Maren Haile-Selassie

Maren Haile-Selassie
Haile-Selassie with the Chicago Fire in 2025
Personal information
Date of birth (1999-03-13) 13 March 1999
Place of birth Zürich, Switzerland
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position Left midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Chicago Fire
Number 7
Youth career
2009–2012 FC Zürich
2012–2013 FC Volketswil
2013–2014 FC Zürich
2014 FC Volketswil
2014–2017 Zürich
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2021 Zürich 7 (0)
2019 → Rapperswil-Jona (loan) 18 (2)
2019–2020 → Neuchâtel Xamax (loan) 24 (1)
2020–2021 → Wil (loan) 35 (7)
2021–2022 Neuchâtel Xamax 17 (5)
2022–2023 Lugano 32 (3)
2023 → Chicago Fire (loan) 32 (6)
2024– Chicago Fire 78 (12)
International career‡
2016 Switzerland U18 2 (0)
2017–2018 Switzerland U19 4 (0)
2018–2019 Switzerland U20 6 (2)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 15 August 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 18 November 2019

Maren Haile-Selassie (born 13 March 1999) is a professional footballer who plays for Major League Soccer side Chicago Fire as a left midfielder.[1]

Club career

Haile-Selassie made his professional debut for Zürich in a 2–1 Swiss Super League win over Thun on 30 July 2017.[2]

On 9 January 2019, Haile-Selassie was loaned out to Rapperswil-Jona.[3] On 10 July 2019, he was then loaned out to Neuchâtel Xamax for the 2019–20 season.[4]

On 20 December 2021, Haile-Selassie signed a contract with Lugano until 30 June 2025.[5]

On 15 May 2022, Haile-Selassie scored a goal in Lugano's 4–1 victory over St. Gallen in the final of the Swiss Cup.[6]

On 27 December 2022, it was announced that Haile-Selassie would play with Major League Soccer side Chicago Fire for their 2023 season, with Chicago holding an option to make the move permanent.[7] On 4 October 2023, Haile-Selassie scored twice as the Fire defeated Inter Miami, 4-1, earning a spot in the MLS Team of the Matchday.[8]

On 22 November 2023, Chicago Fire exercised their option to sign Haile-Selassie on a permanent basis. He finished the 2023 season as the club's top scorer with six league goals, winning the team's Golden Boot.[9]

On 11 April 2026, Haile-Selassie, starting at forward in place of the injured Hugo Cuypers, scored the only goal of a 1–0 home win over Atlanta United, his first of the 2026 season.[10]

International career

Haile-Selassie was born in Switzerland to Ethiopian parents.[11] He is a former youth international for Switzerland.[12]

Career statistics

As of match played 25 July 2026[13]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] Continental[b] Other[c] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Zürich 2017–18Swiss Super League6030————90
2018–191010————20
Total7040————110
Rapperswil-Jona (loan) 2018–19Swiss Challenge League18200————182
Neuchâtel Xamax (loan) 2019–20Swiss Super League24120————261
Wil (loan) 2020–21Swiss Challenge League35710————367
Neuchâtel Xamax 2021–22Swiss Challenge League17521————196
Lugano 2021–22Swiss Super League17232————204
2022–231513220——203
Total3236420——407
Chicago Fire (loan) 2023Major League Soccer32641——30397
Chicago Fire 2024Major League Soccer27500——20295
202530231——30363
202616320——00183
Total731051——508311
Career total23834247208027241
  1. ↑ Includes Swiss Cup (Switzerland) and U.S. Open Cup (United States)
  2. ↑ Includes UEFA Europa Conference League qualifying
  3. ↑ Includes Leagues Cup and MLS Cup Playoffs

Honours

Zürich

Lugano

References

  1. ↑ Profile at WorldFootball, worldfootball.net
  2. ↑ "Matchcenter". Swiss Football League. Archived from the original on 5 August 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
  3. ↑ Maren Haile-Selassie und Lavdrim Rexhepi wechseln leihweise zum FC Rapperswil-Jona Archived 27 October 2019 at the Wayback Machine, fcz.ch, 8 January 2019
  4. ↑ Haile-Selassie stellt sich vor, xamax.ch, 10 July 2019
  5. ↑ "MAREN HAILE-SELASSIE PER IL CENTROCAMPO BIANCONERO" (Press release) (in Italian). Lugano. 20 December 2021. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  6. 1 2 "Croci-Torti: Non Ho Mai Dubitato Dei Ragazzi". FC Lugano (in Italian). 15 May 2022. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  7. ↑ "Chicago Fire FC Acquire Winger Maren Haile-Selassie on Loan from FC Lugano | Chicago Fire FC". chicagofirefc.
  8. ↑ Calabrese, Alex (4 October 2023). "Lighting Up the Night: Chicago Fire 4, Inter Miami 1". MIR97 Media. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
  9. ↑ "Maren Haile-Selassie". Chicago Fire FC. Retrieved 28 July 2026.
  10. ↑ "Maren Haile-Selassie scores first goal of 2026 season, Chicago Fire defeat Atlanta United 1-0". On Tap Sports Net. 12 April 2026. Retrieved 28 July 2026.
  11. ↑ "Maren Haile-Selassie". sport.de.
  12. ↑ "Association Suisse de Football – Team".
  13. 1 2 "Maren Haile-Selassie". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 28 July 2026.
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