Frans Page Ananias was born on 1 December 1972 and is a Namibian former footballer who played as a midfielder.
12 Facts About Frans Ananias
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Frans Ananias was capped 29 times by the Namibia national team and scored one goal, and played for Namibia at the 1998 African Cup of Nations.
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Frans Ananias played club football for African Blizzards, United Africa Tigers, African Stars and Young Ones in Namibia and FC Penzberg in Germany.
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Frans Ananias started his career at Central First Division club African Blizzards, a feeder club of United Africa Tigers, before transferring to Tigers.
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Frans Ananias spent most of his career at the club, winning the Namibia FA Cup with the club in 1995 and 1996 and the Metropolitan Shield in 1996, and he was Tigers' top scorer in the 1995 season with 27 goals.
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Frans Ananias later had a year spell in German football with FC Penzberg, playing alongside fellow international players Phillip Gariseb and Erastus Gariseb.
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Frans Ananias later returned to Namibia and signed for African Stars in 1998.
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Frans Ananias later joined Young Ones, before returning to Tigers where he played until his retirement.
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In 1987, Frans Ananias represented a pre-independence Namibia at an under-15 tournament in Gqeberha.
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Frans Ananias scored his first international goal in April 1995 against Botswana.
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In January 1998, Frans Ananias was named in Namibia's final 22-man squad for the 1998 Africa Cup of Nations.
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Frans Ananias worked as an assistant manager to Willem Kapukare at Tigers and, after Kapukare was sacked in February 2009, Frans Ananias served as caretaker manager until Brian Isaacs was appointed in August 2009.