Addis Hintsa

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Addis Hintsa
Personal information
Full name Addis Hintsa Tekle
Date of birth (1987-06-30) 30 June 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth Bishoftu, Oromia, Ethiopia
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Centre midfielder
Team information
Current team
Al-Ahly Shendi
Number 23
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2008–2011 Banks SC
2011–2013 Dedebit
2013– Al-Ahly Shendi
Hadiya Hossana FC 3 (0)
International career
2012– Ethiopia 16 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 October 2012
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 November 2013

Addis Hintsa (Amharic : አዲስ ህንጻ, born 30 July 1987 [1] in Bishoftu) Oromia state is an Ethiopian footballer. He currently plays for Sudan Premier League side Al-Ahly Shendi.

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Career

In 2012 has been a golden year for Dedebit midfielder. He has proved his quality by dominating the midfield in most of the matches in EPL. The former striker is a brilliant player, a physical beast with good technical quality, he is a tough tackler but at the same time he can stride forward and play the ball. Addis is relatively a complete central midfielder, can tackle, defend, and is good in the air. That's why he was awarded Player of the season award in 2011/12 by Passion Sport magazine award. [2] / [3] As of 2021, Addis plays for Hadiya Hossana FC. [4]

International career

He is part of the Ethiopia national football team since 2012. He was a key player in the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations. On the final match in 2013 Africa Cup of Nations Group C against Nigeria, his goalie Sisay Bancha was sent off and he is responsible to take the goalkeeper's role as all of their substitutions were already used. However, he missed by inches to save Victor Moses's penalty kick as they lost 0-2 to Nigeria both by Moses' penalty kicks.[ citation needed ]

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References

  1. Addis Hintsa at National-Football-Teams.com
  2. "Soccer Ethiopia". Facebook . Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  3. "Passion sport magazin ፓሽን ስፖርትመፅሄት ethiopia". Facebook . Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  4. "Addis Hintsa". Soccer Ethiopia. Archived from the original on 1 February 2021.