Maren Haile-Selassie

Maren Haile-Selassie (born 13 March 1999) is an Swiss footballer (origins in Ethiopia) who plays for Chicago Fire on loan from Lugano as a left midfielder.[1]

Maren Haile-Selassie
Personal information
Date of birth (1999-03-13) 13 March 1999
Place of birth Zürich, Switzerland
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Left midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Chicago Fire
(on loan from Lugano)
Number 7
Youth career
2009–2012 FC Zürich
2012–2013 FC Volketswil
2013–2014 FC Zürich
2014 FC Volketswil
2014–2017 Zürich
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2021 Zürich 7 (0)
2019 → Rapperswil-Jona (loan) 18 (2)
2019–2020 → Neuchâtel Xamax (loan) 24 (1)
2020–2021 → Wil (loan) 35 (7)
2021–2022 Neuchâtel Xamax 17 (5)
2022– Lugano 32 (3)
2023– → Chicago Fire (loan) 31 (6)
International career‡
2016 Switzerland U18 2 (0)
2017–2018 Switzerland U19 4 (0)
2018–2019 Switzerland U20 6 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 October 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18 November 2019

Club career

Haile-Selassie made his professional debut for Zürich in a 2–1 Swiss Super League win over Thun on 30 July 2017.[2]

On 9 January 2019, Haile-Selassie was loaned out to Rapperswil-Jona.[3] On 10 July 2019, he was then loaned out to Neuchâtel Xamax for the 2019–20 season.[4]

On 20 December 2021, Haile-Selassie signed a contract with Lugano until 30 June 2025.[5]

On 15 May 2022, Haile-Selassie scored a goal in Lugano's 4–1 victory over St. Gallen in the final of the Swiss Cup.[6]

On 27 December 2022, it was announced that Haile-Selassie would play with Major League Soccer side Chicago Fire for their 2023 season, with Chicago holding an option to make the move permanent.[7] On 4 October 2023, Haile-Selassie scored twice as the Fire defeated Inter Miami, 4-1, earning a spot in the MLS Team of the Matchday.[8]

International career

Haile-Selassie was born in Switzerland to Ethiopian parents.[9] He is a former youth international for Switzerland.[10]

Honours

Lugano

References
  1. Profile at WorldFootball, worldfootball.net
  2. League, Swiss Football. "Matchcenter - Swiss Football League". www.sfl.ch.
  3. Maren Haile-Selassie und Lavdrim Rexhepi wechseln leihweise zum FC Rapperswil-Jona, fcz.ch, 8 January 2019
  4. Haile-Selassie stellt sich vor, xamax.ch, 10 July 2019
  5. "MAREN HAILE-SELASSIE PER IL CENTROCAMPO BIANCONERO" (Press release) (in Italian). Lugano. 20 December 2021. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  6. "Croci-Torti: Non Ho Mai Dubitato Dei Ragazzi". FC Lugano (in Italian). 15 May 2022. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  7. "Chicago Fire FC Acquire Winger Maren Haile-Selassie on Loan from FC Lugano | Chicago Fire FC". chicagofirefc.
  8. Calabrese, Alex (October 4, 2023). "Lighting Up the Night: Chicago Fire 4, Inter Miami 1". MIR97 Media. Retrieved October 5, 2023.
  9. "Maren Haile-Selassie". sport.de.
  10. "Association Suisse de Football - Team".
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