Musasa enjoys Namibian game

Lovemore Dube Senior Sports Editor
FORMER Highlanders FC rightback, Atlast Musasa, who cut his teeth at Zimbabwe Saints and FC Windermere, believes the sky is the limit and hopes to some day break into bigger leagues.
He is now a regular at Tigers in the Namibian Premiership. His team finished fourth in the race for honours and is hopeful of better things to come for the club and for his own career.

Musasa is teammates with Protasho Kabwe, Tafadzwa Mvura and Brian Mapfumo in a country where the number of Zimbabwean players is increasing.
“We are well taken care of. The Katutura community is very passionate about the game and the club. They want to see players highly motivated and the results coming all the time.

“I have settled well at the club. I play regularly at right back and last season I was allowed room to venture into attack where I scored two goals and had 10 assists.
“I am quite happy with my game and everyone around me and the team,” said Musasa.

The right back, who was offloaded by Highlanders last season, believes the standard of football in that country is ever improving. He says there is a lot of South African influence in the game as the country was considered more of a province of President Jacob Zuma’s country.

Said Musasa, “There is so much influence on Namibian football by South Africa. Most players want to end up playing there, even club uniforms, we even have a team called Orlando Pirates. The game has traces of “super diski” with emphasis on skillful play and pace on the offensive.”

The former Bosso, Black Mambas, Shooting Stars and FC Windermere player said he was happy that he was playing regularly something that could open up avenues for him elsewhere.

At 27, he said he was still harbouring ambitions of going to even greener pastures, improve his game and invest in his future.
“No footballer is ever content with what he has. It’s always one’s ambition to scale better heights and secure your future. I am hoping one day I will land a move to an even bigger league and work to consolidate my position there,” said Musasa.

He paid tribute to the man who gambled and gave him his Premiership break.
“I am grateful to Patson Ndabambi, he took Milton Ncube, Sherperd Maregere and myself to Shooting Stars for my first taste of Premiership football. Amin Soma-Phiri at FC Windermere worked hard to shape us to be players that we have grown to be. I am happy for Milton Ncube who has moved to Ajax Cape Town, we always dreamt of making it big in the game. I am motivated by his achievements at Bosso and the Warriors,” said Soma-Phiri’s protégé.

Milton Chapo, Knowledge Chikorarinda, former Highlanders striker Admire Dzukamanja and Clarence Foroma are some of the Zimbabwean playing in that country.
Former Warriors defence kingpin James Matola also tried his luck in Namibia.

Musasa said there was a big Zimbabwean community in Windhoek where he is based that made him feel very much at home.