Senaf Wakuma

Senaf Wakuma
Personal information
Full name Senaf Wakuma Demise
Date of birth (1999-09-23) 23 September 1999 (age 27)
Position Forward
Team information
Current team
 Simba Queens
Number 19
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2020 Adama City 20 (21)
2020–2023 Mechal
2023–2025 CBE
2025–2026 Mechal
2026– Simba Queens
International career
2017 Ethiopia U20
2018– Ethiopia (6)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Senaf Wakuma Demise (Amharic: ሰናፍ ዋቁማ ደምሴ; born 23 September 1999) is an Ethiopian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Tanzanian Women's Premier League club Simba Queens and the Ethiopia national team.

Club career

A product of the Tirunesh Dibaba Training Center, she went on to play for Ethiopian top-flight clubs Adama City, Mechal, and CBE.

In 2019, Wakuma helped Adama City win its first Ethiopian Women's Premier League title, scoring 21 goals in 20 matches to claim the Golden Boot. Following her performances that season, she travelled to Sweden in June for a two-week trial.

In the 2022–23 season with Mechal, Wakuma scored 16 goals.

During the 2024 CAF Women's Champions League CECAFA Qualifiers, Wakuma helped CBE win the tournament for the first time, scoring six goals, including the winning goal in the final, to finish as the tournament's top scorer. Later, in November 2024, at the final tournament, she scored CBE's only goal of the campaign.

In Late July 2026, Wakuma joined Tanzanian Women's Premier League side Simba Queens on a one-year deal.

International career

Wakuma first represented Ethiopia at under-20 level during the 2018 African U-20 Women's World Cup qualification.

In April 2018, Wakuma was called up to the Ethiopia senior national team for the 2018 Women's Africa Cup of Nations qualification matches against Libya. In July of the same year, she scored her first goal for the team against 2018 CECAFA Women's Championship hosts Rwanda.

International goals

Scores and results list Ethiopia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Wakuma goal.
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
1 23 July 2018 Kigali Stadium, Kigali, Rwanda  Rwanda 3–0 3–0 2018 CECAFA Championship
2 21 November 2019 Azam Complex Stadium, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania  Djibouti 1–0 8–0 2019 CECAFA Championship
3 5–0
4 26 October 2021 Bahir Dar International Stadium, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia  Uganda 1–0 2–0 2022 WAfCON qualification
5 16 July 2023 Abebe Bikila Stadium, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia  Chad 2–0 4–0 2024 Olympic qualifying tournament
6 3–0

References

  1. ↑ "Senaf Wakuma Seals Move to Tanzanian Giants Simba Queens". soccer.et. 24 July 2026. Retrieved 24 August 2026.
  2. ↑ "Senaf Wakuma, Senait Bogale went to Sweden for trial". capitalethiopia.com. 27 June 2019. Retrieved 24 August 2026.
  3. ↑ "Abera helps CBE to retain Ethiopia Women's Premier League titl". cecafaonline. 8 May 2023. Retrieved 24 August 2026. Mechal's Senaf Wakuma scored 16 goals
  4. ↑ "Wakuma determined to lead CBE in Women's Champions League 2024 big stage". ecafaonline.com. 5 September 2024. Retrieved 24 August 2026.
  5. ↑ "ከካፍ የሴቶች የአፍሪካ ሻምፒዮንስ ሊግ ብዙ ትምህርት ተምረናል". ethiopianreporter.com (in Amharic). 20 November 2024. Retrieved 24 August 2026. Senaf Wakuma scored the club's only goal of the tournament.
  6. ↑ "Senaf Wakuma: Ethiopia's Lethal Forward Embarks on New Chapter with Simba Queens". soccer.et. 2 August 2026. Retrieved 24 August 2026.
  7. ↑ "Ethiopia Crashed Out of the U-20 Women World Cup Qualifier". soccerethiopia.net. 30 September 2017. Retrieved 24 August 2026. Coach Tewdros Desta introduced striker Senaf Wakuma in search of goals
  8. ↑ Samuel, Rahel (3 April 2018). "Libya test for Ethiopia as hopefuls begin Ghana RAC". ethiosports.com. Retrieved 24 August 2026.
  9. ↑ "CECAFA WOMEN 2018: Ethiopia yerekanye urwego iriho inyagira u Rwanda-AMAFOTO". inyarwanda.com (in Swahili). 24 July 2018. Retrieved 24 August 2026. Senaf Wakuma Demise added a third in the 76th minute
  10. ↑ "CECAFA Women's Championship | Djibouti 0–8 Ethiopia". flashscore.com. 21 November 2019. Retrieved 24 August 2026.
  11. ↑ "Uganda, Burundi book second round slots in WAFCON 2022 qualifiers". cecafaonline.com. 26 October 2021. Retrieved 24 August 2026. Senaf Wakuma and skipper Loza Abera netted for Ethiopia
  12. ↑ "Women Olympic Qualifiers: Ethiopia See Off Chad to Set up Nigeria Clash". ethiopianmonitor.com. 16 July 2023. Retrieved 24 August 2026. Senaf Wakuma scored two on Sunday as the Lucy's beat Chad