Personal information | |||
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Full name | Ambesager Sium Yosief | ||
Date of birth | 29 June 1984 | ||
Place of birth | Asmara, Eritrea | ||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Position(s) | Left Back, Central Back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Adelaide Raiders | ||
Number | 16 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2011 | Western Strikers | 18 | (1) |
2011–2012 | Gold Coast United | 3 | (0) |
2012 | Western Strikers | 2 | (0) |
2015–2016 | Western Strikers | 37 | (0) |
2017 | Adelaide Olympic | 16 | (3) |
2018 | Birkalla | 7 | (0) |
2018 | Croydon Kings | 8 | (0) |
2019 | Adelaide Raiders | 11 | (0) |
2020– | West Adelaide | 2 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2009 | Eritrea | ? | (?) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 December 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 24 September 2012 |
Ambesager Yosief (born 29 June 1984) is an Eritrean footballer who plays for Adelaide Raiders. [1] [2] [3] [4]
On 26 August 2011 he signed with A-League club Gold Coast United from FFSA Super League club Western Strikers. [5] On 30 November 2011 he made his debut for Gold Coast United in a match against Newcastle Jets. [6]
Yosief played in the 2009 CECAFA Cup in Kenya, appearing in the 4–0 quarter final defeat to Tanzania. [7]
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