Omri Gandelman
Gandelman playing for Maccabi Netanya in 2022
Personal information
Date of birth (2000-05-16) 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 12 (0)
International career‡
2021– Israel U21 14 (4)
2021– Israel 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 December 2023
‡ 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

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

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

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

Maccabi Netanya

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Omri Gandelman at Soccerway
  2. 1 2 https://www.playmakerstats.com/player.php?id=784141
  3. 1 2 3 Omri Gandelman at WorldFootball.net
  4. ↑ https://basket.co.il/player.asp?PlayerId=6713
  5. ↑ https://www.one.co.il/Article/394965.html
  6. ↑ ""מתאים לאירופה": גאנדלמן הוא היהלום בנתניה". ONE - מספר אחד בספורט. 16 October 2021.
  7. ↑ "Maccabi Netanya vs. Ironi Kiryat Shmona - 2 June 2020 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com.
  8. ↑ "Austria-Israel | European Qualifiers". UEFA.com.
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