Yared Hagos

{{Infobox ice hockey player

| caption = Hagos with the Iowa Stars in 2007

| alt =

| image = Yared Hagos (cropped).jpg

| image_size = 230px

| played_for = AIK IF
Timrå IK
Iowa Stars
Mora IK
HV71
Södertälje SK
Skellefteå AIK
Kölner Haie
Krefeld Pinguine
Sheffield Steelers

| league =

| position = Centre

| shoots = Left

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 1

| weight_lb = 216

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1983|3|27|df=y}}

| birth_place = Stockholm, SWE

| draft = 70th overall

| draft_year = 2001

| draft_team = Dallas Stars

| career_start = 2001

| career_end = 2017

}}

Yared Hagos (born 27 March 1983) is a Swedish former professional ice hockey centre of Ethiopian descent,{{cite news |first=Federico Rodriguez |last=Moreno |title=Hagos: Satsa på invandrare |url=http://www.st.nu/sport/index.php?action=visa_artikel&id=433981 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090202030940/http://www.st.nu/sport/index.php?action=visa_artikel&id=433981 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2009-02-02 |publisher=Sundsvalls Tidning |date=2004-12-06 |access-date=2008-08-05 |language=sv }} who last played for the Sheffield Steelers in the UK's EIHL.{{cite web |url=http://www.britishicehockey.co.uk/eihl/sheffield-steelers/steelers-sign-ex-sweden-international-forward/ |title=Steelers sign ex-Sweden international forward – British Ice Hockey |website=www.britishicehockey.co.uk |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161103233850/http://www.britishicehockey.co.uk/eihl/sheffield-steelers/steelers-sign-ex-sweden-international-forward/ |archive-date=2016-11-03}} He also recently played with the Krefeld Pinguine in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL).

Playing career

Hagos started playing professionally in the Swedish elite league in the 2000–01 season with AIK Hockey. He played for AIK for one more season before playing two seasons with Timrå IK. He was drafted by Dallas Stars in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft, as their third pick, 70th overall. Hagos played for the Iowa Stars in the AHL for two seasons, totalling 44 points in 132 regular season games.{{cite web | title=Yared Hagos | publisher=Elite Prospects| url=http://www.eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=27&lang=en | language=sv | access-date=2008-05-05}}

For the 2007–08 season he returned to his native Sweden and played with Mora IK, but after team was relegated from play in Elitserien, he signed a one-year contract with the Swedish Champions of 2008, HV71.{{cite web | title=Yared Hagos första nyförvärvet | publisher=HV71 | last=Gustafsson | first=Daniel | url=http://www.hv71.se/Nyheter/Yared-Hagos-forsta-nyforvarvet/ | language=sv | date=2008-05-05 | access-date=2008-05-05 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080508163806/http://www.hv71.se/Nyheter/Yared-Hagos-forsta-nyforvarvet/ | archive-date=2008-05-08 }} Halfway through the 2008–09 season, he changed club again, this time to Södertälje SK.{{cite web | title=Yared Hagos till SSK | publisher=Södertälje SK | url=http://www.sodertaljesk.se/0708nyheter.asp?NPK=2998 | language=sv | date=2009-01-11 | access-date=2009-01-11}}

Hagos played only 26 games in his return to AIK in the 2014–15 season, before securing a release to sign for his second German DEL team, Krefeld Pinguine, on 19 January 2015. On 24 April 2015, Hagos was signed to a one-year extension with Pinguine.{{cite web| url = http://portal.krefeld-pinguine.de/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1792%3Adie-fans-und-die-krefeld-pinguine-duerfen-sich-ueber-die-weiterverpflichtung-von-yared-hagos-freuen&catid=35%3Apin | title = Fan look forward to further commitment from Hagos | publisher = Krefeld Pinguine | date = 2015-04-24 | access-date = 2015-04-24 | language = de}}

In November 2016, Hagos signed for the Sheffield Steelers as the replacement for Tyler Mosienko who had left the team. On June 13, 2017, Hagos officially announced his retirement.{{Cite web|url=http://www.expressen.se/sport/hockey/shl/shl-veteranen-slutar-varit-en-otrolig-resa/|title=Yared Hagos lägger av: "Det här är slutet"|date=13 June 2017 }}