Mengistu Worku

Mengistu Worku
Personal information
Date of birth	1940
Date of death	16 December 2010 (aged 69–70)
Place of death	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team
1956–1972	Saint George
International career
1959–1970	Ethiopia [citation needed]
Managerial career
	Saint George
1980–1982	Ethiopia
	Ethiopian Insurance F.C.
	EEPCO F.C.
	CBE SA
	Wonji Sugar
Medal record
Representing Ethiopia
Men's football
Africa Cup of Nations
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mengistu Worku (

1962 African Nations Cup, and for being the head coach to take the Ethiopia national team to the African Nations Cup in Libya in 1982.^[1]^[2]

Career

During the 1962 African Nationals Cup, Mengistu scored one goal in the final of the

African Cup of Nations

with ten goals.

Mengistu coached the national team after retirement, but the team failed to match the success it found during his playing days. He did, however, coach the country to their first-ever CECAFA cup title in 1987, when the tournament was hosted by Ethiopia.

In 2001, Mengistu was struck by a tumor, and doctors had told him he had only months to live. With treatment unavailable in Ethiopia, the Ethiopian billionaire

Mohammed Al Amoudi

paid for Mengistu to travel to South Africa for treatment. "It was because of Al Amoudi that I am standing before you today," he said on Ethiopian television.

At the

Council for East and Central Africa Football Association, along with five other east African footballers and three referees, including Tesfaye Gebreyesus

, the Ethiopian who refereed at three ACN tournaments.

Career statistics

International goals

Scores and results list Ethiopia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Worku goal.

List of international goals scored by Mengistu Worku
No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	14 January 1962	Hailé Sélassié Stadium, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	Tunisia		4–2	1962 Africa Cup of Nations
2	21 January 1962	Hailé Sélassié Stadium, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	United Arab Republic	4–2	4–2	1962 Africa Cup of Nations
3	13 May 1964	Olympic Stadium, Athens, Greece	Greece	1–2	1–3	Friendly
4	19 February 1967	Khartoum Stadium, Khartoum, Sudan	Kenya	1–0	2–0	1967 East African Friendship Cup
5	19 February 1967	Khartoum Stadium, Khartoum, Sudan	Kenya	2–0	2–0	1967 East African Friendship Cup
6	16 January 1968	Hailé Sélassié Stadium, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	Algeria	1–0	3–1	1968 Africa Cup of Nations
7	19 January 1968	Hailé Sélassié Stadium, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	DR Congo	1–2	2–3	1968 Africa Cup of Nations
8	4 May 1969	Hailé Sélassié Stadium, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	Sudan	1–1	1–1	1970 FIFA World Cup qualification
9	8 February 1970	Khartoum Stadium, Khartoum, Sudan	Cameroon	1–0	2–3	1970 Africa Cup of Nations
10	8 February 1970	Khartoum Stadium, Khartoum, Sudan	Cameroon	2–3	2–3	1970 Africa Cup of Nations
11	10 February 1970	Khartoum Stadium, Khartoum, Sudan	Ivory Coast	1–2	1–6	1970 Africa Cup of Nations