Robel Teklemichael Bahta (

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: ሮቤል ተኽለሚካኤል; born 11 July 2000) is an Eritrean professional

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who plays as a defender for and

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the Eritrea national team.

Club career

Ethiopian Coffee

In April 2021, Teklemichael joined Ethiopian Coffee of the

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 ...

. By signing the deal, Teklemichael became the second Eritrean player to join an Ethiopian club (after Samyoma Alexander) following the

2018 Eritrea–Ethiopia summit The 2018 Eritrea–Ethiopia summit (also 2018 Eritrea–Ethiopia peace summit) was a bilateral summit that took place on 8–9 July 2018 in Asmara, Eritrea, between Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki and Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and ...

International career

In December 2018 Teklemichael was part of the Eritrea youth team that beat

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3–0. He was named Man of the Match following the friendly victory. He made his senior international debut on 4 September 2019 in a

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match against

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. Later that month Teklemichael took part in 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 ...

, the first regional tournament in which the team participated in a decade. The team went on to win the bronze medal overall with Teklemichael serving as the team captain. He scored two goals in the group stage of the tournament, one against

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and the other against

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. Because of his performance at the Under-20 Championship, Teklemichael was called up for the

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later that year. He once again captained the Eritrea side that went on to win the silver medal, losing to

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in the final. Teklemichael was named the tournament's Most Valuable Player for his performance. In July 2021 he Teklemichael captained his national side once again, this time at the 2021 CECAFA U-23 Challenge Cup.

Career statistics

Club

National team

Honours

Ethiopian Coffee S.C. *

Ethiopian Cup The Ethiopian Cup is the top knockout tournament of the Ethiopian football. It was created in 1945. Winners *1945 : British Military Mission-BMME (Addis Abeba) *1946 : Army (Addis Abeba) *1947 : Polisportiva (Addis Abeba) *1948 : Body Guard (Add ...

: 2023-2024

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Teklemichael, Robel Living people 2000 births Eritrean men's footballers Men's association football defenders Eritrea men's international footballers Eritrean Premier League players Red Sea FC players Ethiopian Coffee S.C. players Eritrean expatriate men's footballers Eritrean expatriate sportspeople in Ethiopia Expatriate men's footballers in Ethiopia