Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A cikin 1997, ya gama a matsayi na 11 a tseren mita 10,000 na maza a Gasar Zakarun Turai U23. Kimanin wata guda bayan haka, ya gama a matsayi na 15 a rabin tseren marathon na maza a Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin A cikin kaka, ya gama gasar IAAF ta Duniya ta Half Marathon ta 1997
A cikin 1:03:41. A gasar IAAF ta Duniya ta Rabin Marathon ta 1998, ya gudu mafi kyawun rayuwa na 1:02:11, wanda ya dace da matsayi na 20 a cikin zurfin filin. Ya lashe tseren maza a "Beli Kros" na Yugoslavia a shekarar 1999.