Gatoch Panom Yiech (Amharic: ጋቶች ፓኖም; born 30 November 1994) is an Ethiopian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Ethiopian Premier League club Fasil Kenema and captains the Ethiopia national team.^[1]

The Addis Ababa-based club Ethiopian Coffee was Panom's first professional club when he made his debut for them in 2012. After making many appearances and becoming a regular starter, his form with the club earned him his first call up to the Ethiopia national team in 2014.^[2] In June 2017, Panom become the first Ethiopian player to complete a transfer directly from an Ethiopian club to a Russian club when he made his move to FC Anzhi Makhachkala.^[3]

On 21 June 2017, Panom signed a three-year contract with the Russian club FC Anzhi Makhachkala.^[4] Anzhi registered him with the league as a Chad citizen.^[5]

Panom made his debut for the main squad of Anzhi Makhachkala on 20 September 2017 in a Russian Cup game against FC Luch-Energiya Vladivostok.^[6] On 14 December 2017, Panom's Anzhi contract was dissolved by mutual consent.^[7]

On 22 February 2018, Panom signed with Ethiopian Premier League debutantes Mekelle City FC on a contract that would keep him at the club until the end of the season. Due to a lingering muscle injury Panom had to sit out the first few games with the club until making his debut on 11 April 2018 against Jimma Aba Jifar.^[8]

In July 2018, El Gouna announced the signing of Panom.^[9]

In January 2020, Al-Anwar announced the signing of Panom.^[10]

On 9 February 2021, Panom returned to Ethiopia and signed for Wolaitta Dicha.

In January 2014, coach Sewnet Bishaw, invited him to be a part of the Ethiopia squad for the 2014 African Nations Championship.^[2] The team was eliminated in the group stages after losing to Congo, Libya and Ghana.^[11][12][13]

As of match played 20 September 2017^[14]

As of match played 25 February 2023^[15]

Scores and results list Ethiopia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Panom goal.

List of international goals scored by Gatoch Panom^[15]

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	14 June 2015	Bahir Dar Stadium, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia	Lesotho	1–1	2–1	2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
2	21 June 2015	Bahir Dar Stadium, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia	Kenya	2–0	2–0	2016 African Nations Championship qualification
3	11 October 2015	Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	São Tomé and Príncipe	2–0	3–0	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
4	25 October 2015	Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	Burundi	2–0	3–0	2016 African Nations Championship qualification
5				3–0
6	30 November 2015	Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	Tanzania	1–1 (4–3 p)	1–1	2015 CECAFA Cup
7	9 January 2016	Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	Niger	1–1	1–1	Friendly
8	21 January 2023	19 May 1956 Stadium, Annaba, Algeria	Libya	1–0	1–3	2022 African Nations Championship

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