Ethiopia’s Walia ibex arrive in Yaounde ahead of AFCON 2021

Ethiopia’s national football team, Walia Ibex arrived in Yaounde, Cameroon on Sunday to prepare ahead of the TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) 2021.

Head coach Wubetu Abate said the team will camp in Yaounde to prepare ahead of the competition.

“Camping away from home will help us better to concentrate and also get used to the weather here in Yaounde where we shall be based,” added Abate.

Ethiopia are placed in Group A alongside Cape Verde, Burkina Faso and hosts Cameroon.

The squad is dominated by locally based players featuring in the Ethiopian Premier League and only

Apart from two professional players Shemeles Bekele (El Gouna, Egypt) and Mujib Kassim (JS Kabilye), all the other players on the team feature for sides in the Ethiopian Premier League.

Ethiopia will open their campaign against Cape Verde on January 9^th at the Olembe Stadium in Yaounde, before facing the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon January 13^th. They will take on Burkina Faso in their last Group match on January 17th.

Squad

Goalkeepers: Tekelemariam Shanko (Sidama Coffee), Fasil Gebre Michael (Bahir Dar City), Jemal Tasew (Adama City )

Defenders: Ramadan Yesuf (Wolkite City), Desta Yohannes (Adama City), Asrat Tunjo (Ethiopian Coffee), Suleman Hamid (Saint George), Yared Bayeh (Fasil Kenema), Aschalew Tamene (Fasil Kenema), Megnot Debebe (Saint George), Menaf Awol (Bahir Dar City)

Midfielders: Amanuel Yohannes (Ethiopian Coffee), Menaf Fitsum Alemu (Bahir Dar City), Gatouch Panom (Saint George), Mesoud Mohammed (Jima Aba Jifar), Shemeles Bekele (El Gouna, Egypt) , Firew Solomon (Sidama Coffee), Bezabeh Meleyo (Fasil Kenema )

Strikers: Abubeker Nasser (Ethiopian Coffee), Getaneh Kebede ( Wolkite City), Amanuel Gebre Michael (Saint George), Mesfin Tafesse (Hawasa City), Dawa Hotessa (Adama City), Shemeket Gugesa Fasil Kenema), Mujib Kassim (JS Kabilye, Algeria)