Maren_Haile-Selassie
Maren Haile-Selassie
Swiss footballer (born 1999)
Maren Haile-Selassie (born 13 March 1999) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays for Major League Soccer side Chicago Fire as a left midfielder.[1]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1999-03-13) 13 March 1999 (age 25) | ||
| Place of birth | Zürich, Switzerland | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Left midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Chicago Fire | ||
| Number | 7 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2009–2012 | FC Zürich | ||
| 2012–2013 | FC Volketswil | ||
| 2013–2014 | FC Zürich | ||
| 2014 | FC Volketswil | ||
| 2014–2017 | Zürich | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017–2021 | Zürich | 7 | (0) |
| 2019 | → Rapperswil-Jona (loan) | 18 | (2) |
| 2019–2020 | → Neuchâtel Xamax (loan) | 24 | (1) |
| 2020–2021 | → Wil (loan) | 35 | (7) |
| 2021–2022 | Neuchâtel Xamax | 17 | (5) |
| 2022–2023 | Lugano | 32 | (3) |
| 2023 | → Chicago Fire (loan) | 32 | (6) |
| 2024– | Chicago Fire | 4 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2016 | Switzerland U18 | 2 | (0) |
| 2017–2018 | Switzerland U19 | 4 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | Switzerland U20 | 6 | (2) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 March 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18 November 2019 | |||
Haile-Selassie made his professional debut for Zürich in a 2–1 Swiss Super League win over Thun on 30 July 2017.[2]
On 9 January 2019, Haile-Selassie was loaned out to Rapperswil-Jona.[3] On 10 July 2019, he was then loaned out to Neuchâtel Xamax for the 2019–20 season.[4]
On 20 December 2021, Haile-Selassie signed a contract with Lugano until 30 June 2025.[5]
On 15 May 2022, Haile-Selassie scored a goal in Lugano's 4–1 victory over St. Gallen in the final of the Swiss Cup.[6]
On 27 December 2022, it was announced that Haile-Selassie would play with Major League Soccer side Chicago Fire for their 2023 season, with Chicago holding an option to make the move permanent.[7] On 4 October 2023, Haile-Selassie scored twice as the Fire defeated Inter Miami, 4-1, earning a spot in the MLS Team of the Matchday.[8]
Haile-Selassie was born in Switzerland to Ethiopian parents.[9] He is a former youth international for Switzerland.[10]
Lugano
- Profile at WorldFootball, worldfootball.net
- League, Swiss Football. "Matchcenter - Swiss Football League". www.sfl.ch.
- Maren Haile-Selassie und Lavdrim Rexhepi wechseln leihweise zum FC Rapperswil-Jona, fcz.ch, 8 January 2019
- Haile-Selassie stellt sich vor, xamax.ch, 10 July 2019
- "MAREN HAILE-SELASSIE PER IL CENTROCAMPO BIANCONERO" (Press release) (in Italian). Lugano. 20 December 2021. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
- "Croci-Torti: Non Ho Mai Dubitato Dei Ragazzi". FC Lugano (in Italian). 15 May 2022. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
- Calabrese, Alex (October 4, 2023). "Lighting Up the Night: Chicago Fire 4, Inter Miami 1". MIR97 Media. Retrieved October 5, 2023.
- "Maren Haile-Selassie". sport.de.
- profile
- DbFCZ Profile
- Maren Haile-Selassie at Soccerway
- SFL Profile
- Maren Haile-Selassie – UEFA competition record (archive)
- Maren Haile-Selassie at Flashscore.com