Maren Haile-Selassie

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Maren Haile-Selassie
Personal information
Date of birth (1999-03-13) 13 March 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth Zürich, Switzerland
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Left midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Chicago Fire
Number 7
Youth career
2009–2012 FC Zürich
2012–2013 FC Volketswil
2013–2014 FC Zürich
2014 FC Volketswil
2014–2017 Zürich
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2017–2021 Zürich 7 (0)
2019 → Rapperswil-Jona (loan) 18 (2)
2019–2020 → Neuchâtel Xamax (loan) 24 (1)
2020–2021 → Wil (loan) 35 (7)
2021–2022 Neuchâtel Xamax 17 (5)
2022–2023 Lugano 32 (3)
2023 → Chicago Fire (loan) 32 (6)
2024– Chicago Fire 27 (5)
International career‡
2016 Switzerland U18 2 (0)
2017–2018 Switzerland U19 4 (0)
2018–2019 Switzerland U20 6 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 October 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18 November 2019

Maren Haile-Selassie (born 13 March 1999) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays for Major League Soccer side Chicago Fire as a left midfielder. [1]

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Club career

Haile-Selassie made his professional debut for Zürich in a 2–1 Swiss Super League win over Thun on 30 July 2017. [2]

On 9 January 2019, Haile-Selassie was loaned out to Rapperswil-Jona. [3] On 10 July 2019, he was then loaned out to Neuchâtel Xamax for the 2019–20 season. [4]

On 20 December 2021, Haile-Selassie signed a contract with Lugano until 30 June 2025. [5]

On 15 May 2022, Haile-Selassie scored a goal in Lugano's 4–1 victory over St. Gallen in the final of the Swiss Cup. [6]

On 27 December 2022, it was announced that Haile-Selassie would play with Major League Soccer side Chicago Fire for their 2023 season, with Chicago holding an option to make the move permanent. [7] On 4 October 2023, Haile-Selassie scored twice as the Fire defeated Inter Miami, 4-1, earning a spot in the MLS Team of the Matchday. [8]

International career

Haile-Selassie was born in Switzerland to Ethiopian parents. [9] He is a former youth international for Switzerland. [10]

Honours

Lugano

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References

  1. ↑ Profile at WorldFootball, worldfootball.net
  2. ↑ "Matchcenter". Swiss Football League .
  3. ↑ Maren Haile-Selassie und Lavdrim Rexhepi wechseln leihweise zum FC Rapperswil-Jona, fcz.ch, 8 January 2019
  4. ↑ Haile-Selassie stellt sich vor, xamax.ch, 10 July 2019
  5. ↑ "MAREN HAILE-SELASSIE PER IL CENTROCAMPO BIANCONERO" (Press release) (in Italian). Lugano. 20 December 2021. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  6. 1 2 "Croci-Torti: Non Ho Mai Dubitato Dei Ragazzi". FC Lugano (in Italian). 15 May 2022. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  7. ↑ "Chicago Fire FC Acquire Winger Maren Haile-Selassie on Loan from FC Lugano | Chicago Fire FC". chicagofirefc.
  8. ↑ Calabrese, Alex (4 October 2023). "Lighting Up the Night: Chicago Fire 4, Inter Miami 1". MIR97 Media. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
  9. ↑ "Maren Haile-Selassie". sport.de.
  10. ↑ "Association Suisse de Football - Team".
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