Yohannes Sahle Explained

Yohannes Sahle
Birth Date:1 January 1966[1]
Managerclubs1:Ethiopia U17
Managerclubs2:Dedebit
Manageryears3:2015–2016
Managerclubs3:Ethiopia
Manageryears4:2016
Managerclubs4:Dedebit
Manageryears5:2017–2018
Managerclubs5:Mekelle City
Manageryears6:2018–

Yohannes Sahle (born on 1 January 1966) is an Ethiopian football manager and former player.

Playing career

Sahle played Ethiopian club football in the 1980s.

Coaching career

After his playing career he emigrated to the United States, gaining citizenship.

He returned to Ethiopia in 2010, working as technical director of the Ethiopian Football Federation. He later managed the Ethiopian under-17 national team and club side Dedebit.

He was appointed manager of the Ethiopia national team in April 2015.[2] He was replaced by Gebremedhin Haile in May 2016.[3]

After taking charge of the Dedebit in June 2016, he was sacked just 3 matches into the 2016–17 season.[4] Sahle finished with a 1–1–2 record in the brief time he spent at the club.

Sahle coached Mekelle City during the 2017–18 Season, leading the team to a 4th-place finish in their debut season in the first division of Ethiopia Football, the Ethiopian Premier League, with a 13–10–7 record amassing 49 points. Sahle left the club after one year at the helm.[5]

Sahle became the coach of Dire Dawa City on 3 August 2018.[6]

Notes and References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20171201040624/http://www.fifa.com/fifa-tournaments/players-coaches/people=387386/index.html FIFA.com
  2. Web site: Ethiopia appoint Yohannes Sahle as new coach. 27 April 2015. 29 April 2015. Betemariam Hailu. BBC Sport.
  3. Web site: Ethiopia replace coach Yohannes Sahile's with a caretaker. 3 May 2016. 3 May 2016. BBC Sport.
  4. News: Breaking: Yohannis Sahle Sacked as Dedebit Coach. 29 November 2016. Soccer Ethiopia.
  5. News: አሰልጣኝ ዮሃንስ ሳህሌ ከመቐለ ከተማ ጋር ተለያይተዋል. Taddele. Omna. 15 July 2018. Soccer Ethiopia.
  6. News: ዮሃንስ ሳህሌ የድሬዳዋ ከተማ አሰልጣኝ ሆነዋል. Taddele. Omna. 3 August 2018. Soccer Ethiopia.