Tekle Ghebrelul

Ghebrelul was born in 1969 in Asmara, Eritrea.^[2] He started playing football in his bare feet at a young age.^[3] He was a child soldier and immigrated to Denmark before immigrating to Greenland after seeing a newspaper article about the country.^[4][5]

In 2009, Ghebrelul was appointed manager of Greenlandic side B-67, helping the club win eight league titles.^[6] He has been described as a Greenlandic football "legend" and is regarded to have helped create the foundations for football in the country and to have been the national football and futsal team's most successful football manager.^[7] After that, he worked as a football manager, teacher, and cleaner in Sweden.^[8]