Alon Turgeman ( he, אלון תורג'מן; born 9 June 1991) is an Israeli

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who plays as a forward for

Hapoel Be'er Sheva Hapoel Be'er Sheva Football Club ( he, מועדון הכדורגל הפועל באר שבע, ''Moadon HaKaduregel Hapoel Be'er Sheva'') is an Israeli football club from the city of Be'er Sheva, that competes in the Israeli Premier League. The cl ...

and the

Israel national football team The Israel national football team ( he, נבחרת ישראל בכדורגל, ) represents Israel in international football, and is governed by the Israel Football Association (IFA). Israel's national team is the direct successor of the M ...

Early life

Turgeman was born in Hadera, Israel, to a family of Jewish descent.

Club career

He started to play football as a kid when he was part of

Beitar Nes Tubruk Beitar Nes Tubruk Netanya ( he, בית"ר נס טוברוק נתניה), formerly Beitar Netanya, is a football club in Netanya, Israel. History Beitar Netanya The original Beitar Netanya team spent several years in the lower divisions, mainly i ...

. He represented Israel at the

2009 Maccabiah Games The 18th Maccabiah Games ( he, המכביה ה-18 ישראל תשס"ט), were held in July 2009. According to the organizing committee these were the largest games held yet. These Games were the world's fifth-largest sporting event, behind the Ol ...

, winning a bronze medal. In 2010, he moved to

Hapoel Petah Tikva Hapoel Petah Tikva F.C. ( he, הפועל פתח תקווה) is an Israeli football club based in the city of Petah Tikva, currently playing in the Liga Leumit. Its most successful period was throughout the 1950s and 1960s, in which the club won ...

, and became a member of the senior side when he was 18 years old. In his only year with the senior team he made 30 caps, 8 goals and 2 assists and help the team to stay in the league. On 7 August 2011 under the recommendation of

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to the owner

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he signed with Israeli giants Maccabi Haifa. In his first season as a player of Maccabi Haifa Turgeman scored 7 goals and assist another 3 more in the first half of the season he came off the bench but in the second half of the season following the injury of Wiyam Amasha and the depart of

Vladimir Dvalishvili Vladimir "Lado" Dvalishvili ( ka, ვლადიმერ დვალიშვილი; born 20 April 1986 in Tbilisi) is a Georgian former footballer who now works for Dinamo Batumi as their Sport Director. Career Dvalishvili was signed by ...

he began to be in the starting 11. in his second season with the team following the minority minutes that he received he considered to leave in January but after a call with manager Arik Benado he decided to stay and begin play more in the end of the season Turgeman scored 9 goals and assist another 3 more.

International career

Turgeman has played extensively for his nation at youth level from the under-19 side, to the under-21 side of which he took part in the

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and scored one goal.

Club career statistics

Honours

Club

Bnei Yehuda *

Israel State Cup The Israel State Cup ( he, גביע המדינה, ''Gvia HaMedina''), is a knockout cup competition in Israeli football, run by the Israel Football Association (IFA). The State Cup was first held in 1928 as the People's Cup. Because it involve ...

: 2016–17 Hapoel Haifa *Israel State Cup: 2017–18

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Turgeman, Alon 1991 births Living people Competitors at the 2009 Maccabiah Games Israeli Jews Israeli men's footballers Footballers from Hadera Beitar Nes Tubruk F.C. players Hapoel Petah Tikva F.C. players Maccabi Haifa F.C. players Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C. players Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv F.C. players Hapoel Haifa F.C. players FK Austria Wien players Wisła Kraków players Hapoel Be'er Sheva F.C. players Israeli Premier League players Israel men's youth international footballers Israel men's under-21 international footballers Israel men's international footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Austria Expatriate men's footballers in Poland Israeli expatriate sportspeople in Austria Israeli expatriate sportspeople in Poland Men's association football forwards Maccabiah Games medalists in football Maccabiah Games bronze medalists for Israel