Shimelis Bekele

Shimelis Bekele (Amharic: ሽመልስ በቀለ; born 2 January 1990) is an Ethiopian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Egyptian Premier League club Misr Lel-Makkasa and the Ethiopia national team.[1] He represented Ethiopia in the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations.[2][3]

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
Date of birth (1990-01-02) 2 January 1990
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

Career statistics

International
Scores and results list Ethiopia's goal tally first.[4]
NoDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.29 November 2010National Stadium, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Uganda1–01–22010 CECAFA Cup
2.2 December 2010 Kenya1–02–1
3.2–0
4.8 October 2011Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Madagascar4–24–22012 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
5.16 November 2011 Somalia2–05–02014 FIFA World Cup qualification
6.3–0
7.11 January 2013 Tanzania2–12–1Friendly
8.14 November 2015 Congo3–43–42018 FIFA World Cup qualification
9.19 November 2019Bahir Dar Stadium, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia Ivory Coast2–12–12021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

References
  1. "Shimelis Bekele". FIFA Player Statistics. Archived from the original on 29 September 2013.
  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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