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Yohannes Sahle

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Yohannes Sahle
Personal information
Date of birth (1966-01-01) 1 January 1966 (age 58)[1]
Managerial career
Years Team
Ethiopia U17
Dedebit
2015–2016 Ethiopia
2016 Dedebit
2017–2018 Mekelle City
2018– Dire Dawa City

Yohannes Sahle (born on 1 January 1966) is an Ethiopian football manager and former player.

Playing career

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Sahle played Ethiopian club football in the 1980s.[2]

Coaching career

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After his playing career he emigrated to the United States, gaining citizenship.[2]

He returned to Ethiopia in 2010, working as technical director of the Ethiopian Football Federation.[2] He later managed the Ethiopian under-17 national team and club side Dedebit.[2]

He was appointed manager of the Ethiopia national team in April 2015.[2] He was replaced by Gebremedhin Haile in May 2016.[3]

After taking charge of the Dedebit in June 2016, he was sacked just 3 matches into the 2016–17 season.[4] Sahle finished with a 1–1–2 record in the brief time he spent at the club.[4]

Sahle coached Mekelle City during the 2017–18 Season, leading the team to a 4th-place finish in their debut season in the first division of Ethiopia Football, the Ethiopian Premier League, with a 13–10–7 record amassing 49 points. Sahle left the club after one year at the helm.[5]

Sahle became the coach of Dire Dawa City on 3 August 2018.[6]

References

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  1. ^ FIFA.com
  2. ^ a b c d e Betemariam Hailu (27 April 2015). "Ethiopia appoint Yohannes Sahle as new coach". BBC Sport. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
  3. ^ "Ethiopia replace coach Yohannes Sahile's with a caretaker". BBC Sport. 3 May 2016. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
  4. ^ a b "Breaking: Yohannis Sahle Sacked as Dedebit Coach". Soccer Ethiopia. 29 November 2016.
  5. ^ Taddele, Omna (15 July 2018). "አሰልጣኝ ዮሃንስ ሳህሌ ከመቐለ ከተማ ጋር ተለያይተዋል". Soccer Ethiopia.
  6. ^ Taddele, Omna (3 August 2018). "ዮሃንስ ሳህሌ የድሬዳዋ ከተማ አሰልጣኝ ሆነዋል". Soccer Ethiopia.