Omri Gandelman
 Gandelman playing for Maccabi Netanya in 2022 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 16 May 2000 | ||
| Place of birth | Hod HaSharon, Israel | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Gent | ||
| Number | 6 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2008–2011 | Hapoel Hod HaSharon | ||
| 2011–2014 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | ||
| 2014–2017 | Hapoel Ra'anana | ||
| 2017–2018 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | ||
| 2018 | Wehen Wiesbaden | ||
| 2018–2020 | Maccabi Netanya | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2020–2023 | Maccabi Netanya | 100 | (9) |
| 2023– | Gent | 26 | (10) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2021– | Israel U21 | 14 | (4) |
| 2021– | Israel | 1 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 April 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 5 July 2023 | |||
Omri Gandelman (Hebrew: עמרי גנדלמן also spelled עומרי גאנדלמן; born 16 May 2000) is an Israeli footballer who plays as a midfielder for Belgian Pro League club KAA Gent and the Israel national team.
Early and personal life[edit]
Gandelman was born and raised in Hod HaSharon, Israel,[1][2] to an Israeli family of Ashkenazi Jewish descent and of Sephardi Jewish descent.[3] His father is Israeli former basketball player Shmuel "Shmulik" Gandelman,[4] and grandson of Rami Gandelman who was a basketball manager and a sports personality in Jerusalem.[5]
He also holds Portuguese passport, on account of his Sephardi Jewish ancestors,[3][2] which eases the move to certain European football leagues.[3]
Club career[edit]
Gandelman is a youth product of the academies of the Israeli clubs Hapoel Hod HaSharon, Maccabi Petah Tikva and Hapoel Ra'anana. In 2018, he was scouted by the German academy of Wehen Wiesbaden and had a stint there, before returning to Israel for military service after his performances in the European Sub 21 he has just signed a pre-agreement for Arsenal FC of the Premier League.[6] He made his professional debut with Maccabi Netanya in a 3–1 Israeli Premier League win over Ironi Kiryat Shmona on 2 June 2020.[7]
International career[edit]
He has been a crucial member of the Israel U21, ever since the debut of his in 2021.
Coming on as a substitute within the first half, Gandelman debuted with the seniors' Israel national team in a 4–2 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification away loss against Austria on 12 November 2021.[8]
Honours[edit]
Maccabi Netanya
See also[edit]
- List of Jewish footballers
- List of Jews in sports
- List of Israelis
- List of Israel international footballers
References[edit]
- ^ a b Omri Gandelman at Soccerway
- ^ a b https://www.playmakerstats.com/player.php?id=784141
- ^ a b c Omri Gandelman at WorldFootball.net
- ^ https://basket.co.il/player.asp?PlayerId=6713
- ^ https://www.one.co.il/Article/394965.html
- ^ ""מתאים לאירופה": גאנדלמן הוא היהלום בנתניה". ONE - מספר אחד בספורט. 16 October 2021.
- ^ "Maccabi Netanya vs. Ironi Kiryat Shmona - 2 June 2020 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com.
- ^ "Austria-Israel | European Qualifiers". UEFA.com.
External links[edit]
- Omri Gandelman at PlaymakerStats.com
- Omri Gandelman – Israel Football Association national team player details
- Omri Gandelman – Israel Football Association league player details
- Omri Gandelman at Soccerway
- Omri Gandelman at WorldFootball.net
- Omri Gandelman at ESPN FC
- Omri Gandelman – UEFA competition record (archive)
- 2000 births
- Living people
- Israeli men's footballers
- Jewish footballers
- Footballers from Hod HaSharon
- Maccabi Netanya F.C. players
- K.A.A. Gent players
- Israeli Premier League players
- Belgian Pro League players
- Israeli expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Germany
- Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium
- Israeli expatriate sportspeople in Germany
- Israeli expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
- Israel men's international footballers
- Israel men's under-21 international footballers
- Men's association football midfielders
- Israeli Ashkenazi Jews
- Sephardi Jews