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Ibrahim Mohamed Hersi (Ibraahim Maxamed Hirsi)
Ibrahim Mohamed Hersi (29 June 1944 to 14 March 2020) was a Somali international footballer and coach. After playing in Ethiopia and Sudan he moved to Somalia in 1968, played for Horseed until 1978, managed Horseed from 1976 to 1980 and the Somalia national team from 1977 to 1979, and settled in Minneapolis in 1991.
Who was he?
Ibrahim Mohamed Hersi was a Somali international footballer, born on 29 June 1944 in either Asmara, Eritrea, or Kassala, Sudan, who died on 14 March 2020 (Wikipedia, Ibrahim Mohamed Hersi).
Player
His career began in Ethiopia with Saxil and Dugale, then EEPCo Addis Ababa and Red Sea Asmara, before he played in Sudan for Al-Taka Kassala and Al-Waha (Wikipedia). He moved to Somalia in 1968, reportedly played for the Somali Police, and played for Horseed until he retired in 1978 (same source).
Coach
He managed Horseed from 1976, while still playing, until 1980, and managed the Somalia national team between 1977 and 1979 (Wikipedia).
Later life
He fled to the United States in 1991 and settled in Minneapolis, where he married and had three children (Wikipedia). See Somalis in Minneapolis–St Paul.
In short
A Horseed player and Somalia's national coach in the late 1970s.
Sources
- Wikipedia, Ibrahim Mohamed Hersi · en.wikipedia.org
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