Shimelis Bekele

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Shimelis Bekele
Personal information
Full name Shimelis Bekele Godo[1]
Date of birth (1990-01-02) 2 January 1990 (age 35)
Place of birth Hawassa, Ethiopia
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Defence Force
Number 18
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2011 Hawassa City
2011–2013 Saint George
2013–2014 Ittihad Tripoli
2014 Al-Merrikh
2014–2019 Petrojet 123 (29)
2019–2021 Misr Lel-Makkasa 60 (16)
2021–2022 El Gouna 16 (0)
2022–2023 ENPPI 2 (0)
2023– Defence Force 8 (2)
International career
2010–2023 Ethiopia 81 (15)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10:53, 8 January 2024 (UTC) "Shimelis Bekele". Retrieved 11 January 2023.

Shimelis Bekele Godo (Amharic: ሽመልስ በቀለ; born 2 January 1990) is an Ethiopian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Ethiopian Premier League club Defence Force.[2] He represented Ethiopia at the 2013 and 2021 Africa Cup of Nations.[3][4]

Early Life

Shimelis Bekele was born in Hawassa, Ethiopia.[5]

Career statistics

Scores and results list Ethiopia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Bekele goal.
List of international goals scored by Shimelis Bekele[6]
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 29 November 2010 National Stadium, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania  Uganda 1–0 1–2 2010 CECAFA Cup
2 2 December 2010 National Stadium, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania  Kenya 1–0 2–1 2010 CECAFA Cup
3 2–0
4 8 October 2011 Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia  Madagascar 4–2 4–2 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
5 16 November 2011 Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia  Somalia 2–0 5–0 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
6 3–0
7 11 January 2013 Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia  Tanzania 2–1 2–1 Friendly
8 14 November 2015 Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia  Congo 3–4 3–4 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
9 19 November 2019 Bahir Dar Stadium, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia  Ivory Coast 2–1 2–1 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
10 24 March 2021 Bahir Dar Stadium, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia  Madagascar 4–0 4–0 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
11 30 December 2021 Limbe Stadium, Limbe, Cameroon  Sudan 3–1 3–2 Friendly
12 9 June 2022 Bingu National Stadium, Lilongwe, Malawi  Egypt 2–0 2–0 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
13 23 September 2022 Abebe Bikila Stadium, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia  Sudan 1–0 1–1 Friendly
14 2 August 2023 Segra Field, Leesburg, United States  Guyana 1–0 2–0 Friendly
15 2–0

References

  1. ^ Shimelis Bekele at WorldFootball.net
  2. ^ "Shimelis Bekele". FIFA Player Statistics. Archived from the original on 29 September 2013.
  3. ^ "Nations Cup 2013: Ethiopia name squad". BBC Sport. 2 January 2013. Archived from the original on 7 September 2023. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  4. ^ "Champions St.George dominate Ethiopia AFCON squad". Ethiosports.com. 2 January 2013. Archived from the original on 7 August 2017. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
  5. ^ "S. Bekele".
  6. ^ "Bekele, Shimelis". National Football Teams. Archived from the original on 26 September 2018. Retrieved 14 February 2017.


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