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- Updated: December 1, 2016
The Brave Warriors of Namibia have managed to fight their way up in the FIFA Coca-Cola World Rankings from 118th in October to 98th in November. It is the first time they can boast to being one of the best 100 teams in the world since November 2001, when they had the same position.The improvement of the southern African team coincides with the appointment of former national team player Ricardo Mannetti as coach three years ago. The gifted midfielder, who can look back at a successful career as a professional in South Africa, said that when he took over he told Namibian officials that they had to embark on a journey with him.“I realised that I did not have the team to qualify for the Africa Cup of Nations in 2017, and we had to be realistic about that,” he told FIFA.com. “I told them I wanted to build a team for the future and they bought into the idea. One of the main things was that we did not want to chop and change the team too much. I decided that there had to be consistency and for that, I looked at a squad with whom I could work going into the future.“That, of course, does not mean that there was no place for any new players and that I would stick with …
