Kammala wannan jumla: An haife shi ne a lardin Welega da ke yammacin Addis Ababa kuma ya tafi babban birnin kasar a shekarar 2005 don neman aikin gudu bayan ya lashe wasu tseren yanki. Merga ya fara fitowa a duniya a shekara ta 2006, inda ya lashe rabin tseren Marathon na Paris a lokacin 60:45. Daga baya a wannan shekarar, ya gama na shida a
2006 IAAF World Road Running Championships, yana taimakawa Habasha zuwa lambar tagulla a gasar ƙungiya. A watan Disamba na wannan shekarar ya lashe tseren Montferland Run na kilomita 15 a cikin lokacin rikodin hanya na 42:48. Ya dauki lambar zinare na rabin marathon a Wasannin Afirka na 2007 amma ya rasa lambar yabo a gasar IAAF ta Duniya ta 2007 Road Running, inda ya gama a matsayi na hudu.