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 (age 34)
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]
^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.
2013. "Bekele, Shimelis". National Football Teams. Archived from the original on 26 September 2018. Retrieved 14 February 2017. ShimelisBekele – FIFA...
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