Rami Gershon
רמי גרשון
FullnameRami Gershon
Birth date12 August 1988 (age 38)
Birth placeRishon LeZion, Israel
Height1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
PositionCentre back, left-back
Youthyears 11996–2008
Youthclubs 1Hapoel Rishon Lezion
Years 12008–2010
Clubs 1Hapoel Rishon Lezion
Caps 136
Goals 11
Years 22009–2010
Clubs 2→ Standard Liège (loan)
Caps 22
Goals 20
Years 32010–2013
Clubs 3Standard Liège
Caps 319
Goals 30
Years 42010–2012
Clubs 4→ Kortrijk (loan)
Caps 446
Goals 41
Years 52013
Clubs 5→ Celtic (loan)
Caps 53
Goals 51
Years 62013–2014
Clubs 6Waasland-Beveren
Caps 618
Goals 61
Years 72014–2017
Clubs 7Gent
Caps 7101
Goals 71
Years 82017–2025
Clubs 8Maccabi Haifa
Caps 8125
Goals 82
Totalcaps350
Totalgoals7
Nationalyears 12008–2010
Nationalteam 1Israel U21
Nationalcaps 111
Nationalgoals 10
Nationalyears 22010–2019
Nationalteam 2Israel
Nationalcaps 226
Nationalgoals 22
Club-update15 April 2024

Rami Gershon (Hebrew: רמי גרשון; born 12 August 1988) is an Israeli former footballer who played as a centre-back or as a left-back for Maccabi Haifa and the Israel national team.

Early life

Gershon was born in Rishon LeZion, Israel, to a family of Greek-Jewish and Iraqi-Jewish descent.[1]

Club career

Gershon began his career with Hapoel Rishon Lezion and joined on 6 July 2009 on trial to Standard Liège of the Jupiler League.[2] After finishing the trial Liege loaned Gershon for one season with an option to buy him at the end which they eventually did at the summer of 2010 and immediately loaned him to K.V. Kortrijk for one season.

Celtic

On 9 January 2013, Celtic's Chief Executive, Peter Lawwell announced that Gershon had signed a loan deal until the end of the season.[3] On 9 February 2013, Gershon made his Celtic début away to Inverness CT in the Scottish Premier League, managing to score and put Celtic into a 1–2 lead, the match ended 1–3.[4]

K.A.A. Gent

In 2014, the Belgian team Gent transferred Gershon to Belgium. He was quite quickly one of the players in the basic team, and he was a mainstay in the 2015-Championship-team and a year later in the Champions League-campaign.

International career

Gershon has won 10 caps for the Israel U21 and 21 caps for Israel.[5] On 12 October 2010 Gershon made his debut for Israel in the 1–2 loss to Greece, in a Euro 2012 Qualifier. On 11 October 2011, Gershon scored his first goal for the national team in Israel's 2–0 away win over Malta, also in the Euro 2012 qualifiers.[6] On 22 March 2013, Gershon scored against Portugal in Ramat Gan Stadium in the 3–3 draw.[7]

Personal life

In 2014, Gershon started dating Israeli model Neta Alchimister. They became engaged in 2018. They were married June, 2019. Their first son was born on 16 November 2023.[8][9]

Career statistics

International

Scores and results list Israel's goal tally first
GoalDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
111 October 2011Ta'Qali Stadium, Ta' QaliMalta2–02–0UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying
222 March 2013Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat GanPortugal3–13–32014 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Celtic

Gent

Maccabi Haifa

References

  1. ^ "After 35 years, Israeli national soccer team returns to New York"
  2. ^ Standard: Rami Gershon, un défenseur israélien en test Archived 2010-04-01 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "Rami Gershon joins Celtic". Celtic FC. Archived from the original on 20 December 2013. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
  4. ^ Conaghan, Martin (9 February 2013). "Celtic recovered from an early setback to clock up a comfortable win against Caley Thistle in Inverness". BBC Sport. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
  5. ^ Standard: ultime test ce matin (11h) avant l’écrémage LaCapital.be, 12 July 2009 (in French)
  6. ^ Israel end on high in Malta UEFA.com, 11 October 2011
  7. ^ Coentrão comes to Portugal's rescue in Israel UEFA.com, 22 March 2013
  8. ^ "Google Translate"
  9. ^ "אמאלה: נטע אלחמיסטר ילדה בן בכור" (in Hebrew). pplus. 2023-11-17. Retrieved 2023-11-24.