Shimelis Bekele
Ethiopian footballer (born 1990) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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]
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Personal information | |||
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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. |
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