Lencho Skibba
Appearance
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Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 18 February 1988 | ||
Place of birth | Dire Dawa, Ethiopia | ||
Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Minnesota Thunder | ||
Number | 19 | ||
Youth career | |||
2003–2007 | Alemannia Aachen | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2007 | Minnesota Thunder | 5 | (0) |
2007–2008 | Kastoria F.C. | 6 | (0) |
International career | |||
2007 | Ethiopia | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 October 2009 |
Lencho Skibba (Amharic: ለንችሆ ጽኪብባ, born 18 February 1988 in Dire Dawa) is an Ethiopian football midfielder.
Skibba began his career with USL First Division side Minnesota Thunder, and joined Kastoria F.C. in the Greek Beta Ethniki for the 2007–08 season.[1]
Skibba played youth football in Ethiopia until he was adopted by German parents in 2003. He played in the youth system for Alemannia Aachen until 2007, when he moved to the United States and joined the Minnesota Thunder.
References
- ^ ΠΑΝΣΕΡΡΑΙΚΟΣ ΜΓΣ ΠΑΕ – ΚΑΣΤΟΡΙΑ ΠΑΕ (in Greek). EPAE. Retrieved 12 October 2009.
Categories:
- 1988 births
- Living people
- Ethiopian men's footballers
- Ethiopia men's international footballers
- Minnesota Thunder players
- German people of Ethiopian descent
- Sportspeople of Ethiopian descent
- Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States
- Kastoria 1980 F.C. players
- Men's association football midfielders
- Sportspeople from Dire Dawa
- Oromo people
- Sportspeople from Oromia Region
- Ethiopian football biography stubs