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Shimelis Bekele
Personal information
Full name	Shimelis Bekele Godo
Date of birth	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
2010–2011	Hawassa City
2011–2013	Saint George
2013–2014	Ittihad Tripoli
2014	Al-Merrikh
2014–2019	Petrojet
2019–2021	Misr Lel-Makkasa
2021–2022	El Gouna
2022–2023	ENPPI
2023–	Defence Force
International career
2010–2023	Ethiopia
	*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]

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 December 2010	National Stadium, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania	Kenya	2–0	2–1	2010 CECAFA Cup
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	16 November 2011	Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	Somalia	3–0	5–0	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
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 August 2023	Segra Field, Leesburg, United States	Guyana	2–0	2–0	Friendly

^ 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.

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