Shimelis Bekele

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

This article is about a person whose name includes a patronymic. The article properly refers to the person by his given name, Shimelis, and not as Bekele.

Shimelis Bekele
Personal information
Full name Shimelis Bekele Godo[1]
Date of birth (1990-01-02) 2 January 1990
Place of birth Hawassa, Ethiopia
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
 ENPPI
Number 11
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– ENPPI 2 (0)
International career‡
2010– Ethiopia 81 (15)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:32, 1 April 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:00, 8 September 2023 (UTC)

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[5]
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
129 November 2010National Stadium, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Uganda1–01–22010 CECAFA Cup
22 December 2010National Stadium, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Kenya1–02–12010 CECAFA Cup
32–0
48 October 2011Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Madagascar4–24–22012 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
516 November 2011Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Somalia2–05–02014 FIFA World Cup qualification
63–0
711 January 2013Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Tanzania2–12–1Friendly
814 November 2015Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Congo3–43–42018 FIFA World Cup qualification
919 November 2019Bahir Dar Stadium, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia Ivory Coast2–12–12021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
1024 March 2021Bahir Dar Stadium, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia Madagascar4–04–02021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
1130 December 2021Limbe Stadium, Limbe, Cameroon Sudan3–13–2Friendly
129 June 2022Bingu National Stadium, Lilongwe, Malawi Egypt2–02–02023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
1323 September 2022Abebe Bikila Stadium, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Sudan1–01–1Friendly
142 August 2023Segra Field, Leesburg, United States Guyana1–02–0Friendly
152–0

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. "Bekele, Shimelis". National Football Teams. Archived from the original on 26 September 2018. Retrieved 14 February 2017.


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