Ya yi gasa a matakin duniya a duk faɗin a 2005: ya kasance na huɗu a 2005 IAAF World Cross Country Championships (ya ɗauki zinare na ƙungiyar tare da mai nasara Kenenisa Bekele), ya yi nasara na bakwai a cikin mita 10,000 a gasar zakarun duniya ta 2005 a Wasannin motsa jiki, sannan ya kafa rabin marathon mafi kyau na 1:01:53 don ɗaukar matsayi na biyar da taken ƙungiyar a gasar tsere ta duniya ta 2005.
Gasar tseren rabin tseren tseren tseren tseren tseren tseren tseren tseren tseren tseren tseren tseren tseren tseren tseren 2005. Ya ɗaukaka kansa zuwa na biyar mafi saurin mai tseren mita 10,000 na kowane lokaci a Wasannin FBK a Hengelo, ya kammala nisan a cikin lokaci na 26:30.74 (duk da cewa Bekele ya gama gabansa). Ya kuma yi tsere a gasar IAAF ta Duniya ta Duniya ta 2005, inda ya gama na tara a kan mita 5000. A ƙarshen shekara ya riƙe taken sa a gasar Lotto Cross kuma ya lashe tseren 10K a BOclassic a Bolzano.