Hennos Asmelash (

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: ሐንኖስ ኣስመላሽ; born 1 July 1999) is a Dutch professional

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who plays as a

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club

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Club career

Asmelash made his professional debut in the

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for

ADO Den Haag Alles Door Oefening Den Haag (), commonly known by the abbreviated name ADO Den Haag (), is a Dutch association football club from the city of The Hague. They play in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch football, following relegation ...

on 14 January 2017 in a game against

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. After two loans at

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, Asmelash was released by ADO and became a free agent on 1 July 2020. On 1 March 2021, Asmelash signed with

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club

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. On 3 January 2023, Asmelash joined Polish fourth division side

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on a year-and-a-half deal, with an extension option. On 8 June 2024, after Wieczysta won promotion to the

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, it was announced he would depart the club at the end of his contract.

International career

Asmelash was born in the Netherlands to

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n parents. He was a youth international for the Netherlands at the U16 and U18 levels.

Honours

Wieczysta Kraków *

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: 2023–24

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* * * 1999 births Living people Dutch people of Eritrean descent Dutch men's footballers Dutch expatriate men's footballers Netherlands men's youth international footballers Eredivisie players Eerste Divisie players Ukrainian Premier League players III liga players ADO Den Haag players TOP Oss players FC Inhulets Petrove players Wieczysta Kraków players Footballers from Delft Men's association football fullbacks Expatriate men's footballers in Ukraine Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine Expatriate men's footballers in Poland Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Poland 21st-century Dutch sportsmen {{Netherlands-footy-defender-stub