Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | [1] | 19 November 1970||
Place of birth | Eritrea | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder [2] | ||
International career | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
Eritrea [2] | |||
Managerial career | |||
2015– | Eritrea |
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Despite being intransigent that his team were going to win opposing Botswana in a 2018 World Cup qualifying match, [3] Efrem's side lost 2-0 and 3-1 to the Zebras;however, he and 10 players solicited political asylum in Botswana, claiming they were in danger by returning to their homeland but not elucidating why. [4]
The Eritrean coach revealed that he was striving to select emerging young players and Eritrean expatriate footballers in Europe for the national roster in 2015. [5]
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