Shimelis Bekele

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Shimelis Bekele ሽመልስ በቀለ
Personal information
Full name Shimelis Bekele
Date of birth (1990-01-02) 2 January 1990 (age 31)
Place of birth Awassa, Ethiopia
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Misr Lel-Makkasa
Number 18
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 34 (10)
2019 – Misr Lel-Makkasa 1 (2)
National team‡
2010– Ethiopia 57 (9)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 9 October 2011
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17 November 2020

Shimelis Bekele (Amharic: ሽመልስ በቀለ, born 2 January 1990) is an Ethiopian national footballer who plays as a midfielder.[1] He currently plays for Egyptian Premier League club Misr Lel-Makkasa. He was also selected to play for the Ethiopian national football team in the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations.[2][3]

Career[]

The Saint George attacking midfielder signed from Awassa in the summer of 2011. He separated himself as one of talented footballers at a young age when he was playing for one of the two Awassa's under 15 youth teams. His body is built for long dazzling runs past opposition players. Shimelis appeared with Ethiopia in 2012 AFCON Qualifying, and emerged as one of the best players in Iffy Onuora's team which was eliminated from the final stages of the tournament. 2 December 2010, was one of the stand-out performances of his career, scoring two fine goals as Ethiopia beat Kenya 2–1 at Cecafa Challenge Cup in Tanzania. This was the day when Shimelis began to be recognized as one of the most promising talents in Ethiopian football. He can play wide or behind a striker.[citation needed]

International goals[]

Scores and results list Ethiopia's goal tally first.[4]
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  Kenya 1–0 2–1
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  Somalia 2–0 5–0 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
6. 3–0
7. 11 January 2013  Tanzania 2–1 2–1 Friendly
8. 14 November 2015  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

References[]

  1. ^ "Shimelis Bekele". FIFA Player Statistics.
  2. ^ "Nations Cup 2013: Ethiopia name squad". BBC Sport. 2 January 2013.
  3. ^ "Champions St.George dominate Ethiopia AFCON squad". Ethiosports.com. 2 January 2013. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
  4. ^ "Bekele, Shimelis". National Football Teams. Retrieved 14 February 2017.

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