List of Saint George S.C. players

Saint George Sports Club is an Ethiopian professional association football club based in Addis Abeba, who currently play in the Ethiopian Premier League. They have played at their current home ground, Addis Abeba Stadium, since its opening in 1940.

Saint George's first set of players were selected from students attending to local Addis Abeba school, Teferi Mekonen and Kidus Giorgis (Saint George).[1]

Players

The first players to play for Saint George include:[1]

  • / George Ducas
  • Ayale Atnash
  • Tadesse Gete
  • Metasebia Tessema
  • Tesfaye Abegas
  • Kassa Wolde
  • Kebede Gete
  • Afework Gebremeskel
  • Tesfaye Memeray
  • Tadesse Tessema
  • Beyene Woldemariam
  • Yidnekatchew Tessema (1935-1958)[2]

List of other Saint George players:

Saint George players
Name Nationality Position St. George Career
Abebaw Butako Ethiopia DF 2005–2014
Abubaker Sani[3] Ethiopia
Adane Girma Ethiopia FW 2007–2018
Alula Girma[3] Ethiopia
Degu Debebe[3] (C) Ethiopia
Denis Onyango[4] Uganda GK 2005-2006
Emi Ndeyzim[5] Uganda GK
Fisseha Woldeamanuel Ethiopia
Hannington Kalyesubula[4] Uganda GK 2006-2008
Minyahil Teshome Ethiopia MF
Mengistu Worku Ethiopia FW 1956–1972
Mohammed "Turk" Ahmed[6] Ethiopia FW
Oumed Oukri[7] Ethiopia FW 2012–2014
Robert Odongkara[3] Uganda GK 2011–2018
Shimelis Bekele Ethiopia MF 2011–2013
Shewangizaw Agonafir Ethiopia
Zerihun Shengeta[8] Ethiopia
Zerihun Tadele Ethiopia GK

References
  1. "Our History". Saint George FC.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. Gebrehiwot, Mamo (September 10, 2020). "Yidnekachew Tessema: The Father of Ethiopian Football was born 99 years ago today". Ethiosports.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. Berhanu, Markos (October 29, 2017). "Kidus Giorgis Beat Wolaitta Dicha to Lift Ethiopia Super Cup". Ethiosports.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. Legesse, Mikael (March 11, 2021). "አዲስ የውጪ ዜጋ ግብ ጠባቂ በቅዱስ ጊዮርጊስ?". Soccer Ethiopia.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. Samson, Michael (March 16, 2020). "St George suspend Serbian Coach Zivojnov". Capital Ethiopia.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. Mesfin, Daniel (March 5, 2021). "መሐመድ አህመድ "ቱርክ" ማን ነው?". Soccer Ethiopia.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. Berhanu, Markos (May 21, 2014). "Umed joins Al Ittihad in Egypt". Ethiosports.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. Legesse, Mikael (March 19, 2021). "ፈረሰኞቹ የቀድሞ ምክትል አሠልጣኛቸውን ወደ ዋናው ቡድን መልሰዋል". Soccer Ethiopia.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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