Abebaw Butako
Personal information
Date of birth (1987-04-20) 20 April 1987
Place of birth Arba Minch, Ethiopia
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Left back
Team information
Current team
 Arba Minch FC
Number 14
Youth career
Saint George
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2014 Saint George
2014–2015 Al-Hilal Omdurman
2015– Arba Minch FC
International career‡
2008–2017 Ethiopia 46 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 29 January 2013

Abebaw Butako (Amharic: ዓበባው ቡጣቆ, born 20 April 1987) is an Ethiopian professional footballer. He currently plays for the Arba Minch FC.

Career

Abebaw is a defender and is part of the Ethiopia national football team. He began his career with Saint-George SA, the club where he played from 2005 - 2014. In August 2014 he transferred to one of Sudan's giant club Al-Hilal Omdurman. A year later he signed with his hometown club Arba Minch City, who made him the Ethiopian Premier League's highest-paid player with a salary of 75,000 birr a month.[1]

International career

Abebaw debuted for Ethiopia in 2008. He is on the final list of players called for 2013 African Nations Cup.

International goals

Scores and results list Ethiopia's goal tally first.[2]
NoDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.7 December 2010National Stadium, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Zambia1–02–12010 CECAFA Cup
2.15 October 2014Stade du 26 Mars, Bamako, Mali Mali3–23–12015 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

References

  1. ↑ Berhanu, Markos (24 August 2015). "Abebaw Butako joins Arba Minch City". Ethiosports. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  2. ↑ "Butako, Abebaw". National Football Teams. Retrieved 20 April 2017.


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