Background
Kibebe was born in Addis Ababa and moved to Sweden as a child.
Kibebe was born in Addis Ababa and moved to Sweden as a child.
Early career
He began his career with local side Hammarby IF but in 1999 moved to their bitter rivals AIK. He has said that the only reason he crossed the divide is that AIK offered him a professional contract and Hammarby didn"t. Norway
He spent 5 seasons with AIK and in 2005 moved to Norway to play in the Tippeligaen for Tromsø Illinois, the northernmost top-level football club in the world. Due to this Kibebe said that the team had to travel to most matches via plane.
The club beat Danish club Esbjerg fB in the qualifying round then Turkish club Galatasaray South.K. in the First Round to qualified to the group stages.
The team were drawn in Group East alongside AS Roma, Remote Control Strasbourg, Football Club Basel and Red Star Belgrade. At the end of the 2006 season Kibebe left Tromsø I.K. for Aalesunds FK who had just been promoted from the Adeccoligaen at the end of the 2006 season after finishing as runners up.
Denmark
After a successful time at Aalesunds FK he was sold to Danish team Football Club Nordsjælland. Switzerland
On 5 May 2010, the day after Football Club Nordsjælland"s Danish Cup victory he was bought by the Swiss Club Football Club Luzern.
Kibebe signed a three-year contract.
Kibebe has played one match for the Swedish national team, as well as seven age-based international matches.