Aschalew Tamene

Aschalew Tamene
	Tamene with Ethiopia at the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations
Personal information
Full name	Aschalew Tamene Seyoum
Date of birth	22 November 1991 (age 32)
Place of birth	Dilla, Ethiopia
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Centre-back
Team information
Current team	Defence Force
Number	15
Senior career*
Years	Team
2013–2015	Dedebit
2015–2021	Saint George
2021–2023	Fasil Kenema
2023–	Defence Force
International career‡
2015–	Ethiopia
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:48, 24 May 2024 (UTC); ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17:48, 21 March 2024 (UTC)

Aschalew Tamene Seyoum (Amharic: አስቻለው ታመነ; born 22 November 1991) is an Ethiopian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Ethiopian Premier League club Defence Force and the Ethiopia national team.^[1]^[2]

Club career

Tamene began his professional career with Dedebit and made his debut in the 2013–14 Ethiopian Premier League. In that same season, he won the Ethiopian Cup with the club.

On 14 September 2015, Tamene signed with Saint George. In his first season, he won the 2015–16 Ethiopian Premier League and the 2016 Ethiopian Cup. He also won 2016–17 Ethiopian Premier League with the club.

On 14 July 2021, Tamene signed with Fasil Kenema.

Tamene made his international debut with the Ethiopia national team in a 1–0 friendly loss to Zambia on 7 June 2015.

Scores and results list Ethiopia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Tamene goal.

List of international goals scored by Aschalew Tamene^[1]
No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	26 July 2019	El Hadj Hassan Gouled Aptidon Stadium, Djibouti City, Djibouti	Djibouti	1–0	1–0	2020 African Nations Championship qualification
2	22 October 2020	Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	Zambia	2–1	2–3	Friendly
3	7 September 2021	Bahir Dar Stadium, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia	Zimbabwe	1–0	1–0	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification

^ ^a ^b "Aschalew Tamene". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
^ "Aschalew Tamene". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 29 July 2020.

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