Beneyam Demte | |
Fullname: | Beneyam Belye Demte |
Birth Date: | 18 July 1998 |
Birth Place: | Dire Dawa, Ethiopia |
Currentclub: | Saint George |
Clubnumber: | 7 |
Position: | Attacking midfielder |
Years1: | 2014–2017 |
Clubs1: | CBE SA |
Caps1: | 74 |
Goals1: | 38 |
Years2: | 2017–2019 |
Clubs2: | Skënderbeu |
Caps2: | 25 |
Goals2: | 1 |
Years3: | 2019–2020 |
Clubs3: | Syrianska |
Caps3: | 26 |
Goals3: | 2 |
Years4: | 2020 |
Clubs4: | Umeå |
Caps4: | 22 |
Goals4: | 1 |
Nationalyears1: | 2015– |
Nationalteam1: | Ethiopia |
Nationalcaps1: | 27 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Pcupdate: | 20:27, 8 July 2023 (UTC) |
Ntupdate: | 13:55, 20 June 2023 (UTC) |
Clubs5: | Sidama Coffee |
Years5: | 2021 |
Caps5: | 6 |
Goals5: | 0 |
Clubs6: | Defence Force |
Years6: | 2021 - 2022 |
Caps6: | 23 |
Goals6: | 2 |
Clubs7: | Saint George |
Years7: | 2022 - |
Caps7: | 50 |
Goals7: | 3 |
Beneyam Belye Demte (Amharic: ቤኔያም ዴምቴ; born 18 July 1998) is an Ethiopian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Ethiopian Premier League club Saint George and the Ethiopia national team.
Beneyam began his career at CBE SA. From June 2017 he completed a trial in Germany at the second division Dynamo Dresden. In mid-July 2017, it was announced that Belye will not receive a contract. He then trained with the league rivals FC Erzgebirge Aue. He also had an invitation at Austria Bundesliga club FC Red Bull Salzburg for a test training. He was not obliged by both.
In August 2017, Belye finally signed with Albania to KF Skënderbeu Korçë. He made his league debut for the club on 15 October 2017 in a 4-1 home victory over KF Lushnja. He was subbed on for Ali Sowe in the 78th minute.[1] On February 23, 2019 Beneyam joined Swedish Division 1 Norra, second Tier team Syrianska FC on a free transfer.
Beneyam made a debut for Ethiopia in September 2015 as he was used as a substitute in a friendly match against the Republic of Botswana.