Mehari Shinash
Mehari Shinash is an Eritrean footballer. He played for the Eritrea national football team. International career Shinash played in the 2009 CECAFA Cup in Kenya, where his cross was deflected in for an own goal in the 3–1 victory against Somalia. Personal life He was born from an Ethiopian father and an Eritrean mother in Asmara, Eritrea. Whilst competing in the 2009 CECAFA Cup in Kenya he was part of the Eritrea national football team which failed to return home after competing in the regional tournament in Nairobi. After receiving refugee status from the Australian government, the team moved to Adelaide, Australia. References External links Living people Eritrean men's footballers Eritrea men's international footballers Men's association football forwards Year of birth missing (living people) Expatriate men's soccer players in Australia Eritrean refugees Eritrean people of Ethiopian descent Sportspeople from Asmara