Abebaw Butako
# Abebaw Butako

Abebaw Butako (Amharic: ዓበባው ቡጣቆ, born 20 April 1987) is an Ethiopian professional footballer. He currently plays for the Arba Minch FC.

## Career

Abebaw is a defender and is part of the Ethiopia national football team. He began his career with Saint-George SA, the club where he played from 2005 - 2014. In August 2014 he transferred to one of Sudan's giant club Al-Hilal Omdurman. A year later he signed with his hometown club Arba Minch City, who made him the Ethiopian Premier League's highest-paid player with a salary of 75,000 birr a month.

## International career

Abebaw debuted for Ethiopia in 2008. He is on the final list of players called for 2013 African Nations Cup.

### International goals

    Scores and results list Ethiopia's goal tally first.

| No | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1. | 7 December 2010 | National Stadium, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | Zambia | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2010 CECAFA Cup |
| 2. | 15 October 2014 | Stade du 26 Mars, Bamako, Mali | Mali | 3–2 | 3–1 | 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
