Shimelis Bekele

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Shimelis Bekele
Personal information
Full name	Shimelis Bekele
Date of birth	(1990-01-02) 2 January 1990
Place of birth	Awassa, Ethiopia
Playing position	Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current club	Awassa City F.C.
Number	9
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
2010-2011	Awassa City F.C.
2011-	Saint George SA
2013-present	Al-Ittihad Club (Tripoli)
National team^‡
2010–	Ethiopia	23	(7)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 9 October 2011. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 29 January 2013

Shimelis Bekele (Amharic: ጽሂመሊስ በከለ^?, born 2 January 1990) is an Ethiopian international footballer.^[1] He is currently playing for Al-Ittihad Club (Tripoli) in Libya. He plays as a midfielder. He was also selected to play for Ethiopia national football team in 2013 Africa Cup of Nations.^[2]^[3]

Career

The Saint George attacking midfielder who signed from Awassa in the summer of 2011, is a fantastically skilful player, with lots of 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

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	29 November 2010	Dar es Salaam	Uganda	1–2	Loss	2010 CECAFA Cup
2	2 December 2010	Dar es Salaam	Kenya	2–1	Win	2010 CECAFA Cup
3	2 December 2010	Dar es Salaam	Kenya	2–1	Win	2010 CECAFA Cup
4	8 October 2011	Addis Abeba	Madagascar	4–2^[4]	Win	2012 ACN qualification
5	16 November 2011	Addis Abeba	Somalia	5–0^[5]	Win	2014 WC qualification
6	16 November 2011	Addis Abeba	Somalia	5–0	Win	2014 WC qualification
7	11 January 2013	Addis Abeba	Tanzania	2–1	Win	Friendly

References

↑ "Shimelis Bekele". FIFA Player Statistics. FIFA. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
↑ "Nations Cup 2013: Ethiopia name squad". BBC Sport. 2 January 2013.
↑ "Champions St.George dominate Ethiopia AFCON squad". Ethiosports.com. 2 January 2013. Retrieved 2013-01-21.
↑ "Ethiopia vs. Madagascar". Soccerway. 2011-10-08. Retrieved 2013-01-20.
↑ "Ethiopia - Somalia". 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil™ Match Report. FIFA. 2011-11-09. Retrieved 2013-01-20.

External links

Shimelis Bekele – FIFA competition record
Shimelis Bekele at National-Football-Teams.com
(German) Shimelis Bekele on transfermarkt.de
(German) Shimelis Bekele at fussballzz.de

v t e Ethiopia squad – 2013 Africa Cup of Nations

1 Sisay 2 Degu 3 Yared 4 Abebaw 5 Aynalem 6 Alula 7 Saladin 8 Asrat 9 Getaneh 10 Birhanu 11 Oumed 12 Biadgelegn 13 Fuad 14 Minyahil 15 Dawit 16 Yussuf 17 Seyoum 18 Shimelis 19 Adane 20 Behailu 21 Addis 22 Jemal 23 Zerihun Coach: Sewnet

Persondata
Name	Shimelis Bekele
Alternative names
Short description	footballer
Date of birth	2 January 1990
Place of birth
Date of death
Place of death

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