Mesfin Tafesse Lemene (Amharic: መስፍን ታደሰ; born 26 November 2001) is an Ethiopian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Ethiopian Premier League club Ethiopian Coffee and the Ethiopia national team.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mesfin Tafesse Lemene | ||
| Date of birth | 26 November 2001 | ||
| Place of birth | Hawassa, Ethiopia | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Ethiopian Coffee | ||
| Number | 17 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018–2022 | Hawassa City | ||
| 2022– | Ethiopian Coffee | 21 | (5) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2019– | Ethiopia | 9 | (2) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 June 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 00:13, 25 March 2024 (UTC) | |||
Club career
editTafesse has played for Hawassa City of the Ethiopian Premier League since 2018.[1]
International career
editTafesse made his senior international debut on 8 August 2019 in a 2020 African Nations Championship qualification match against Djibouti. He scored his first international goal in the match, the eventual game-winner, after coming on as a second-half substitute.[2]
International goals
edit- Scores and results list Ethiopia's goal tally first.
| No | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 8 October 2019 | Dire Dawa Stadium, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia |  Djibouti |
4–3 | 4–3 | 2020 African Nations Championship qualification |
| 2. | 19 October 2019 | Nyamirambo Regional Stadium, Kigali, Rwanda |  Rwanda |
1–0 | 1–1 | |
| Last updated 12 October 2021 | ||||||
International career statistics
edit- As of match played 9 October 2021[2]
| Ethiopia national team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 2019 | 7 | 2 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 8 | 2 |
References
edit- ^ "Global Sports Archive profile". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
- ^ a b "NFT profile". National Football Teams. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
External links
edit- Mesfin Tafesse at National-Football-Teams.com
- Mesfin Tafesse at Soccerway
- Mesfin Tafesse at Global Sports Archive
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