Benjamin Kibebe

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Benjamin Kibebe
Personnel
birthday August 13, 1981
place of birth Addis Ababa ,  Ethiopia
size 187 cm
position Defender
Juniors
Years station
1988-1993 Rågsveds IF
1994-1996 IF Brommapojkarna
1997 Hammarby IF
1998-1999 AIK
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
2000-2004 AIK 80 (2)
2005-2006 Tromso IL 44 (4)
2007-2008 Aalesunds FK 35 (1)
2008-2010 FC Nordsjælland 56 (1)
2010-2011 FC Luzern 11 (1)
2011–2012 SC Kriens 3 (0)
2012-2013 FC Midtjylland 9 (0)
National team
Years selection Games (goals) 2
2000-2002 Sweden U 21 6 (0)
2001 Sweden 1 (0)
1 Only league games are given.
As of January 1, 2017

2 As of January 1, 2017

Benjamin Kibebe (born August 13, 1981 in Addis Ababa ) is a former Swedish football player of Ethiopian origin. The defender , who has spent part of his career in Norway, Denmark and Switzerland, made his only appearance for the Swedish national team in 2001 .

Career

Kibebe started playing football at Rågsveds IF in 1988 . In 1994 he moved to the youth department of IF Brommapojkarna before moving to Hammarby IF after three years . There he stayed only one season, however, and joined local rivals AIK in 1998 .

In 1999, Kibebe moved up to the men's squad of AIK, but initially only played in the Svenska Cupen in the 1-0 win against Västerås SK in the round of the last 64 teams. He made his debut in the Allsvenskan in the following season and came to ten premier league appearances, as well as one game in the European Cup . He was then appointed to the opening international matches of the Swedish national team in 2001. In the 1-0 defeat against the Finnish national team by a goal by Timo Marjamaa on February 1 of that year, he made his debut as a substitute when he replaced Olof Persson at half-time in the national jersey. In the subsequent 2001 season he was able to establish himself on the side of Per Nilsson , Jimmy Tamandi and Daniel Tjernström as a regular in the defense and played 24 of the 26 league games.

After AIK separated from the former trainer Olle Nordin , Kibebe lost his regular place under his successor Peter Larsson . Even when he was knocked out during the season, he found himself mainly on the bench under Dušan Uhrin . It was only under the English coach Richard Money that he was preferred again and played 21 games in the 2004 season .

Nevertheless, Kibebe announced his departure from Swedish football and moved to the Norwegian Tippeligaen to Tromsø IL . For the two-time national cup winner to date, he only missed one league game in his first season. At the end of the following season, Sturla Voll , the coach of the league rivals Aalesunds FK , who had been promoted to the first division , tried to sign the defender. Even at his new club, with which he fought against direct relegation to the Adeccoligaen , he was a regular player and was used in all 26 first division games. After another six months in the Tippeligaen, he left the club.

In the summer of 2008 Kibebe signed a three-year contract with FC Nordsjælland in the Danish Superliga . Due to the Norwegian transfer system, he was only eligible to play for his new employer from August 1, but was still able to play in the club's initial formation. At the side of Dennis Cagara , Henrik Kildentoft , and his compatriots Johnny Lundberg and Andreas Dahl , he played 30 games in his debut season, in the 3-1 away win over SønderjyskE he scored his only league goal. After Andreas Bjelland was signed in the summer of 2009, he was temporarily pushed out of the starting line-up, but was still able to stay in the defensive line for long periods of the season. At the end of the season he reached the final of the national cup with the club . There he formed the four-man defense chain with Pierre Bengtsson , Michael Parkhurst and Henrik Kildentoft, which remained without conceding a goal in extra time after goals from Nicolai Winther-Stokholm and Bajram Fetai in the 2-0 win over FC Midtjylland and thus contributed to the title win.

At the beginning of May 2010, Kibebe signed a three-year contract with the Swiss Super League club FC Luzern , but already moved to the second highest Swiss league after one season at SC Kriens , before moving to the Danish first division club FC Midtjylland in the following season 2012/13 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ "Herr: Uddamålsförlust mot Finland" - match report at svenskfotboll.se ( Memento from September 11, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) (accessed on February 15, 2009)
  2. ↑ "Kibebe klar for Aalesund" - article at fotball.adressa.no ( memento of November 24, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on February 15, 2009)
  3. ↑ "FC Nordsjælland henter svensker" - article at berlingske.dk (accessed on February 15, 2009)
  4. ↑ FC Luzern signs Swedish central defenders
personal data
SURNAME Kibebe, Benjamin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH August 13, 1981
PLACE OF BIRTH Addis Ababa