Henok Teklab

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Henok Teklab
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-11-16) 16 November 1998 (age 25)
Place of birth Frankfurt, Germany
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
Union Saint-Gilloise
Number 11
Youth career
Rot-Weiss Frankfurt
2015–2017 Germania Schwanheim
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017 Germania Schwanheim 1 (0)
2017–2018 Rot-Weiss Frankfurt 29 (9)
2018–2019 Hessen Dreieich 9 (0)
2019–2020 Ginsheim 19 (2)
2020–2021 Bayern Alzenau 38 (5)
2021–2023 Preußen Münster 65 (25)
2023– Union Saint-Gilloise 17 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 08:14, 29 February 2024 (UTC)

Henok Teklab (born 16 November 1998) is a German professional footballer who plays as an winger for Union Saint-Gilloise.

Career[edit]

Teklab is a youth product of Rot-Weiss Frankfurt and Germania Schwanheim. He began his senior career with Germania Schwanheim in the Hessenliga in 2017.[1] That same summer, he returned to Rot-Weiss Frankfurt for a season, before moving to Hessen Dreieich for the 2018–19 season.[2][3] He followed that up with year-long stints at Ginsheim and Bayern Alzenau.[4] On 28 June 2021, he transferred to Preußen Münster on a two-year contract.[5] He spent two seasons with them in the Regionalliga from 2021 to 2023, with 25 goals in 65 games.[6]

On 14 June 2023, Teklab transferred to the Belgian First Division A club Union Saint-Gilloise on a four-year contract.[7] He made his senior and professional debut with Union Saint-Gilloise as a late substitute in a 4–0 Belgian First Division A loss to Mechelen on 19 August 2023.[8]

Personal life[edit]

Born in Germany, Teklab is of Eritrean descent.[7]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Hessenligist Germania Schwanheim im Regionalpokalviertelfinale eine Nummer zu groß für die U19 des VFJ Hünstetten/Würges". FLW24 - Fußball Limburg-Weilburg. 29 March 2016.
  2. ^ "Hessenliga - Die Wechsel der 17 Vereine in der Übersicht". www.osthessen-zeitung.de. 7 February 2017.
  3. ^ "Henok Teklab soll Lockerheit behalten". www.torgranate.de. 9 February 2022.
  4. ^ "Münsters Dribbelkünstler Teklab: Vom No-Name zur Attraktion". kicker.
  5. ^ "Niklas Heidemann verlässt den SC Preußen, Henok Teklab ein heißer Kandidat". www.muensterschezeitung.de.
  6. ^ "Preußen-Abschied fast klar: Teklab zieht's ins Ausland!". bild.de. 22 March 2023.
  7. ^ a b "L'Union Saint-Gilloise officialise l'arrivée de l'ailier allemand Henok Teklab". RTBF.
  8. ^ Garitte, François (31 August 2023). "La bête noire malinoise, les débuts de Teklab et la maillot ensanglanté : voici ce qu'il faut retenir de Malines-Union". DHnet.

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