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Beram Kayal
Personal information
Full name Biram Kyal
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Celtic
Number 33
Youth career
Maccabi Haifa
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2010 Maccabi Haifa 92 (46)
2010– Celtic 0 (0)
International career‡
2004–2005 Israel U17 12 (1)
2006 Israel U18 4 (1)
2005–2007 Israel U19 23 (7)
2007– Israel U21 11 (1)
2008– Israel 13 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 July 2010
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 July 2010

Beram Kayal (Arabic: بيرم كيال, Hebrew: בירם כיאל; (born 2 May 1988) is an Israeli footballer currently playing for Celtic.

Club career

Maccabi Haifa

He started his career as a striker in the various Youth teams of Maccabi Haifa and scored many goals before taking on the role of a midfielder. He moved up to the Maccabi Haifa U19 team for the 2004-05 campaign, despite only being 16 years old he excelled as part of the team winning a League and Cup double and was named the League's Outstanding Player.

He made his first team debut for Maccabi Haifa at the end of the 2005-06 season in a 2-1 win over Maccabi Petah Tikva which sealed Maccabi's third League title in a row at the age of 17 making 2 appearances that season.

In season 2006-07 he made 6 appearances in all competitions, but took on the role of Captain of the U19 team which won another League and Cup double. Biram scored a hat-trick in the League winning match against Beitar Jerusalem.

In the 2007-08 season Biram became a first team regular featuring 36 times in the first-team, since then he has become an integral part of the team and enjoyed success in recent seasons winning the Premier League and Toto Cup.[1]

During the 2007 Torneo di Viareggio youth tournament in Italy, Biram was praised by the Italian press for a man of the match performance against their counterparts from Fiorentina.[2] Both Corriere della Sera and Gazzetta dello Sport seemed to be astonished to learn that he was a Arab on a Jewish team and took a great amount of time in learning more about him.[3]

Celtic

On 29 July 2010, Kayal signed a 4-year deal with Celtic.[4][5]

He will wear the number 33 shirt for the hoops

Personal Life

Biram is a keen collector of vintage crockery and has an original Dalston tea-set monogrammed for King Faisal III of Ulanbatur. [6]

Honours

Club

Individual

Career statistics

As of 26 July 2010 (UTC)
Club Season League Cup League Cup Europe Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Maccabi Haifa 2005–06 2 0 - - - - - - 2 0
2006–07 4 0 2 0 - - - - 6 0
2007–08 29 1 3 0 2 0 2 0 36 1
2008–09 30 4 4 1 5 1 0 0 39 6
2009–10 27 1 4 0 1 0 10 0 41 1
Total 92 46 13 1 8 1 12 0 124 8
Celtic 2010–11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Career total 92 6 13 1 8 1 12 0 124 8

Notes

  1. ^ Template:He icon "Biram Kayal Profile". Maccabi Haifa Online. 1 June 2010. Retrieved 1 June 2010.
  2. ^ Template:It icon "Vincono Inter e Maccabi". Gazetta dello Sport. 7 February 2007. Retrieved 2 August 2007.
  3. ^ Template:He icon "ה"גזטה דלי ספורט" התלהב מחיפה: פיורנטינה טבעה בדממה". Maccabi Haifa FC. 8 February 2007. Retrieved 2 August 2007.
  4. ^ "Israeli star Biram Kayal signs for Celtic". Celtic FC. 29 July 2010. Retrieved 29 July 2010.
  5. ^ "Celtic sign Israel midfielder Biram Kayal". BBC Sport. Retrieved 29 July 2010.
  6. ^ http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010/jul/29/celtic-transfer-israeli-midfielder-biram-kayal
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