Surafel Dagnachew Mengistu (

Amharic Amharic ( or ; (Amharic: ), ', ) is an Ethiopian Semitic language, which is a subgrouping within the Semitic branch of the Afroasiatic languages. It is spoken as a first language by the Amharas, and also serves as a lingua franca for all oth ...

: ሱራፌል ዳኛቸው; born 11 September 1997) is an Ethiopian professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

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and the Ethiopia national team.

Club career

Adama City

Surafel began his professional career with Adama City and made his debut in the 2016–17 Ethiopian Premier League season.

Fasil Kenema

On 5 August 2018, Surafel joined Fasil Kenema from Adama City. Surafel was awarded the

Ethiopian Football Federation The Ethiopian Football Federation (EFF) (Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ እግር ኳስ ፌዴሬሽን) is the governing body of football in Ethiopia. It organizes all tiers of the national football league and the national team. It was one of the f ...

Player of the Year award for the 2018–19 season. Surafel then won the 2020–21 Ethiopian Premier League with the club.

D.C. United

On 1 March 2024, Surafel joined

from Fasil Kenema with a three year contract.

International career

Surafel made his international debut with the Ethiopia national team in a 4–3

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win against

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on 4 August 2019. On 25 December 2021, he was named to Ethiopia's 25 man squad for the

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in Cameroon.

Career statistics

International goals

''Scores and results list Ethiopia's goal tally first.''

Honours

Fasil Kenema *

Ethiopian Premier League The Ethiopian Premier League ( Amharic:የኢትዮጵያ ፕሪምየር ሊግ), known as the BetKing Ethiopian Premier League for sponsorship reasons, is the top tier association football league of Ethiopia run by the Ethiopian Premier League ...

: 2020–21 Individual *

Player of the Year Award: 2019

References

External links

* Ethiopian men's footballers 1997 births Living people Men's association football midfielders Fasil Kenema S.C. players 2021 Africa Cup of Nations players {{Ethiopia-footy-bio-stub