Hendrik Somaeb

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Hendrik Somaeb

| fullname = Hendrik Somaeb

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1992|9|29|df=y}}

| birth_place = Walvis Bay, Namibia

| height = {{Height|m=1.78}}

| position = Striker

| currentclub = Blue Waters

| clubnumber = TBD

| years1 = 2010–2014

| clubs1 = Blue Waters

| caps11 =

| goals8 =

| years2 = 2014–2016

| clubs2 = Free State Stars

| caps2 = 23

| goals2 = 3

| years3 = 2016–2017

| clubs3 = Jomo Cosmos

| caps3 = 1

| goals3 = 0

| years4 = 2017–2018

| clubs4 = Blue Waters

| caps4 =

| goals4 =

| years5 = 2018

| clubs5 = Zemun

| caps5 = 11

| goals5 = 2

| years6 = 2019

| clubs6 = Lusaka Dynamos

| caps6 = 8

| goals6 = 1

| years7 = 2020–

| clubs7 = Blue Waters

| caps7 =

| goals7 =

| nationalyears1 = 2011–2019

| nationalteam1 = Namibia

| nationalcaps1 = 30

| nationalgoals1 = 8

| pcupdate = 15 November 2024

| ntupdate = 25 November 2024

}}

Hendrik Somaeb (born 29 September 1992) is a Namibian international footballer who plays for Blue Waters.

Club career

Born in the Namibian coastal city of Walvis Bay in 1992 (then in South Africa),{{citation needed|date=October 2024}} Somaeb started playing with local side Blue Waters which is one of the two local clubs that are standard in the Namibia Premier League. With the usual presence of South African scouts paying attention to any emerging Namibian talents, it was no surprise that Somaeb, by then established Namibian international, was signed by South African side Free State Stars where he played the following two seasons in the South African Premier Division. He later played with another South African club, Jomo Cosmos, in the 2016–17 National First Division, before returning to Namibia in 2017 joining his former club Blue Waters.{{cite web|url=http://www.national-football-teams.com/player/47255/Hendrik_Somaeb.html|title=Somaeb, Hendrik|publisher=National Football Teams|accessdate=10 February 2017}}

In summer 2018 he made his move to Europe and Serbian top-league side FK Zemun signed him on the last day of the 2018 summer transfer-window. He debuted for Zemun in the 2018–19 Serbian SuperLiga, on 1 September 2018, in a 7th round home victory against FK Rad by 1–0.[https://www.superliga.rs/sezone/2018-19/player/3-super-liga-srbije-2018-19/1829-14-somaeb-hendrik Henrik Somaeb] at superliga.rs

On 19 February 2019, he joined Zambian giants Lusaka Dynamos Football Club.[https://www.namibian.com.na/75409/read/Shitembi-joins-Lusaka-Dynamos Petrus Joins Lusaka Dynamos] at namibian.com.na

International career

Somaeb has been a regular member of the Namibian national team since 2010.

=International goals=

:Scores and results list Namibia's goal tally first.

class="wikitable" style="font-size:85%;" ! No !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition
1.	13 October 2015	Sam Nujoma Stadium, Windhoek, Namibia	{{fb\|GAM}}	align=center \| 2–1	align=center \| 2–1	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
2.	26 March 2016	Prince Louis Rwagasore Stadium, Bujumbura, Burundi	{{fb\|BDI}}	align=center \| 3–1	align=center \| 3–1	2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
3.	16 June 2016	Sam Nujoma Stadium, Windhoek, Namibia	{{fb\|BOT}}	align=center \| 1–0	align=center \| 1–1 {{pen\|4–5}}	2016 COSAFA Cup
4.	21 June 2016	Sam Nujoma Stadium, Windhoek, Namibia	{{fb\|MOZ}}	align=center \| 3–0	align=center \| 3–0	2016 COSAFA Cup
5.	16 July 2017	Sam Nujoma Stadium, Windhoek, Namibia	{{fb\|ZIM}}	align=center \| 1–0	align=center \| 1–0	2018 African Nations Championship qualification
6.	13 August 2017	Stade de Beaumer, Moroni, Comoros	{{fb\|COM}}	align=center \| 1–2	align=center \| 1–2	2018 African Nations Championship qualification
7.	rowspan="2" \| 11 November 2017	rowspan="2" \| Sam Nujoma Stadium, Windhoek, Namibia	rowspan="2" \| {{fb\|ZIM}}	align=center \| 1–0	rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"\| 3–1	rowspan="2" \| Friendly
8.	align=center \| 3–1