- Henok Goitom
Infobox Football biography
playername = Henok Goitom
fullname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1984|9|22
cityofbirth = Solna
countryofbirth =Sweden
country of origin =Eritrea
height = height|m=1.95
currentclub =Real Valladolid
clubnumber = 9
position = Forward
youthyears = -2002
2002-2004
youthclubs =FC Inter Orhoy
Vasalunds IF Essinge IF
years = 2004–2007
2005–2007
2007–2008
2008-
clubs =Udinese Calcio
→ Ciudad Murcia "(loan)"Real Murcia
→Real Valladolid "(loan)"
caps(goals) = 0100(1)
0710(24)
0170(2)
000(0)
nationalyears = 2005-2006
2006-
nationalteam = Sweden U21
Sweden
nationalcaps(goals) = 0130(4)
0000(0)
pcupdate = March 11, 2007
ntupdate =Henok Goitom (born
September 22 1984 in Solna) is a Swedishfootball (soccer) striker of Eritrean origin. Henok played for Swedish under-21 team during qualifiers for the2006 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship and2007 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship .Club career
Udinese Calcio
Goitom moved to Italy in 2003 to join
Udinese Calcio , making his his debut inSerie A in 2004 and scored his first professional goal againstInternazionale . He was mainly used on the substitutes bench.Loan to Ciudad de Murcia
Goitom spent the 2005-2006 and 2006-2007 seasons on loan at Spanish club Ciudad Murcia, where he finished as
Segunda Liga 's 5th top goalscorer with 15 goals.Real Murcia
In 2007, Henok Goitom signed a four-year deal with Ciudad Murcia's city rivals,
Real Murcia [ [http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/football/spain/liga/transfers.html La Liga transfers summer 2007/08] "Eurosport" (accessed January 22, 2008)] , for an undisclosed fee believed to have been three million. He was officially unveiled by the club onJuly 14 2007 . [ [http://home.skysports.com/list.aspx?hlid=476830&plid=22663&clid=958&cpid=23 Sky Sports] ] .Almeria Transfer
The president of
UD Almería ,Alfonso García , has announced his club will protest before FIFA or in court by the draftee of the Goitom player with the Murcia. García, who appeared today in the occasion of the presentation of Lopez Rekarte, showed the journalists a folio signed by he himself and the president of the Udinese, club of origin of Goitom, by which the Italian organization yielded such rights to the set Andalusian.International career
U-21
Goitom is of
Eritrean descent, but he was a regular starter for theSweden national under-21 football team during 2006. He was on the verge of breaking into Swedish national team for the2006 FIFA World Cup squad in Germany, but only made the preliminary squad. He played for the Swedish U21 team during qualifiers for the2006 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship and the2007 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship .References
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