Kammala jumla mai zuwa: An haife shi ne a lardin Tigray, ya sami kwarewarsa ta farko a gasar cin kofin kasa da kasa a Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya ta IAAF. Matsayi na biyu a gasar zakarun kasa (a bayan Tessema Abshiro) ya sa aka zaba shi don tseren matasa a gasar zakarun Turai.
2003 IAAF World Cross Country Championships a Lausanne, kuma ya gama a matsayi na tara. A shekara ta 2004, ya yi tsere a Babban Gasar Habasha, inda ya gama na takwas a tseren kilomita 10, kuma ya zo na biyu a tseren mita 10,000 a gasar zakarun birni ta Addis Ababa.