Gebremedhin Haile

Gebremedhin Haile

Personal information
Full name	Gebremedhin Haile Bitew[1]
Place of birth	Ethiopia
Position(s)	Striker
International career
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1987[2]	Ethiopia
Managerial career
2011–2016	Defence[3]
2016	Ethiopia (interim)
2017	Jimma Aba Buna
2017–2018	Jimma Aba Jifar
2018–2020	Mekelle City
2021–2022	Sidama Coffee
2022–2023	Ethiopian Insurance
2023–2024	Ethiopia

Gebremedhin Haile Bitew (Amharic: ገብረመድህን ኃይሌ) is an Ethiopian football coach who most recently the Ethiopia national football team. Often, he is referred to as 'Gebre'.[4]

Club career

Coaching Defence Force S.C. from the start of the 2011-12 Ethiopian Premier League, he vacated his position upon expiry of his contract in July 2016. Gebremedhin took Defence Force S.C. to three Ethiopian Cup finals, winning two.[5] When managing Defence Force S.C. in 2014, he was banned for five matches for obtrusively yelling at a referee for not giving an opposing defender a red card for what he saw as violent play. The two had to be restrained to prevent the fight to escalate[6]

In January 2017 Haile was hired as the manager of Jimma Aba Buna.[7] In August 2018 Haile was hired to be the manager of Mekelle City FC.[8] In 2021, Haile was hired as the manager of Sidama Coffee S.C.[9]

Ethiopia National Team

Taking over from the sacked Yohannes Sahle in May 2016,[10] it was decided he was to be interim coach for a short term-from May to October 9, 2016.[11]

His first game adverse to Lesotho,[12] he beat them 2-1[13] before facing Seychelles in his last game at Ethiopia's helm.[14]

Dismissed from national team manager duties in late 2016, he was replaced by Ashenafi Bekele.[15]

Managerial record

As of match played 15 October 2024

Managerial record by team and tenure

Team	Nat	From	To	Record					Ref.
				G	W	D	L	Win %
Ethiopia		2023	present	11	2	4	5	018.18
Career Total				11	2	4	5	018.18	—

References

1. "National Teams Forum".
2. Gebremedhin Haile at National-Football-Teams.com
3. @omna_tg (February 9, 2016). "Twitter post" (Tweet) – via Twitter. ^[dead link‍]
4. "Ethiopia: Gebremedhin Haile - Ethiopia's Football Giant - allAfrica.com". Archived from the original on 2016-02-15.
5. "Gebremedhin Haile throws in the towel after league cup disappointment". 8 July 2016.
6. http://ehahu.com/?view=sport&link=640&SNID=476&title=Aynalem%20Hailu%20banned%20for%20three%20games,%20Gebremedhin%20Haile%20for%20five%20after%20on%20field%20brawl#.WLuzghhh0UE ^[dead link‍]
7. Mesfin, Daniel (January 23, 2017). "ገብረመድህን ኃይሌ የጅማ አባቡና አሰልጣኝ ሆነው ተሾሙ". Soccer Ethiopia. Archived from the original on February 19, 2020. Retrieved August 30, 2018.
8. "መቐለ ከተማ ከገብረመድህን ኃይሌ ጋር በይፋ ተፈራረመ". 8 August 2018.
9. Legesse, Mikael (February 24, 2021). "ሲዳማ ቡና ሦስት ተጫዋቾችን ወደ ስብስቡ ቀላቅሏል". Soccer Ethiopia.
10. "Ethiopia replace Sahile with Gebremedhin". BBC Sport.
11. "Gebremedhin Haile named interim Ethiopia coach".
12. "Ethiopia seek to boost chances in Maseru".
13. "Ethiopia: National Football Team Extend Hope to Qualify for 2017 Afcon - allAfrica.com". Archived from the original on 2016-08-14.
14. "Ethiopia/Seychelles: Ethiopia to Face Seychelles in African Cup Qualifier - allAfrica.com". Archived from the original on 2016-08-31.
15. "SuperSport".