Minyahil Teshome (, born 14 November 1985) is an Ethiopian

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

. He currently plays for

Saint George Saint George (;Geʽez: ጊዮርጊስ, , ka, გიორგი, , , died 23 April 303), also George of Lydda, was an early Christian martyr who is venerated as a saint in Christianity. According to holy tradition, he was a soldier in the ...

, based in

Addis Ababa Addis Ababa (; ,) is the capital city of Ethiopia, as well as the regional state of Oromia. With an estimated population of 2,739,551 inhabitants as of the 2007 census, it is the largest city in the country and the List of cities in Africa b ...

, Ethiopia.

Career

Minyahil is a left-footed. He began his career with

Ethiopian Coffee FC Ethiopian Coffee Sport Club (Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ ቡና ስፖርት ክለብ), otherwise known as ''Ethiopian Bunna'', is a professional Ethiopian football club based in Addis Ababa. They are a member of the Ethiopian Football Federation ...

, and joined Dedebit in 2012.

International career

He is part of the

Ethiopia national football team The Ethiopia national football team (Amharic: የአትዮጵያ ብሔራዊ እግር ኳስ ቡድን), nicknamed Walia, after the Walia ibex, represents Ethiopia in men's international football and is controlled by the Ethiopian Football ...

since 2011. He is on the list for 2013 African Nations Cup. In January 2014, coach Sewnet Bishaw invited him to be a part of the

Ethiopia Ethiopia, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country located in the Horn of Africa region of East Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the north, Djibouti to the northeast, Somalia to the east, Ken ...

squad for the

2014 African Nations Championship The 2014 African Nations Championship, known as the 2014 CHAN for short and as the Orange S.A., Orange African Nations Championship for sponsorship purposes, was the 3rd edition of the biennial association football tournament organized by Confed ...

. The team was eliminated in the group stages after losing to Congo,

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and

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* 1985 births Living people Footballers from Addis Ababa Ethiopian men's footballers Ethiopia men's international footballers 2013 Africa Cup of Nations players Men's association football midfielders Ethiopia men's A' international footballers 2014 African Nations Championship players Saint George S.C. players {{Ethiopia-footy-bio-stub