Jemal Tassew

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Jemal Tassew
Personal information
Full nameJemal Tassew Bushra
Date of birth (1989-04-27) 27 April 1989
Place of birthAwassa, Ethiopia
Height1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing positionGoalkeeper
Club information
Current clubEthiopian Coffee
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
2009–2010Awassa
2010–2012Dedebit
2012–2013Ethiopian Coffee
2013–Inverness Caledonian Thistle1(0)
National team‡
2010–Ethiopia7(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 29 January 2013

Jemal Tassew Bushra (Amharic: ጀማል ጣስሰው ቡሽራ?, born 27 April 1989[1]) is an Ethiopian goalkeeper. He currently plays for Inverness Caledonian Thistle.

Career

Jemal is a goalkeeper and part of the Ethiopia national football team. He began his career with Awassa City F.C. In 2010 he joined Dedebit F.C., and as of season 2012/13 he plays in Ethiopian Coffee.[1] In 2010, he was awarded as Ethiopian Premier League Player of the Year.[2]

He signed on a two-week contract with SPL club Inverness CT as back up to Ryan Esson playing once.

International career

Jemal was in the squad that played 2010 CECAFA Cup.[3][4] He debuted for Ethiopia in a match against Kenya, and played 3 games on that tournament. In 2012 he collected 2 more caps, against Sudan,[5] and Niger.[6]

Jemal was sent off in the 35th minute of Ethiopia's opening game of the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations against Zambia.[7]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Jemal Tassew". National Football Teams. Retrieved 2013-01-20. 
  2. ↑ "Dedebit’s Jemal Tassew wins Player of the Year Award". Ethiosports. 2010-06-16. Retrieved 2013-01-20. 
  3. ↑ "Uganda to face Tanzania in Cecafa Cup semis". BBC. 8 December 2010. Retrieved 20 January 2013. 
  4. ↑ "CECAFA: Ethiopia defeats Zambia 2-1". DireTube. 2010-12-07. Retrieved 2013-01-20. 
  5. ↑ "Ethiopian National Team Crush Sudan 2-0 to Reach 2013 South Africa Nations Cup Finals". allAfrica.com. 2012-10-16. Retrieved 2013-01-20. 
  6. ↑ "National Teams Network Forum • View topic - Ethiopia missing match data". National-teams.com. Retrieved 2013-01-20. 
  7. ↑ "Zambia vs Ethiopia". Soccerway. Retrieved 21 January 2013. 

External links

Ethiopia squad – 2013 Africa Cup of Nations
Ethiopia
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