Henok Teklab
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 16 November 1998 | ||
| Place of birth | Frankfurt, Germany | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position | Winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | OH Leuven | ||
| Number | 14 | ||
| 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 | VfB Ginsheim | 19 | (2) |
| 2020–2021 | Bayern Alzenau | 38 | (5) |
| 2021–2023 | Preußen Münster | 65 | (13) |
| 2023–2025 | Union SG | 28 | (1) |
| 2025– | OH Leuven | 10 | (1) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 11 February 2026 | |||
Henok Teklab (born 16 November 1998) is a German professional footballer who plays as a winger for OH Leuven.
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 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
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Europe | Other[b] | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Germania Schwanheim | 2016–17 | Verbandsliga Hessen-Mitte | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | |||
| Rot-Weiss Frankfurt | 2017–18 | Hessenliga | 29 | 9 | – | – | – | 29 | 9 | |||
| Hessen Dreieich | 2018–19 | Regionalliga Südwest | 9 | 0 | – | – | 1[c] | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| VfB Ginsheim | 2019–20 | Hessenliga | 19 | 2 | – | – | 2[c] | 0 | 21 | 2 | ||
| Bayern Alzenau | 2020–21 | Regionalliga Südwest | 38 | 5 | – | – | 2[c] | 0 | 40 | 5 | ||
| Preußen Münster | 2021–22 | Regionalliga West | 37 | 7 | 2 | 0 | – | 6[d] | 4 | 45 | 11 | |
| 2022–23 | Regionalliga West | 28 | 6 | 0 | 0 | – | 2[d] | 2 | 30 | 8 | ||
| Total | 65 | 13 | 2 | 0 | – | 8 | 6 | 75 | 19 | |||
| Union SG | 2023–24 | Belgian Pro League | 21 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6[e] | 0 | – | 30 | 1 | |
| 2024–25 | Belgian Pro League | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[f] | 0 | 1[g] | 0 | 9 | 0 | |
| Total | 28 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 1 | ||
| Career total | 188 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 215 | 36 | ||
- ^ Includes DFB-Pokal, Belgian Cup
- ^ Includes Hessian Cup, Westphalian Cup, Belgian Super Cup
- ^ a b c Appearances in Hessian Cup
- ^ a b Appearances in Westphalian Cup
- ^ Two appearances in UEFA Europa League, four appearances in UEFA Conference League
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League
- ^ Appearance in Belgian Super Cup
Honours
Union Saint-Gilloise[9]
References
- ^ "Hessenligist Germania Schwanheim im Regionalpokalviertelfinale eine Nummer zu groß für die U19 des VFJ Hünstetten/Würges". FLW24 - Fußball Limburg-Weilburg. 29 March 2016.
- ^ "Hessenliga - Die Wechsel der 17 Vereine in der Übersicht". www.osthessen-zeitung.de. 7 February 2017.
- ^ "Henok Teklab soll Lockerheit behalten". www.torgranate.de. 9 February 2022.
- ^ "Münsters Dribbelkünstler Teklab: Vom No-Name zur Attraktion". kicker.
- ^ "Niklas Heidemann verlässt den SC Preußen, Henok Teklab ein heißer Kandidat". www.muensterschezeitung.de.
- ^ "Preußen-Abschied fast klar: Teklab zieht's ins Ausland!". bild.de. 22 March 2023.
- ^ a b "L'Union Saint-Gilloise officialise l'arrivée de l'ailier allemand Henok Teklab". RTBF.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Soccerway profilewas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Union Saint-Gilloise end 90-year wait for Belgian league title". Reuters. 25 May 2025. Retrieved 26 May 2025.
- ^ "Union St Gilloise end 110 year wait for third Belgian Cup victory". OneFootball. 9 May 2024. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
External links
- Henok Teklab at Soccerway
- Henok Teklab at DFB (also available in German)