Ambesager Yosief

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Personal information
Full name Ambesager Sium Yosief
Date of birth (1984-06-29) 29 June 1984 (age 40)
Place of birth Asmara, Ethiopia
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Left Back, Central Back
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(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]

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Club career

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]

International career

Yosief played in the 2009 CECAFA Cup in Kenya, appearing in the 4–0 quarter final defeat to Tanzania. [7]

Personal life

Whilst competing in the 2009 CECAFA Cup in Kenya he was part of the Eritrea national football team which failed to return home after competing in the regional tournament in Nairobi. [8] After receiving refugee status from the Australian government, the team moved to Adelaide, Australia. [9]

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  7. Kitula, Sammy (8 December 2009). "Tanzania Hit Eritrea for Four to Reach Semis". allafrica.com. Retrieved 18 December 2009.
  8. http://edition.cnn.com/2009/SPORT/football/12/15/football.cecafa.eritrea.kenya/index.html 12 Eritrean soccer players sought in Kenya
  9. http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/out-of-africa-its-a-whole-new-ball-game/story-e6frecj3-1226036645661 Out of Africa, it's a whole new ball game