Personal information | |||
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Full name | Shimelis Bekele Godo[1] | ||
Date of birth | 2 January 1990 | ||
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.
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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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
- ^ Shimelis Bekele at WorldFootball.net
- ^ "Shimelis Bekele". FIFA Player Statistics. Archived from the original on 29 September 2013.
- ^ "Nations Cup 2013: Ethiopia name squad". BBC Sport. 2 January 2013. Archived from the original on 7 September 2023. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
- ^ "Champions St.George dominate Ethiopia AFCON squad". Ethiosports.com. 2 January 2013. Archived from the original on 7 August 2017. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
- ^ "S. Bekele".
- ^ "Bekele, Shimelis". National Football Teams. Archived from the original on 26 September 2018. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
External links
- Shimelis Bekele – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Shimelis Bekele at National-Football-Teams.com
Categories:
- 1990 births
- Living people
- People from Awasa
- Sportspeople from Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region
- Ethiopian men's footballers
- Ethiopia men's international footballers
- Men's association football midfielders
- 2013 Africa Cup of Nations players
- 2021 Africa Cup of Nations players
- Libyan Premier League players
- Egyptian Premier League players
- Hawassa City S.C. players
- Saint George S.C. players
- Al-Ittihad Club (Tripoli) players
- Al-Merrikh SC players
- Petrojet SC players
- Misr Lel Makkasa SC players
- El Gouna FC players
- ENPPI SC players
- Ethiopian expatriate men's footballers
- Ethiopian expatriate sportspeople in Libya
- Expatriate men's footballers in Libya
- Ethiopian expatriate sportspeople in Sudan
- Expatriate men's footballers in Sudan
- Ethiopian expatriate sportspeople in Egypt
- Expatriate men's footballers in Egypt
- Ethiopian football biography stubs