Alemseged Efrem (born 19 November 1970) is an
Eritrea
Eritrea ( ; ti, ኤርትራ, Ertra, ; ar, إرتريا, ʾIritriyā), officially the State of Eritrea, is a country in the Horn of Africa region of Eastern Africa, with its capital and largest city at Asmara. It is bordered by Ethiopia ...
n football coach who is in charge of the
Eritrea national football team
The Eritrea national football team ( ti, ጋንታ ኩዕሶ እግሪ አርትራ) represents Eritrea in men's international football and it is controlled by the Eritrean National Football Federation (ENFF). It is nicknamed the ''Red Sea Boys ...
as of 2015.
Eritrea
Despite being intransigent that his team were going to win opposing
Botswana
Botswana (, ), officially the Republic of Botswana ( tn, Lefatshe la Botswana, label=Setswana, ), is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. Botswana is topographically flat, with approximately 70 percent of its territory being the Kalahar ...
in a 2018 World Cup qualifying match, Efrem's side lost 2-0 and 3-1 to the ''Zebras'';however, he and 10 players solicited political asylum in Botswana, claiming they were in danger by returning to their homeland but not elucidating why.
The Eritrean coach revealed that he was striving to select emerging young players and Eritrean expatriate footballers in Europe for the national roster in 2015.
References
External links
Eritrean TV Interview
Living people
Eritrean footballers
Eritrean football managers
Eritrea men's international footballers
Eritrea national football team managers
Men's association football midfielders
1970 births
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