Shimelis Bekele

{{Short description|Ethiopian footballer (born 1990)}}

{{Patronymic name|Shimelis|Bekele|his|father}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Shimelis Bekele

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| full_name = Shimelis Bekele Godo{{Worldfootball.net|shemeles-bekele}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1990|1|2|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Hawassa, Ethiopia

| height = 1.79 m

| position = Attacking midfielder

| currentclub = Defence Force

| clubnumber = 18

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| years1 = 2010–2011

| clubs1 = Hawassa City

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| years2 = 2011–2013

| clubs2 = Saint George

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| years3 = 2013–2014

| clubs3 = Ittihad Tripoli

| years4 = 2014

| clubs4 = Al-Merrikh

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| years5 = 2014–2019

| clubs5 = Petrojet

| caps5 = 123

| goals5 = 29

| years6 = 2019–2021

| clubs6 = Misr Lel-Makkasa

| caps6 = 60

| goals6 = 16

| years7 = 2021–2022

| clubs7 = El Gouna

| caps7 = 16

| goals7 = 0

| years8 = 2022–2023

| clubs8 = ENPPI

| caps8 = 2

| goals8 = 0

| years9 = 2023–

| clubs9 = Defence Force

| caps9 = 8

| goals9 = 2

| nationalyears1 = 2010–2023

| nationalteam1 = Ethiopia

| nationalcaps1 = 81

| nationalgoals1 = 15

| club-update = 10:53, 8 January 2024 (UTC) {{cite web|title=Shimelis Bekele|url=https://soccer.et/player=shimelis-bekele|access-date=11 January 2023}}

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Shimelis Bekele Godo ({{langx|am|ሽመልስ በቀለ}}; born 2 January 1990) is an Ethiopian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Ethiopian Premier League club Defence Force.{{cite web|title=Shimelis Bekele|url=https://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=351318/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130929021829/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=351318/|archive-date=29 September 2013|work=FIFA Player Statistics}} He represented Ethiopia at the 2013 and 2021 Africa Cup of Nations.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/20888340|title=Nations Cup 2013: Ethiopia name squad|date=2 January 2013|work=BBC Sport|access-date=18 January 2022|archive-date=7 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230907063507/https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/20888340|url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=http://www.ethiosports.com/2013/01/02/afcon-2013-final-squad-known/ |title=Champions St.George dominate Ethiopia AFCON squad |publisher=Ethiosports.com |date=2 January 2013 |access-date=21 January 2013 |archive-date=7 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170807172324/http://www.ethiosports.com/2013/01/02/afcon-2013-final-squad-known/ |url-status=live }}