Sisay Bancha

Sisay Bancha (Amharic: ሲሳይ ባንጫ, 24 August 1989) is an Ethiopian professional football player who currently plays for the Ethiopian Premier League team Dedebit[1] and the number one goalkeeper of the current Ethiopian national football team.[2][3]

This article is about a person whose name includes a patronymic. The article properly refers to the person by his given name, Sisay, and not as Bancha.
Sisay Bancha
Personal information
Full name Sisay Bancha Basa
Date of birth (1989-08-24) 24 August 1989
Place of birth Sidama Zone, Ethiopia
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Dedebit
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2012 Ethiopian Coffee
2012– Dedebit
National team‡
2012– Ethiopia 6 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 29 January 2013

Career

The 5'11" goalkeeper left Sidama Coffee for Dedebit in July 2012 after establishing himself as one of the best goalkeepers in the Ethiopian Premier League. Sisay looks to have a promising career ahead of him for club and country. In 2008, he was awarded with the best Ethiopian goalkeeper of the year award.

International career

Sisay debuted for Ethiopia in 2012, and so far has collected 6 caps, being sent off in two of them.

References
  1. "Sisay Bancha". National-Football-Teams.com. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
  2. "Nations Cup 2013: Ethiopia name squad". BBC Sport. 2 January 2013.
  3. Yeshiwas, Samuel (2 January 2013). "AFCON 2013: Final squad known". Ethiosports.com. Retrieved 21 January 2013. External link in |newspaper= (help)


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