Adane Girma

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Adane Girma

Personal information
Date of birth	(1985-06-25) 25 June 1985
Place of birth	Awassa, Sidama Region, Ethiopia
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Club information
Current team	Wolkite City F.C.
Number	19
Youth career
–2004	Awassa City FC
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2004–2007	Awassa City FC
2007–2018	Saint-George SA		(137)
2018–2019	Awassa City FC		(2)
2019-	Wolkite City F.C.
National team‡
2004–2014	Ethiopia	45	(9)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 October 2012 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 September 2014

Adane Girma (Amharic: አዳነ ግርማ; born 25 June 1985) is an Ethiopian footballer who plays for Wolkite City. He was a member of the Ethiopia national team from 2006 to 2015 and made 45 appearances scoring 9 goals.

Club career

Adane began his career with Hawassa Kenema FC in summer 2007, then left the team and moved to Saint-George SA. He was later transformed to striker, a role in which he did very well by being one of the best scorers of the Ethiopian Premier League in the 2009–10 season. He can also play at full-back. Adane and Getaneh Kebede of Dedebit FC shared the 2010–11 Ethiopian Premier League goal scoring title after they finished the season with 20 goals each. He was also awarded as best player of the league in that season.

In 2018, Adane was let go by his long time club Saint George S.C. Soon after Adane was able to agree to a contract with his former club Hawassa Kenema FC.

International career

Adane was a key player for the Ethiopia national team during the qualification of the 2013 African Cup of Nations. On his first appearance of African Cup of Nations, Adane played at central midfielder position in place of another sensational young midfielder Addis Hintsa. Because of the more cautious approach to the first match against 2012 Champions Zambia, the Coach chose to play Adane in the central position, leaving Addis Hintsa on the bench. With great skill and short passing, Adane managed to lead the team to a draw. His team played with only 10-man for more than 70 minutes of the match. Shortly after the introduction of Addis Hintsa, Adane played in a more in attacking position. On the 65th minute, Adane would receive a great pass from the striker Saladin Said which he converted it to a magnificent low corner goal.

Adane was named to the Ethiopian squad for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations. He scored the equalizer in team Ethiopia's first match against Zambia in the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations, in Nelspruit, South Africa.

Adane retired from the Ethiopian national team in 2015.

Career statistics

Scores and results list Ethiopia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Adane goal.

List of international goals scored by Adane Girma

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	22 June 2008	Addis Abeba, Ethiopia	Mauritania	6–1	6–1	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
2	30 November 2009	Nairobi, Kenya	Djibouti	2–0	5–0	2009 CECAFA Cup
3				3–0
4	8 October 2011	Addis Abeba, Ethiopia	Madagascar	2–1	4–2	2012 CAF qualification
5	2 December 2011	Dar es Salaam, Tanzania	Malawi	1–0	1–1	2011 CECAFA Cup
6	17 June 2012	Cotonou, Benin	Benin	1–1	1–1	2013 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
7	8 September 2012	Khartoum, Sudan	Sudan	2–3	3–5	2013 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
8	14 October 2012	Addis Abeba, Ethiopia	Sudan	1–0	2–0	2013 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
9	21 January 2013	Nelspruit, South Africa	Zambia	1–1	1–1	2013 Africa Cup of Nations

External links

• Adane Girma – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Adane Girma at National-Football-Teams.com