Rami Gershon

Rami Gershon

Gershon with a fan.
Personal information
Full name Rami Gershon
Date of birth (1988-08-12) 12 August 1988
Place of birth Rishon LeZion, Israel
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Centre back / Left back
Club information
Current team
 Gent
Number 55
Youth career
2006–2008 Hapoel Rishon Lezion
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2008–2010 Hapoel Rishon Lezion 36 (0)
2009–2010 → Standard Liège (loan) 2 (0)
2010–2013 Standard Liège 9 (0)
2010–2012 → Kortrijk (loan) 43 (1)
2013 → Celtic (loan) 3 (1)
2013– 2014 Waasland-Beveren 18 (1)
2014– Gent 56 (2)
National team‡
2008–2010 Israel U21 10 (0)
2010– Israel 21 (2)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10 May 2013.
† Appearances (goals)

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 4 November 2014

Rami Gershon (Hebrew: רמי גרשון‎; born 12 August 1988 in Rishon LeZion, Israel) is an Israeli footballer who plays as a centre back or left back for Jupiler League club K.A.A. Gent. He is also a member of the Israeli national squad.

Career

Gershon began his career with Hapoel Rishon Lezion and joined on 6 July 2009 on trial to Standard Liège of the Jupiler League.[1] He had been on trial with Germinal Beerschot Antwerpen.[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. 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.[3]

KAA Gent

2014, the Belgian team KAA Gent transferred Rami to Belgium. He was quite quickly one of the players in the basic team, and he was a strongholder 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 12 caps for Israel.[4] In October 12, 2010 Gershon made his debut for Israel in the 1-2 loss to Greece, in the UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying Group F. On October 11, 2011, Gershon scored his first goal for the national team in Israel's 2-0 away win over Malta, also in the UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying Group F.[5] On March 22, 2013, Gershon scored against Portugal in Ramat Gan Stadium in the 3-3 draw.[6]

International goals

Scores and results list Israel's goal tally first.
Goal Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 11 October 2011 Ta'Qali Stadium, Ta' Qali  Malta 2–0 2-0 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying
2 22 March 2013 Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan  Portugal 3–1 3-3 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Club

Celtic
K.A.A. Gent

References

  1. ↑ Standard: Rami Gershon, un défenseur israélien en test
  2. ↑ Gershon doorgestuurd bij GB, maar test bij Standard
  3. ↑ "Rami Gershon joins Celtic". Celtic FC. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
  4. ↑ Standard: ultime test ce matin (11h) avant l’écrémage
  5. ↑ Israel end on high in Malta
  6. ↑ Coentrão comes to Portugal's rescue in Israel
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