Abraham Mebratu
Ethiopian football coach (born 1970)
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Abraham Mebratu (Amharic: አብርሃም መብራቱ) is an Ethiopian football coach.
Managerial career
Yemen
Under-22
Coach of the Yemen U22 for the 2013 AFC U-22 Championship qualification, Mebratu led the team to 1–0 victory over Nepal in their first group stage clash,[2] facing Uzbekistan in their second[2] and holding them to a mundane 1–1 draw. Next, he led his charges to a 5–1 triumph over Bangladesh, sealing qualification into the 2013 tournament.[3]
Holding the post of Yemen Football Association technical director, Mebratu expressed concern for the preparation of the Under-23 players ahead of the 2016 AFC U-23 Championship due to the Yemeni Civil War which is afflicting football in Yemen by the prorogation of the local league.[4]
Senior
Booking their place in the second round of the 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification by beating the Maldives twice 2–0 in the play-offs, the Ethiopian-born coach praised his Yemen national team players for their efforts in the qualifying phase.[5]
He was an instructor for a B License Coaching Course held in Ethiopia in 2012.[6]
In March 2018, his Yemen senior team qualified for the 2019 AFC Asian Cup for the first time.[7]
Ethiopia
On July 19, 2018, Mebratu was appointed head coach of the Ethiopian national team.[8] In August 2020, the Ethiopian Football Federation (EFF) decided not to renew his contract amid the COVID-19 pandemic.[9]
