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Tekle Ghebrelul

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Tekle Ghebrelul (born 2 January 1969) is an Eritrean football manager.[1]

Early life

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Ghebrelul was born in 1969 in Asmara, Eritre.[2] He started playing football in his bare feet at a young age.[3] He was a child soldier and immigrated to Denmark before immigrating to Greenland after seeing a newspaper article about the country.[4][5]

Managerial career

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In 2009, Ghebrelul was appointed manager of Greenlandic side B-67, helping the club win eight league titles.[6] He has been described as a Greenlandic football "legend" and is regarded to have helped create the foundations for football in the country and to have been the national football and futsal team's most successful football manager.[7] After that, he worked as a football manager, teacher, and cleaner in Sweden.[8]

Political career

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Ghebrelul ran for Greenlandic municipal elections for the Inuit Ataqatigiit party.[9]

Personal life

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Ghebrelul has nine older siblings.[10]

References

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  1. ^ "Tekle Ghebrelul: Sådan opleves racismen". sermitsiaq.ag.
  2. ^ "Tekle Ghebrelul. Un entrenador eritreo en Groenlandia - Historias de …". archive.ph. June 21, 2023.
  3. ^ Menary, Steve. "Football on Top of the World: Greenland's Improbable Quest for Relevance". Bleacher Report.
  4. ^ Richter, 11FREUNDE, Louis (August 14, 2017). "Affenlaute in der Arktis". www.11freunde.de.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ Wolff, Reinhard (August 9, 2017). "Rassismus im grönländischen Fußball: Die Sache mit den Bananen". Die Tageszeitung: Taz – via taz.de.
  6. ^ Hansen, Nukappiaaluk (August 21, 2018). "Succestræner rejser: Skal stå i spidsen for svensk futsal-klub". www.sermitsiaq.ag.
  7. ^ "Tekle Ghebrelul. Czarny selekcjoner z białej wyspy". tvp.pl. 19 January 2021.
  8. ^ "Tekle, 53, samlade kroppsdelar som barnsoldat: "Ett huvud där, ett ben där"". vlt.se. 10 October 2022.
  9. ^ "Tekle Ghebrelul, der er landstræner i fodbold, stiller op til kommunalvalget". sermitsiaq.ag. 27 February 2017.
  10. ^ "Bank-intervju: Barnsoldaten som blev grönländsk förbundskapten – nu tränare i Sverige". www.aftonbladet.se. September 15, 2019.