Loza Abera Geinore (
Amharic:ሎዛ አበራ) is an Ethiopian professional
footballer
A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...
who currently plays for
Nigd Bank of the
Ethiopian Women's Premier League
The Ethiopian Women's Premier League ( Amharic: የሴቶች ፕሪምየር ሊግ) is the top Women's association football league in Ethiopia. It is regulated by the Ethiopian Football Federation
The Ethiopian Football Federation (EFF) (Amhari ...
and the
Ethiopia women's national team as a
forward.
Early life
She was the third child of her family and the only female player in her neighborhood, she used to play football with mainly male composed teams both in school football matches and neighborhood football matches in her town
Durame
Durame is a town in southeastern Ethiopia. The administrative center of the Kembata Tembaro Zone of the Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples Region (SNNPR), this town has a latitude and longitude of with an elevation of 2101 meters above s ...
, Loza started playing football at the age of six. In 2011, she participated in the All Ethiopian games representing the SNNP regional state, a tournament in which she scored seven goals and that become her initial momentum to get noticed by Ethiopian Woman National Team recruiters.
Club career
Ethiopia
Abera joined her first professional club,
Hawassa City S.C.
Hawassa City Sport Club ( Amharic: ሀዋሳ ከተማ ስፖርት ክለብ), also known as Hawassa Kenema, is a professional Ethiopian football and basketball club based in Hawassa. The football team plays in the Ethiopian Premier League, th ...
Women, in 2012. Spending two years at the club, she helped the club to two 3rd-place finishes in the league while being the team's top goal scorer for both seasons.
After an invitation from then coach Asrat Abate, Abera joined
Dedebit F.C.
Dedebit Football Club ( Amharic: ደደቢት የእግር ኳስ ክለብ) is an Ethiopian football club based in Mekelle, Ethiopia. They play in the Ethiopian Premier League, the top tier of Ethiopian football. The team officially moved its ho ...
Women (now defunct). She spent four years at Dedebit F.C., winning the League and top goal scorer honors in all four years. She finished the 2015–16
EWPL season with 47 goals during season and 10 goals in the playoff competition.
Despite lucrative offers from various teams, she made a promise to herself to finish high school. She did, and went on to
Addis-Abeba University school of commerce while signing contracts from the area.
Abera signed with
Adama City Women midway through the 2018–19
EWPL season after her brief stint in Sweden with
Kungsbaka DFF. Continuing her success in her home country, she helped Adama City win its first ever EWPL title.
After six seasons playing in the EWPL, Abera has scored over 200 goals and holds the record for most goals in the league's history. In November 2020, she signed for Nigd Bank of the Ethiopian Women's Premier League.
Abroad
Abera has had trials with Antalyaspor (Turkey) and
Kungsbaka DFF (Sweden). During her stay in Kungsbaka, she helped the team win a regional title and gain promotion to the top tier.
However, her stay with the club ended after the season due to financial reasons.
In September 2019, she signed for
Birkirkara F.C. (women) Women of the Malta Women's Premier League.
She finished her first season as the Maltese league's top goal scorer with 30 goals in 12 appearances.
Awards
Abera was included on the list of the BBC's list of
100 Women announced on 23 November 2020.
References
ሎዛ አበራ
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Living people
Women's association football forwards
Ethiopian women's footballers
Adama City F.C. players
1997 births