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
Place of birth	Awassa, Ethiopia
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder
Team 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)
International career‡
2010–	Ethiopia	57	(9)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, 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 international footballer who plays as a midfielder. He is currently playing for Egyptian Premier League side Misr Lel-Makkasa. He was also selected to play for Ethiopia national football team in 2013 Africa Cup of Nations.

Career

The Saint George attacking midfielder who signed from Awassa in the summer of 2011, is a fantastically skilful player, with many tricks and flicks, and has a fantastic close control. He separated himself early 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 also superbly 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.

International goals

Scores and results list Ethiopia's goal tally first.

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

External links

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