Shimelis Bekele

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Shimelis Bekele

Personal information
Full name	Shimelis Bekele Godo
Date of birth	(1990-01-02) 2 January 1990
Place of birth	Hawassa, Ethiopia
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current team	El Gouna FC
Number	21
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2010–2011	Awassa City
2011–2013	Saint George SA
2013–2014	Ittihad Tripoli
2014	Al-Merrikh
2014–2019	Petrojet	123	(29)
2019–2021	Misr Lel-Makkasa	60	(16)
2021–	El Gouna FC	0	(0)
National team‡
2010–	Ethiopia	73	(12)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 July 2021 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18:50, 9 June 2022 (UTC)

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 El Gouna FC and the Ethiopia national team. He represented Ethiopia in the 2013 and 2021 Africa Cup of Nations.

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

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

External links

• Shimelis Bekele – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Shimelis Bekele at National-Football-Teams.com