Gebremedhin Haile

Gebremedhin Haile (Amharic: ገብረመድህን ኃይሌ) is an Ethiopian football coach who has managed the Ethiopia national football team. Often, he is referred to as 'Gebre'.[4]

Gebremedhin Haile
Personal information
Full name Gebremedhin Haile Bitew[1]
Place of birth Ethiopia
Position(s) striker
Team information
Current team
 Mekelle City (manager)
2018- Mekelle City
International career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1987[2] Ethiopia
Managerial career
2011–2016 Defence[3]
2016 Ethiopia (interim)
2017 Jimma Aba Buna
2017–2018 Jimma Aba Jifar
2018-2020 Mekelle City
2021-2022 Sidama Coffee

Club career

Coaching Defence Force S.C. from the start of the 2011-12 Ethiopian Premier League, he vacated his position upon expiry of his contract in July 2016. Gebremedhin took Defence Force S.C. to three Ethiopian Cup finals, winning two.[5] When managing Defence Force S.C. 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[6]

In January 2017 Haile was hired as the manager of Jimma Aba Buna.[7] In August 2018 Haile was hired to be the manager of Mekelle City FC.[8] In 2021, Haile was hired as the manager of Sidama Coffee S.C.[9]

Ethiopia National Team

Taking over from the sacked Yohannes Sahle in May 2016,[10] it was decided he was to be interim coach for a short term-from May to October 9, 2016.[11]

His first game adverse to Lesotho,[12] he beat them 2-1[13] before facing Seychelles in his last game at Ethiopia's helm.[14]

Dismissed from national team manager duties in late 2016, he was replaced by Ashenafi Bekele.[15]

References
  1. "National Teams Forum".
  2. "Gebremedhin Haile".
  3. @omna_tg (February 9, 2016). "Twitter post" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  4. "Ethiopia: Gebremedhin Haile - Ethiopia's Football Giant - allAfrica.com". Archived from the original on 2016-02-15.
  5. "Gebremedhin Haile throws in the towel after league cup disappointment". 8 July 2016.
  6. http://ehahu.com/?view=sport&link=640&SNID=476&title=Aynalem%20Hailu%20banned%20for%20three%20games,%20Gebremedhin%20Haile%20for%20five%20after%20on%20field%20brawl#.WLuzghhh0UE
  7. Mesfin, Daniel (January 23, 2017). "ገብረመድህን ኃይሌ የጅማ አባቡና አሰልጣኝ ሆነው ተሾሙ". Soccer Ethiopia.
  8. "መቐለ ከተማ ከገብረመድህን ኃይሌ ጋር በይፋ ተፈራረመ". 8 August 2018.
  9. Legesse, Mikael (February 24, 2021). "ሲዳማ ቡና ሦስት ተጫዋቾችን ወደ ስብስቡ ቀላቅሏል". Soccer Ethiopia.
  10. "Ethiopia replace Sahile with Gebremedhin". BBC Sport.
  11. "Gebremedhin Haile named interim Ethiopia coach".
  12. "Ethiopia seek to boost chances in Maseru".
  13. "Ethiopia: National Football Team Extend Hope to Qualify for 2017 Afcon - allAfrica.com". Archived from the original on 2016-08-14.
  14. "Ethiopia/Seychelles: Ethiopia to Face Seychelles in African Cup Qualifier - allAfrica.com". Archived from the original on 2016-08-31.
  15. "SuperSport".
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