Mengistu Worku
Ethiopian footballer and manager / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about a person whose name includes a patronymic. The article properly refers to the person by his given name, Mengistu, and not as Worku.
Mengistu Worku (Amharic: መንግስቱ ወርቁ; 1940 – 16 December 2010) was an Ethiopian footballer, recognised as one of the best Ethiopian footballers in history with Luciano Vassalo and Yidnekatchew Tessema. He is best known for his role in the final of the 1962 African Nations Cup, and for being the head coach to take the Ethiopia national team to the African Nations Cup in Libya in 1982.[1][2]
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Date of birth | 1940 | |||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 16 December 2010 (aged 69–70) | |||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | |||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Forward | |||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||
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1956–1972 | Saint George | |||||||||||||||||||
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1959–1970 | Ethiopia [citation needed] | 98 | (61) | |||||||||||||||||
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Saint George | ||||||||||||||||||||
1980–1982 | Ethiopia | |||||||||||||||||||
Ethiopian Insurance F.C. | ||||||||||||||||||||
EEPCO F.C. | ||||||||||||||||||||
CBE SA | ||||||||||||||||||||
Wonji Sugar | ||||||||||||||||||||
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
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