Yidnekatchew Tessema
4th President of CAF
In office
1972–1987[1]
Preceded byAbdel Halim Muhammad
Succeeded byAbdel Halim Muhammad
Personal details
Born
Yidnekatchew Tessema Eshete

(1921-09-11)11 September 1921
Jimma, Ethiopian Empire
Died19 August 1987(1987-08-19) (aged 65)
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Association football career
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
1935–1942 Saint-George SA
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1943–1958 Saint-George SA 365 (318)
International career
1947–1957 Ethiopia 15 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Yidnekatchew Tessema (Amharic: ይድነቃቸው ተሠማ; 11 September 1921 – 19 August 1987) was an Ethiopian professional footballer who played as a striker.

Soccer career

He played for his school for five years, for the first Ethiopian soccer team, the St. George Club for 27 years. He played 27 times in international competitions. During the racially segregated footballing of the Italian occupation of Ethiopia, Yidnekatchew translated the rules of soccer into Amharic language for the Native Sports Office.[2] The year following the end of the occupation, Yidnekatchew led the establishment of an official sports federation.[3]

Tessema was a founding member of the Confederation of African Football[4] (CAF) in the late 1950s. He served CAF as the deputy president between 1964 and 1972 and as the President between 1972 and 1987. He was also member of the African Sport Congress, International Olympic Committee,[5] FIFA and President of the African Olympics Committee.

References

  1. ↑ "CAF History". Cafonline.com. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
  2. ↑ Paul Rambali (2008). Barefoot Runner. Profile Books. pp. 44–. ISBN 978-1-84668-653-5.
  3. ↑ Paulos Milkias (2011). Ethiopia. ABC-CLIO. pp. 376–. ISBN 978-1-59884-257-9.
  4. ↑ Xinhua News Bulletin. Xinhua News Agency, Hongkong Branch. 12 October 1985.
  5. ↑ Haile Gabriel Dagne (1 January 2004). Das entwicklungspolitische Engagement der DDR in Äthiopien: eine Studie auf der Basis äthiopischer Quellen. LIT Verlag Münster. pp. 81–. ISBN 978-3-8258-7519-0.
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