Sewnet Bishaw
Ethiopian football manager (born 1952) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Sewnet Bishaw (Amharic: ሰውነት ቢሻው; born 1 January 1952) is an Ethiopian football manager.
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Full name | Sewnet Bishaw | ||
Date of birth | (1952-01-01) 1 January 1952 (age 72) | ||
Place of birth | Bure, West Gojjam Zone | ||
Managerial career | |||
Years | Team | ||
2004–2006 | Ethiopia | ||
2011–2014 | Ethiopia |
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He achieved regional success with the Ethiopia national football team in 2005 when he won the CECAFA Cup during his first spell as manager.[1]
In October 2011 Sewnet was re-appointed to the position after the resignation of Belgian coach, Tom Saintfiet.[2] A year later, he helped Ethiopia qualify for their tenth Africa Cup of Nations tournament since 1982.[3] He was sacked in August 2014, following poor results in 2014 World Cup qualifiers final game as Ethiopia suffered a loss to Nigeria by aggregate on its attempt to reach the 2014 FIFA World Cup.[4][5]