Girma Asmerom Tesfai (10 December 1949 – 5 October 2016) was an Eritrean politician, diplomat and football player.
He was the ambassador of Eritrea to the United Nations[1] at the time of his death.
He participated at the 1968 Africa Cup of Nations with the host Ethiopia, where he placed third.
He got his BA degree in June, 1973 where he majored in Government studies.
Outside of the class room he was the winner of the George Levine Memorial Soccer Trophy award and was Bowdoin's leading goal scorer of all time until 2007 when it was broken by another player who played all 4 years.