# Rudolf Bester

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**Rudolf Bester** (born 19 July 1983) is a retired [Namibian](/source/Namibia) professional football [forward](/source/Forward_(association_football)) who last played for [Alexandra Black Aces](/source/Alexandra_Black_Aces).

## Career

He previously played for [Serbian SuperLiga](/source/Serbian_SuperLiga) club [FK Čukarički](/source/FK_%C4%8Cukari%C4%8Dki),[1] having joined the team in January 2008 from [Eleven Arrows](/source/Eleven_Arrows_F.C.).

He was a part of the [Namibian](/source/Namibia_national_football_team) squad at the [2008 African Cup of Nations](/source/2008_African_Cup_of_Nations).[2] He has a record of 13 goals for Namibia and is currently the highest national top goal scorer, ahead of retired Gerros Uri-khob with 12 and [Ruben Van Wyk](/source/Ruben_Van_Wyk) with 11 goals. Despite coming on for Orlando Pirates as a substitute in various games, Bester once gave Pirates an important victory in the last games of the 2011/12 league season. The win came at a crucial time and contributed to the team's league title. Pirates were held 1–1 by Cosmos and in the dying minutes of the second half, he scored a winning cracker to give the defending champions a 3-point lead on top of the table against relegation bound Jomo Cosmos in the 2011/12 season.[3]

In June 2012, Bester missed three important international matches due to Injury. He was expected to play for Namibia's Brave Warriors in the [2014 Brazil World Cup Qualifiers](/source/2014_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_%E2%80%93_CAF_second_round#Group_F) against Nigeria, Kenya and [2013 African Cup of Nations qualifier](/source/2013_Africa_Cup_of_Nations_qualification#First_round) against Liberia. He recovered from the injury and returned to international duty in a friendly against Rwanda on Saturday, 13 October 2012, in Windhoek. He is one of the few Namibians to play professional football outside Namibia, the first Namibian to win the PSL with Pirates and the first Namibian to play against [Tottenham Hotspur](/source/Tottenham_Hotspur) of England.

His name is occasionally spelled as *Rudolph* in some sources.

## Honours

- **[Premier Soccer League](/source/Premier_Soccer_League) (1):** - [2011–12](/source/2011%E2%80%9312_Premier_Soccer_League)
- **[MTN 8](/source/MTN_8) (1):** - [2011](/source/2011_MTN_8)
- **[Telkom Knockout Cup](/source/Telkom_Knockout) (1):** - 2011

## International goals

- *Scores and results list Namibia's goal tally first.*[4]

Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1. 23 July 2006 Independence Stadium, Windhoek MWI 2–1 3–2 2006 COSAFA Cup 2. 6 July 2007 Kamuzu Stadium, Blantyre MWI 2–1 2–1 Friendly 3. 8 September 2007 Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa Ethiopia 1–1 rowspan=2 style="text-align:center;" | 3–2 2008 Africa Cup of Nations qualification 4. 2–2 5. 14 June 2008 Sam Nujoma Stadium, Windhoek GUI 1–1 1–2 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification 6. 11 October 2008 Sam Nujoma Stadium, Windhoek Zimbabwe 2–0 4–2 |2010 FIFA World Cup qualification 7. 1 April 2009 Saida Municipal Stadium, Saida Lebanon 1–0 1–1 Friendly 8. 6 June 2009 Independence Stadium, Windhoek DRC 2–0 4–0 Friendly 9. 4 September 2009 Sam Nujoma Stadium, Windhoek SWZ 1–0 1–1 Friendly 10. 3 March 2010 Moses Mabhida Stadium, Durban South Africa 1–0 1–1 Friendly 11. 11 November 2011 Stade National Gouled, Djibouti DJI 1–0 rowspan=2 style="text-align:center;" | 4–0 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification 12. 3–0 13. 17 May 2014 Sam Nujoma Stadium, Windhoek Congo 1–0 1–0 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

## References

1. Ihuhua, Corry. ["Bester is best for Arrows"](http://www.namibian.com.na/index.php?id=28&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=1970&no_cache=1). *[The Namibian](/source/The_Namibian)*, 12 January 2009. Retrieved on 6 May 2013.

1. Saaid, Hamdan. ["African Nations Cup 2008 – Final Tournament Details"](https://www.rsssf.org/tables/08a-det.html). *RSSSF*, 4 September 2008. Retrieved on 6 May 2013.

1. FIFA. ["Bester wonder goal lifts Pirates to top"](https://web.archive.org/web/20120719192153/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/clubfootball/news/newsid=1613138.html). *[AFP](/source/Agence_France-Presse)*, 9 April 2012. Retrieved on 6 May 2013.

1. Földesi, László. ["Rudolph Bester – Goals in International Matches"](https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/bester-intlg.html). [Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation](/source/Rec.Sport.Soccer_Statistics_Foundation). Retrieved 6 May 2013.

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