Gebremedhin Haile Bitew () is an

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football coach who most recently the

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. Often, he is referred to as 'Gebre'.

Club career

Coaching

Defence Force S.C. Mechal Sport Club (Amharic: መከላከያ Mekelakeya), officially known as Defence Force Sport Club, is an Ethiopian professional Football (soccer), football club based in the city of Addis Ababa. They play in the Ethiopian Premier League, Betk ...

from the start of the 2011-12 Ethiopian Premier League, he vacated his position upon expiry of his contract in July 2016. Gebremedhin took

to three

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finals, winning two. When managing

in 2014, he was banned for five matches for obtrusively yelling at a referee for not giving an opposing defender a red card for what he saw as violent play. The two had to be restrained to prevent the fight to escalate In January 2017 Haile was hired as the manager of Jimma Aba Buna. In August 2018 Haile was hired to be the manager of

Mekelle City FC Mekelle 70 Enderta FC (Amharic: መቐለ 70 እንደርታ) is an Ethiopian football club based in Mekelle, Ethiopia. They are a member of the Ethiopian Football Federation and currently play in the top division of Ethiopian football, the Ethio ...

. In 2021, Haile was hired as the manager of

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Ethiopia National Team

Taking over from the sacked Yohannes Sahle in May 2016, it was decided he was to be interim coach for a short term-from May to October 9, 2016. His first game adverse to

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, he beat them 2-1 before facing

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in his last game at

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's helm. Dismissed from national team manager duties in late 2016, he was replaced by

Ashenafi Bekele Ashenafi Bekele Tefera (Amharic: አሸናፊ በቀለ) is an Ethiopian professional football manager who was most recently the manager of Fasil Kenema. History In February 2017, he was appointed as coach of the Ethiopia national football tea ...

Managerial record

References

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