Getaneh Kebede

Getaneh Kebede (Amharic: ጌታነህ ከበደ, born 2 April 1992 in Dilla town, around 360 Kilometers south of Addis Ababa, is an Ethiopian footballer who plays for Ethiopian Premier League club Dedebit and the Ethiopian national team.

This article is about a person whose name includes a patronymic. The article properly refers to the person by his given name, Getaneh, and not as Kebede.
Getaneh Kebede
Personal information
Full name Getaneh Kebede Gebeto
Date of birth (1992-04-02) 2 April 1992
Place of birth Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position(s) Striker
Club information
Current team
 Saint George S.C.
Youth career
2009–2010 Defence Force Addis Abeba
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2013 Dedebit
2013–2016 Bidvest Wits 30 (9)
2015–2016 University of Pretoria F.C. (loan) 15 (1)
2016–2018 Dedebit 45 (25)
2018– Saint George S.C.
National team‡
2010– Ethiopia 44 (23)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10 October 2013
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 9 September 2018

Club career

He began his club career with Debub Police, before which he moved to Dedebit. He was the 2013 top scorer of the Ethiopian Premier league. On July 19, 2013, it was announced that Kebede succeeded in a trial with Bidvest Wits and signed a three-year contract with the team.[1] On September 2016 he joined his old club dedebit. On August 14, 2018 the 29 time league champions Saint George S.C. announced they had signed Kebede to a two year contract.[2]

International career

Getaneh is part of the Ethiopia national football team where he made his debut in a 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Somalia in November 2011. In the second-leg against Somalia, he scored two goals in a 5–0 win, which sent Ethiopia to the second round of World Cup qualification. Getaneh Kebede scored twice against Algeria in 2017 African cap of nations qualifier held in Addis Ababa to deny the Desert Foxes booking their tickets for cap of nations. Ethiopia draw 3–3 with superb performance from Kebede on Tuesday, Mar 29, 2016.[3] He Scored 2 goals against Lesotho in 2-1 win on 5 June 2016 and added 1 more on the return game at Awassa Kenema Stadium on September 3, 2016. Ethiopia Won the game 2-1 and finished runner up in group J and unable to qualify for 2017 African cup of nations. However Getaneh is the second top scorer of the qualifications with 6 goals behind El Arabi Hillel Soudani of Algeria who tops the list with 7 goals.

International goals
Scores and results list Ethiopia's goal tally first.[4]
NoDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.16 November 2011Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Somalia4–05–02014 FIFA World Cup qualification
2.5–0
3.28 November 2011National Stadium, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Sudan1–11–12011 CECAFA Cup
4.8 September 2012Al-Merrikh Stadium, Omdurman, Sudan Sudan1–13–52013 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
5.30 December 2012Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Niger1–01–0Friendly
6.24 March 2013Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Botswana1–01–02014 FIFA World Cup qualification
7.16 June 2013Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia South Africa1–12–12014 FIFA World Cup qualification
8.10 September 2014Kamuzu Stadium, Blantyre, Malawi Malawi1–12–32015 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
9.15 October 2014Stade du 26 Mars, Bamako, Mali Mali2–13–22015 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
10.14 November 2015Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Congo1–03–42018 FIFA World Cup qualification
11.17 November 2015Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat, Brazzaville, Republic of Congo Congo1–01–22018 FIFA World Cup qualification
12.25 March 2016Stade Mustapha Tchaker, Blida, Algeria Algeria1–61–72017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
13.29 March 2016Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Algeria1–03–32017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
14.2–1
15.5 June 2016Setsoto Stadium, Maseru, Lesotho Lesotho1–02–12017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
16.2–0
17.3 September 2016Awassa Kenema Stadium, Awassa, Ethiopia Seychelles1–12–12017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
18.15 July 2017El Hadj Hassan Gouled Aptidon Stadium, Djibouti City, Djibouti Djibouti1–05–12018 African Nations Championship qualification
19.2–0
20.4–0
21.5–1
22.3 September 2018Awassa Kenema Stadium, Awassa, Ethiopia Burundi1–11–1Friendly
23.9 September 2018Awassa Kenema Stadium, Awassa, Ethiopia Sierra Leone1–01–02019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

References
  1. Ethiosports: Getaneh Kebede Completes Wits Move (in English) 19 July 2013
  2. "የጌታነህ ከበደ ማረፊያ ቅዱስ ጊዮርጊስ ሆኗል". Soccer Ethiopia. August 14, 2018.
  3. "Ethiopia defeat Somalia 2014 World Cup group phase". BBC Sport. 2011-11-16. Retrieved 2013-07-15.Getaneh Kebede scored either side of Islam Slimani's equaliser to put Ethiopia 2–1 up on Tuesday.
  4. "Kebede, Getaneh". National Football Teams. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
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