Yohannes Sahle

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

Yohannes Sahle
Personal information
Date of birth (1966-01-01) 1 January 1966[1]
Teams managed
Ethiopia U17
Dedebit
2015–2016 Ethiopia
2016 Dedebit
2017–2018 Mekelle City
2018– Dire Dawa City

Playing career

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

Coaching career

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
  1. https://www.fifa.com/fifa-tournaments/players-coaches/people=387386/index.html
  2. 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. "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.


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