Michael Habte (born 21 August 2000) is an

Eritrea Eritrea, officially the State of Eritrea, is a country in the Horn of Africa region of East Africa, with its capital and largest city being Asmara. It is bordered by Ethiopia in the Eritrea–Ethiopia border, south, Sudan in the west, and Dj ...

n footballer who plays for

Adulis Club Adulis Club is an Eritrean football club based in Asmara. Achievements * Eritrean Premier League: 3 ::1996, 2004, 2006 Performance in CAF competitions *CAF Champions League The CAF Champions League, known for sponsorship purposes as the Tota ...

of the

Eritrean Premier League The Eritrean Premier League is the highest division in football in Eritrea. The league's first season ended in 1994. Between 1953 and the Eritrean independence in 1993, Eritrean teams played in the Ethiopian Premier League, winning that league' ...

, and the Eritrea national team.

Club career

Born in England, Habte began playing football at age eight. He came up through the academy system of

Dartford F.C. Dartford Football Club is a semi-professional association football club based in Dartford, Kent, England. In the 2024–25 season, the club participates in the Isthmian League Premier Division, the seventh tier of the English football league s ...

before earning promotion to the first team in the

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for the 2016–17 season. He made a total of seven appearances for the club before departing following the 2017–18 season. Following his departure from Dartford, he joined

of the

to gain the attention of the

Eritrean National Football Federation The Eritrean National Football Federation (E.N.F.F.) () is the governing body of Association football, football in Eritrea. History The ENFF was founded in 1996 and affiliated to FIFA and the Confederation of African Football (CAF) in 1998. It o ...

International career

Habte played at the youth level for Eritrea in a friendly against

South Sudan South Sudan (), officially the Republic of South Sudan, is a landlocked country in East Africa. It is bordered on the north by Sudan; on the east by Ethiopia; on the south by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and Kenya; and on the ...

in December 2018. In September 2019 he was part of the Eritrea squad for the

2019 CECAFA U-20 Championship The 2019 CECAFA U-20 Challenge Cup took place from 21 September to 5 October 2019 in Uganda. It was originally expected to take place in January 2019. Venues *Pece War Memorial Stadium, Gulu, Uganda *FUFA Technical Center, Njeru, Uganda Team ...

. He scored in a 7–0 Group Stage victory over

Djibouti Djibouti, officially the Republic of Djibouti, is a country in the Horn of Africa, bordered by Somalia to the south, Ethiopia to the southwest, Eritrea in the north, and the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden to the east. The country has an area ...

en route to a third place finish in the tournament. He made his senior international debut on 11 December 2019 in a

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match against

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. He went on to score his first international goal in the semi-finals of the tournament in a 4–1 victory over

Kenya Kenya, officially the Republic of Kenya, is a country located in East Africa. With an estimated population of more than 52.4 million as of mid-2024, Kenya is the 27th-most-populous country in the world and the 7th most populous in Africa. ...

. Eritrea went on to finish as surprise runners-up of the tournament. In July 2021, Habte was part of Eritrea's squad for the 2021 CECAFA U-23 Challenge Cup. He was in the starting lineup for the team's second match, an eventual 0–3 defeat to Burundi.

International goals

:''Scores and results list Eritrea's goal tally first.''

International career statistics

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Habte, Michael 2000 births Eritrean men's footballers Eritrea men's international footballers Living people Men's association football midfielders