Testfaldet Goitom

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Tesfaldet Gebreslasie

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| fullname = Testfaldet Gebreslasie Goitom

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| position = Midfielder

| youthyears1 =

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| years1 = 2011

| years2 = 2011

| years3 = 2012

| clubs1 = Croydon Kings

| clubs2 = Adelaide Blue Eagles

| clubs3 = Western District Toros

| caps1 = 1

| caps2 = 3

| caps3 = 4

| goals1 = 0

| goals2 = 0

| goals3 = 0

| nationalyears1 = 2003–2009

| nationalteam1 = Eritrea

| nationalcaps1 = 8

| nationalgoals1 = 3

| pcupdate = 24 September 2012

| ntupdate = 22:02, 3 December 2023 (UTC)

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Testfaldet Goitom is an Eritrean footballer who last played for the Western District Toros in the FFSA State League.

International career

Goitom played in the 2009 CECAFA Cup in Kenya, scoring in the 2–1 defeat against Rwanda.{{Cite web|url=http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/InsidePage.php?id=1144029624&cid=38&|title=Breaking News, Politics, Business, Sports|last=Standard|first=The|website=The Standard|access-date=2018-04-09}} Twelve members of the team failed to return to Eritrea after the team was eliminated in the quarter-finals stage.{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/8414441.stm|title=Eritrea urges footballers' return|date=2009-12-15|access-date=2018-04-09}}

Personal life

Whilst competing in the 2009 CECAFA Cup in Kenya he was part of the Eritrea national football team which failed to return home after competing in the regional tournament in Nairobi.[https://edition.cnn.com/2009/SPORT/football/12/15/football.cecafa.eritrea.kenya/index.html CNN] 12 Eritrean soccer players sought in Kenya After receiving political asylum from the Australian government, the team moved to Adelaide, Australia.http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/out-of-africa-its-a-whole-new-ball-game/story-e6frecj3-1226036645661 Out of Africa, it's a whole new ball game

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Category:Year of birth missing (living people)

Category:Living people

Category:Eritrean men's footballers

Category:Eritrea men's international footballers

Category:Men's association football midfielders

Category:FFSA Super League players

Category:Croydon FC (Australia) players

Category:Adelaide Blue Eagles players

Category:Adelaide Atletico VSC players

Category:Eritrean expatriate men's footballers

Category:Expatriate men's soccer players in Australia

Category:Eritrean expatriate sportspeople in Australia

Category:Eritrean refugees