Personal information | |||
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Full name | Alemayo Kebede Ayele | ||
Date of birth | 10 April 1987 | ||
Place of birth | Asmara, Eritrea | ||
Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Adelaide Blue Eagles | ||
Number | 13 | ||
Youth career | |||
Red Sea FC | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
????–2009 | Red Sea FC | ? | (?) |
2011–2013 | Croydon Kings | 36 | (9) |
2013–2014 | Adelaide Raiders | 24 | (13) |
2014 | Western Strikers | 14 | (5) |
2014–2016 | Adelaide Blue Eagles | 68 | (17) |
2017 | Adelaide Olympic | 9 | (0) |
2017– | Adelaide Blue Eagles | 60 | (12) |
International career‡ | |||
–2009 | Eritrea | ? | (?) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 November 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 June 2013 |
Alemayo Kebede (born 10 April 1987) is an Eritrean footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Adelaide Blue Eagles in the National Premier Leagues. [1]
In 2011, he signed with FFSA Super League club Croydon Kings after being granted political asylum by the Australian government. [2] Following the 2012 Super League season it was announced he had won the Sergio Melta Medal which is awarded to the best player in the league. [3] [4]
Kebede played in the 2009 CECAFA Cup in Kenya, appearing in at least one match against Zimbabwe. [5]
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