Fikru Teferra Lemessa (; born 24 January 1986) is an Ethiopian professional

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who last played as a

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for Mohammedan SC.

Club career

Teferra moved to the

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club

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on a three-year deal to stay in the Boleslav club, but was released from the contract before the end of his first season with the club. He signed a contract with ABSA Premiership outfit

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in 2010, but was released in 2011. On 12 October 2014, Teferra made history by scoring the first goal in the

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, a 28th-minute shot from the edge of the penalty box in a 3–0 victory for

Atlético de Kolkata ATK Football Club (also known as Atlético de Kolkata in association with Atlético Madrid) was an Indian professional football club based in Kolkata, West Bengal. The club competed in the ISL, the top flight of Indian football. They were ...

over

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. He also opened the scoring in their second match, a 2–0 win at

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. On 25 October 2014, he was given a two match ban for headbutting Gregory Arnolin in a match against

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. On 19 December 2014, it was reported that Teferra was released by Atletico de Kolkata due to a hamstring injury. A month later, on 22 January 2015, after trialing with

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of the South African Premiership, that Teferra had signed a six-month contract with the club. He later signed for

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. He made 11 appearances and he scored against

. Fikru signed one-year contract with

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side

Sheikh Russel KC Sheikh Russel KC ( Bengali: শেখ রাসেল ক্রীড়া চক্র) is a professional football club based in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Founded in 1995, the club currently competes in the Bangladesh Premier League. They won Feder ...

for 10000 US$ salary per month on 21 February 2016. In March 2018 fikru joined Mohammedan SC of

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International career

Teferra was captain of the Ethiopia national team that participated in the

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Career statistics

Honours

St George *

Ethiopian Premier League The Ethiopian Premier League (Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ ፕሪምየር ሊግ), known as the BetKing Ethiopian Premier League for sponsorship reasons, is the top tier association football league of Ethiopia run by the Ethiopian Premier League ...

: 2004–05, 2005–06 *

Ethiopian Super Cup The Ethiopian Super Cup (Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ አሸናፊዎች አሸናፊ ዋንጫ) is a match competition in Ethiopian football, played between the Ethiopian Premier League champions and the Ethiopian Cup winners. Finals *1985 : Bre ...

: 2005 Atlético de Kolkata *

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Chennaiyin FC *

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Teferra, Fikru 1986 births Living people Footballers from Addis Ababa Ethiopian men's footballers Men's association football forwards Ethiopia men's international footballers Ethiopian Premier League players South African Premier Division players Czech First League players Veikkausliiga players V.League 1 players Indian Super League players Calcutta Football League players Saint George S.C. players Orlando Pirates F.C. players SuperSport United F.C. players FK Mladá Boleslav players Kuopion Palloseura players Thanh Hóa FC players Free State Stars F.C. players University of Pretoria F.C. players ATK (football club) players Bidvest Wits F.C. players Chennaiyin FC players Sheikh Russel KC players Highlands Park F.C. players Mohammedan SC (Kolkata) players Adama City F.C. players Ethiopian expatriate men's footballers Ethiopian expatriate sportspeople in the Czech Republic Expatriate men's footballers in the Czech Republic Ethiopian expatriate sportspeople in South Africa Expatriate men's soccer players in South Africa Ethiopian expatriate sportspeople in Finland Expatriate men's footballers in Finland Ethiopian expatriate sportspeople in India Expatriate men's footballers in India Ethiopian expatriate sportspeople in Bangladesh Expatriate men's footballers in Bangladesh