Golgol Mebrahtu
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Golgol Mebrahtu | ||
| Date of birth | 28 August 1990 | ||
| Place of birth | Khartoum, Sudan | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker / Winger | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Sparta Prague | ||
| Number | 33 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Brisbane Northern Districts | |||
| Brisbane Olympic | |||
| 2009–2010 | Gold Coast United | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2009 | Brisbane Strikers | 8 | (0) |
| 2009–2012 | Gold Coast United | 26 | (0) |
| 2012–2014 | Melbourne Heart | 26 | (5) |
| 2014–2016 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 9 | (0) |
| 2016–2018 | Mladá Boleslav | 35 | (14) |
| 2018– | Sparta Prague | 1 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2011 | Australia U-23 | 1 | (0) |
|
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 5 March 2018 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 2 June 2011 | |||
Golgol Mebrahtu (born 28 August 1990) is an Australian professional Football (soccer) player who currently plays for Sparta Prague.
Early life
Born in Sudan, Africa, Mebrahtu moved to Brisbane, Australia aged nine as a refugee during the Eritrean–Ethiopian War in 1999.[1]
Club career
In June 2009, Mebrahtu signed a 3-year contract with Gold Coast United, after a successful trial at the club in April.[2]
He was discovered by Gold Coast coach Miron Bleiberg, while he was waiting for a helicopter to take him from Brisbane to the Gold Coast. Bleiberg spotted Mebrahtu training by himself and recognised him from a previous scouting mission.[2]
Melbourne Heart
For the 2012–13 season he played for the Melbourne Heart. He wore the number 14 football jersey. In his first game for Melbourne Heart, he scored the winning goal in the 88th minute against Perth Glory. On 1 January 2013 he scored the first goal of that year.
On 2 February 2014 he was released from Melbourne Heart, 3 days before the end of the transfer window.[3]
Western Sydney Wanderers
On 3 February 2014 he signed with Western Sydney Wanderers along with Daniel Mullen. However, since there were no spaces remaining in the club's A-League squad, Mebrahtu was only eligible to participate in Western Sydney Wanderers' 2014 AFC Champions League campaign during the 2013–14 season.[4] On 5 March 2014, following a long term injury to Tahj Minniecon, Mebrahtu was added to Western Sydney Wanderers' A-League squad.[5] Mebrahtu made his debut for the Wanderers against Sydney FC as a substitute in the 71st minute, but was replaced 6 minutes later when injured in a tackle by Sydney FC midfielder Richard Garcia.[6]
On 5 May 2016 Mebrahtu was released by the Western Sydney Wanderers.[7]
Mladá Boleslav
In mid-2016, Mebrahtu joined Czech First League club Mladá Boleslav.[8] He scored 6 goals in 14 matches in the 2017-18 season, but fell out of the matchday squad after the arrival of new Mladá Boleslav head coach Jozef Weber and Mebrahtu's contract was mutually terminated in August 2018.[9]
Sparta Prague
On 20 August 2018 it was announced he had signed a one year contract with Sparta Prague.[10]
International career
Mebrahtu made his international debut for Australia under-23 in 2011, coming on in the second half of a loss to Japan.[11]
A-League career statistics
- As of 5 May 2016
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Asia | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Gold Coast United | 2009–10 | 6 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 6 | 0 |
| 2010–11 | 8 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 8 | 0 | |
| 2011–12 | 12 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 12 | 0 | |
| Gold Coast total | 26 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | |
| Melbourne Heart | 2012–13 | 14 | 4 | – | – | – | – | 14 | 4 |
| 2013–14 | 12 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 12 | 0 | |
| Heart total | 26 | 4 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 26 | 4 | |
| Western Sydney Wanderers | 2013–14 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2014–15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2015–16 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – | – | 8 | 1 | |
| Wanderers total | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | |
| Career total | 62 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 5 | |
Honours
- Club
References
- ↑ "Refugee hardships put injuries into perspective". Sunshine Coast Daily. 9 January 2016. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
- 1 2 Miron's gut instinct now a fairytale for Golgol
- ↑ "Melbourne Heart release Mebrahtu". Football Federation Australia. 2 February 2014. Archived from the original on 25 March 2014.
- ↑ "Mebrahtu and Mullen become Wanderers". Football Federation Australia. 3 February 2014.
- ↑ "Mebrahtu joins A-League Squad". Football Federation Australia. 5 March 2014.
- ↑ Greco, John (9 March 2014). "Wanderers loss compounded by Mebrahtu injury". Football Federation Australia. Archived from the original on 27 March 2014.
- ↑ "Wanderers announce player departures". Western Sydney Wanderers. 5 May 2016.
- ↑ Somerford, Ben (14 August 2016). "Golgol's Czech mate move". FourFourTwo. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
- ↑ "Golgol do Sparty. Překvapivý tah, přichází v Boleslavi nechtěný útočník". iDNES.cz. 2018-08-20. Retrieved 2018-08-21.
- ↑ https://sport.aktuality.sk/c/352106/golgol-mebrahtu-novou-posilou-sparty-praha/
- ↑ "Second half Japan surge too much for Olyroos". GGArmy.com. 1 June 2011. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
External links
- Golgol Mebrahtu at Soccerway