Henok Goitom

Henok Goitom
Goitom with AIK in 2014
Personal information
Date of birth (1984-09-22) 22 September 1984
Place of birth Solna, Sweden
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position Centre-forward
Team information
Current team
Degerfors (manager)
Youth career
1998–2000 Essinge IK
2001–2002 Inter Orhoy
2002–2003 Vasalunds IF
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2007 Udinese 1 (1)
2005–2007Ciudad Murcia (loan) 75 (23)
2007–2009 Murcia 31 (2)
2008–2009Valladolid (loan) 29 (10)
2009–2012 Almería 78 (8)
2012–2015 AIK 93 (39)
2016 Getafe 2 (0)
2016 San Jose Earthquakes 8 (0)
2017–2021 AIK 142 (39)
Total 459 (122)
International career
2003 Sweden U19 3 (1)
2005–2006 Sweden U21 13 (4)
2015–2019 Eritrea 4 (1)
Managerial career
2021–2022 AIK (under-19)
2022 AIK (interim)
2023–2024 AIK (assistant)
2024 AIK (interim)
2025– Degerfors
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Henok Goitom (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈhěːnɔk]; born 22 September 1984) is a former professional footballer who played as a centre-forward, currently manager of Allsvenskan club Degerfors IF.

He spent most of his 18-year career with AIK (two spells) and in Spain, where he played 215 matches and scored 42 goals across both major levels – 109 games and 14 goals in La Liga. He also competed professionally in Italy and the United States.

Born in Sweden, Goitom represented Eritrea as a senior after having appeared for Sweden at youth level. He made his debut for the former in 2015, earning four caps in four years and scoring once.