Namibia national team. He is a striker that his coaches have always believed in due to his functionality.^[1]

He has also captained the national team.

He missed most of the 07–08 season and the 2008 African Nations Cup due to injury.

On 31 November 2016, Botes scored penalty in Platinum Stars’ 3-1 defeat to Free State Stars in a league match, which was his 50th goal in 195 starts since he started playing in the PSL in 2005.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b www.realnet.co.uk. "Platinum Stars striker Henrico Botes scores 50th PSL goal". Kick Off. Archived from the original on 19 July 2017. Retrieved 14 April 2017.

External links

Henrico Botes at National-Football-Teams.com

[:0-1] www.realnet.co.uk. "Platinum Stars striker Henrico Botes scores 50th PSL goal". Kick Off. Archived from the original on 19 July 2017. Retrieved 14 April 2017.

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