Michael Ghebru is a professional footballer

Football (soccer)

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. He currently plays as a striker for the Maltese Premier League

Maltese Premier League

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 side Floriana.

Youth

Ghebru began his career at the youth academy of the storied German team Eintracht Frankfurt

Eintracht Frankfurt

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 when he was 13, and played with the squad until he was 18 years old. With Eintracht's U-17 team, he reached the final of the German U-17 Championship, eventually losing to VfB Stuttgart

VfB Stuttgart

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Professional

Ghebru turned professional in 2004 when he signed a contract with MSV Duisburg

MSV Duisburg

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 of the 2. Fußball-Bundesliga

2. Fußball-Bundesliga

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. He played for Duisburg's U-23 team, and trained with the senior squad, but never made a full appearance, and moved on to Kickers Offenbach

Kickers Offenbach

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 in 2006.

In August 2008, Ghebru was signed by the San Jose Earthquakes

San Jose Earthquakes

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 of Major League Soccer

Major League Soccer

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 along with Davide Somma

Davide Somma

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, and was a standout as Forward on the Left or Right sides. He also played Striker and Attacking Mid.

After a brief stint playing with Ventura County Fusion

Ventura County Fusion

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 in the USL Premier Development League

USL Premier Development League

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, Ghebru won a National PDL North American Championship and then signed with the Real Maryland Monarchs

Real Maryland Monarchs

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 in the USL Second Division

USL Second Division

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 in the summer of 2009.

In March 2010, Michael joined Maltese Premier League

Maltese Premier League

The Maltese Premier League, known as BOV Premier League for sponsorship reasons , is the top level league for football in Malta. The league was first competed in 1909...

 side Floriana. He scored his first goal for the Greens' on the 20th March 2010 in 3-0 win over Dingli and followed up on that with another goal, scored in extra-time in the next match, the semi-final of the 100 Years National League Cup against Mosta

Mosta F.C.

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 3-1 (A.E.T).

International

Ghebru, whose parents are Ethiopian, was called up to the Ethiopia national football team

Ethiopia national football team

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 in 2007, and took part in two friendly games in Addis Abeba against Kenya

Kenya national football team

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 and Sudan

Sudan national football team

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