Henok Teklab

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Henok Teklab
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-11-16) 16 November 1998 (age 26)
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*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2017 Germania Schwanheim 1 (0)
2017–2018 Rot-Weiss Frankfurt 29 (9)
2018–2019 Hessen Dreieich 9 (0)
2019–2020 VfB Ginsheim  [ de ] 19 (2)
2020–2021 Bayern Alzenau 38 (5)
2021–2023 Preußen Münster 65 (13)
2023– Union Saint-Gilloise 28 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:40, 29 March 2025 (UTC)

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

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Career

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 VfB Ginsheim  [ de ] 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

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

Career statistics

As of match played 29 March 2025
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cup [a] EuropeOther [b] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Germania Schwanheim 2016–17 Verbandsliga Hessen-Mitte 1010
Rot-Weiss Frankfurt 2017–18 Hessenliga 299299
Hessen Dreieich 2018–19 Regionalliga Südwest 901 [c] 0100
VfB Ginsheim  [ de ]2019–20Hessenliga1922 [c] 0212
Bayern Alzenau 2020–21 Regionalliga Südwest3852 [c] 0405
Preußen Münster 2021–22 Regionalliga West 377206 [d] 44511
2022–23 Regionalliga West286002 [d] 2308
Total651320867519
Union SG 2023–24 Belgian Pro League 211306 [e] 0301
2024–25 Belgian Pro League60002 [f] 01 [g] 090
Total281308010391
Career total18830508014621536
  1. Includes DFB-Pokal, Belgian Cup
  2. Includes Hessian Cup, Westphalian Cup, Belgian Super Cup
  3. 1 2 3 Appearances in Hessian Cup
  4. 1 2 Appearances in Westphalian Cup
  5. Two appearances in UEFA Europa League, four appearances in UEFA Conference League
  6. Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  7. Appearance in Belgian Super Cup

Honours

Union Saint-Gilloise [9]

References

  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. 1 2 "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.
  9. "Union Saint-Gilloise end 90-year wait for Belgian league title". Reuters. 25 May 2025. Retrieved 26 May 2025.
  10. "Union St Gilloise end 110 year wait for third Belgian Cup victory". OneFootball. 9 May 2024. Retrieved 10 May 2024.