Tesfaye Tafese ( am, ታፈሰ ተስፋዬ, born 10 June 1986) is an Ethiopian
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 le ...
currently playing for
Al-Tilal SC
Al-Tilal Sports Club ( ar, نادي التلال) is a Yemeni multi-sports club based in Aden, Yemen. The club was founded in 1905.
Achievements
* Yemeni League: 2
** 1991, 2005
* Yemeni Presidents Cup: 2
** 2007, 2010
* Yemeni Naseem Cup: 2
* ...
in the
Yemeni League
Yemeni League is the top football division of the Yemen Football Association. It was created in 1990 after the unification of North and South Yemen. It was set up in a four-level system with Premier, First, Second and Third Division.
16 northern ...
.
Career
Tafase scored in the opening round of the
2011 AFC Cup group stage against
I-League
The I-League (known as Hero I-League for sponsorship ties with Hero MotoCorp) is the second-tier men's professional football competition of the Indian football league system. It is currently contested by 12 clubs across the country with the w ...
club
Dempo SC
Dempo Sports Club, or simply known as Dempo, is an Indian professional football club based in Panjim, Goa, that competes in the Goa Professional League. The club is owned and sponsored by the Dempo Mining Corporation Limited. Popularly known a ...
however it was not enough as Al-Tilal lost 2–1.
International career
Tafase has represented his country of
Ethiopia
Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, ኢትዮጵያ, Ítiyop'iya, aa, Itiyoppiya officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country in the Horn of Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the ...
on 11 occasions, scoring 3 goals, including once against
Rwanda
Rwanda (; rw, u Rwanda ), officially the Republic of Rwanda, is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley of Central Africa, where the African Great Lakes region and Southeast Africa converge. Located a few degrees south of the Equator ...
during a
2010 FIFA World Cup
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qualifying match.
References
External links
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FIFA Profile
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Living people
1986 births
Sportspeople from Addis Ababa
Ethiopian men's footballers
Ethiopia men's international footballers
Men's association football forwards
Yemeni League players
Al-Tilal SC players