Firew Solomon

Firew Solomon
Personal information
Full name	Firew Solomon Ayele
Date of birth	18 September 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth	Hawassa, Ethiopia
Height	1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s)	Winger
Team information
Current team	Sidama Coffee
Senior career*
Years	Team
2014–2016	Defence Force
2016–2018	Hawassa City
2018–2020	Defence Force
2020–2021	Wolkite City
2021–	Sidama Coffee
International career‡
2015–	Ethiopia
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:47, 23 December 2021 (UTC); ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 09:08, 13 February 2023 (UTC)

Firew Solomon Ayele (Amharic: ፍሬው ሰለሞን; born 18 September 1992) is an Ethiopian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Ethiopian Premier League club Sidama Coffee and the Ethiopia national team.

Club career

Solomon began his career with the Ethiopian club Defence Force, and helped them win the 2015 Ethiopian Cup. On 2 August 2016, he transferred to Hawassa City.^[1] In 2018, he returned to Defence Force. He had a maligned stint Wolkite City in the 2020–21 season, where he left after accusations of drinking and harassing teammates.^[2] 2021, he moved to Sidama Coffee.^[3]

International career

Solomon made his international debut with the Ethiopia national team in a 1–0 friendly loss to Zambia on 7 June 2015.^[4] He was part of the Ethiopia squad at the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations.^{[citation needed]}

Personal life

Solomon is known by the nickname Taquru ("the strong" Amharic: ጣቁሩ) in Ethiopia.^[2] He is a Christian.^[3]

Honours

Defense Force

Ethiopian Cup: 2015

References

^ "ሀዋሳ ከተማ ፍሬው ሰለሞንን አስፈረመ - ሶከር ኢትዮጵያ". 2 August 2016.
^ ^a ^b ""ለሲዳማ ቡና ምርጥ ብቃቴን አሳይቼ ለብሄራዊ ቡድን ለመመረጥና ፕሮፌሽናል ለመሆን እጥራለሁ" – ፍሬው ሰለሞን /ጣቁሩ/ – /ሲዳማ ቡና/". 17 October 2021.
^ ^a ^b "ሊግ ስፖርት ያለፉትን 20 ዓመታት በገበያው ላይ ያለች የስፖርት ጋዜጣ".
^ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Ethiopia vs. Zambia (0:1)". www.national-football-teams.com.

External links

Firew Solomon at National-Football-Teams.com
Firew Solomon at Soccerway

[1] "ሀዋሳ ከተማ ፍሬው ሰለሞንን አስፈረመ - ሶከር ኢትዮጵያ". 2 August 2016.

[auto1-2] ""ለሲዳማ ቡና ምርጥ ብቃቴን አሳይቼ ለብሄራዊ ቡድን ለመመረጥና ፕሮፌሽናል ለመሆን እጥራለሁ" – ፍሬው ሰለሞን /ጣቁሩ/ – /ሲዳማ ቡና/". 17 October 2021.

[auto-3] "ሊግ ስፖርት ያለፉትን 20 ዓመታት በገበያው ላይ ያለች የስፖርት ጋዜጣ".

[4] Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Ethiopia vs. Zambia (0:1)". www.national-football-teams.com.

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