Aranos Coetzee

Johannes Voges 'Aranos' Coetzee (born 14 March 1988) is a Namibian rugby union player for the in the Pro14 and the  in the Currie Cup. His regular position is prop.

Youth / Western Province
Coetzee was born in Windhoek and went to primary school in Aranos before moving to South Africa to attend Hoër Landbouskool Boland in Paarl. He was selected to represent at the 2006 Academy Week and was subsequently included in a South Africa team that participated at the Under-18 Africa Cup.

Leopards / NWU Pukke
After high school, Coetzee moved to Potchefstroom, where he represented the s in the 2008 and 2009 Under-21 Provincial Championships.

Coetzee played Varsity Cup rugby for during the 2010 Varsity Cup competition, making eight appearances as he helped Pukke reach the semi-finals of the competition for the third consecutive season, where they lost to eventual champions.

Coetzee made his first class debut on 9 July 2010, playing off the bench in a 13–43 defeat to the in Phokeng in the 2010 Currie Cup Premier Division. He was mainly used as a replacement in the competition, making nine appearances off the bench, but he did make his first senior start in their 17–59 defeat to in Cape Town and also started their home match against the  two weeks later.

Racing Métro 92
After the 2010 Currie Cup Premier Division, Coetzee moved to France, where he joined Top 14 side. He made a single appearance for them off the bench during the 2010–11 Top 14 season. In 2011–12, he played for them on seven occasions and also made his first start for them against, helping them to finish in sixth spot on the log. He also played in the Heineken Cup competition for the first time, making four appearances as Racing Metro failed to progress from Pool 2; this included one start in their match against Edinburgh.

Brive
Coetzee moved to for the 2012–13 Rugby Pro D2 season, where he became far more involved in first-team action, making 27 appearances for the side as they finished second in the competition behind  and subsequently gaining promotion to the Top 14 for 2013–14 by beating  30–10 in the promotion play-off final.

Coetzee made fifteen appearances for Brive in the 2013–14 Top 14 season as they finished in ninth spot on the log. He made another seven appearances in the 2013–14 European Challenge Cup, where he helped them to top Pool 3 with five wins and a draw to qualify for the Quarter Finals, where they lost 7–39 to English Premiership side Bath.

Coetzee's involvement in 2014–15 was more limited, playing in nine matches during their Top 14 season as they narrowly avoided relegation, finishing in tenth spot, but just one log point ahead of relegated. He also played in four matches in their European Rugby Challenge Cup campaign that saw them lose all six their matches.

Free State Cheetahs
Coetzee then returned to South Africa to rejoin the for the 2015 Currie Cup Premier Division, despite expectations that he would miss the majority of the tournament through his involvement with  at the 2015 Rugby World Cup.

International
In 2006, Coetzee represented South Africa at the Under-18 Africa Cup.

However, he switched allegiances to his country of birth,, and made his test debut for them on 6 June 2015 in their 2015 Africa Cup match against in Nabeul.

Coetzee was also named in a 50-man Namibian training squad prior to the 2015 Rugby World Cup.