Dagan Yivzori ( he, דגן יבזורי; born October 15, 1985) is an Israeli

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player who last played for

Ironi Nahariya Ironi Nahariya Basketball Club ( he, מועדון הכדורסל עירוני נהריה; ) known for sponsorship reasons as Ironi Rain Nahariya () is a professional basketball club based in city of Nahariya in northern Israel. The team plays in th ...

of the

Israeli Premier League The Israeli Premier League ( he, ליגת העל, ''Ligat Ha`Al'', ), is a professional association football league which operates as the highest division of the Israeli Football League – the state's league of Israel. The league is contested b ...

. He was the 2014

Israeli Basketball Premier League Finals MVP The Israeli Basketball Premier League Finals MVP, or Israeli Basketball Super League Finals MVP, is an annual basketball award that is presented to the most valuable player of the finals of the playoffs of the Israeli Basketball Premier League, whi ...

. He also plays for the Israeli national team in the international level. Yivzori, standing at 1.93 (6 ft 4 in), is considered one of the best sharpshooters in the Israeli League.

Professional career

Early career

Yivzori started his professional career playing for

Liga Leumit Liga Leumit ( he, ליגה לאומית, lit. ''National League'') is the second division of the Israeli Football League, and below its Premier League. Structure There are 16 clubs in the league. At the end of each season, the two lowest-place ...

teams, Maccabi Kiryat Bialik and

Hapoel Afula B.C. Hapoel Afula ( he, הפועל עפולה) is a basketball club based in Afula, Israel. It currently plays in the Liga Leumit (basketball), Israeli National League. History The club was established in 1968, and was a member of the top division duri ...

, without leaving his mark.

Hapoel Yokneam/Megido

In 2004, he signed for

Liga Artzit Liga Artzit ( he, ליגה ארצית, lit. ''Country League'') is the defunct third division of Israeli Football League, beneath its highest division Premier League and the second division Liga Leumit. Before being cancelled in 2009, it was run b ...

(3rd tier) side Hapoel Yokneam/Megido, where he became one of the league's stars. In his second season with Yokneam/Megido, Dagan has achieved a promotion with the team, leading them with averages of 18.4 points, 3.8 rebounds and 3.5 assists. One season later, Dagan led the team into Liga Leumit semifinals and to the State Cup's quarterfinals. In addition, he won the best Israeli award and was elected to the league's all-team.

Hapoel Gilboa/Afula

In 2007–08, Yivzori has firstly played in the first league, signing for Hapoel Gilboa/Afula. The team was relegated at the end of the season.

Hapoel Gilboa Galil

Dagan has stayed in the Israeli Super League signing for

Hapoel Gilboa Galil Hapoel Gilboa Galil ( he, הפועל גלבוע גליל) is a professional basketball club that is based in north-east Israel. The club plays its home game in the Israeli Basketball Premier League (the top tier of Israeli basketball) in a 2,250- ...

, where he was assigned as the sixth player. He finished the season with averages of 5.5 points in 16 minutes. He played there also for the 2009–10 season. In the summer of 2010, Yivzori signed with

Hapoel Holon Hapoel Holon Basketball Club ( he, מועדון הכדורסל הפועל חולון), known for sponsorship reasons as Hapoel Atsmon Playgrounds Holon (), is a professional basketball club based in Holon, Israel. The team plays in the Israeli ...

but was released before the season start because of financial difficulties. In September 2010 he signed back with Gilboa Galil. He totally played 5 seasons for Gilboa Galil.

Maccabi Haifa

In 2013, Yivzori joined the Israeli league champion

Maccabi Haifa Maccabi Haifa ( he, מכבי חיפה) is one of the biggest sports clubs in Israel and a part of the Maccabi association. It runs several sports clubs and teams in Haifa which have competed in a variety of sports over the years, such as Football ...

. His best game for the Greens was an away win against

Hapoel Jerusalem Hapoel Jerusalem is a sport organization in Jerusalem as a local branch of the Hapoel movement. The branch was established in the 1920s and represents the city in more sports than any other sport organization in Jerusalem. Today, the club's leadi ...

, where he scored 36 points with 6/7 for two points and 7/10 behind the arc. He was the 2014

Maccabi Tel Aviv and Hapoel Holon

On 2 July 2015, Yivzori signed with Euroleague-side team

Maccabi Tel Aviv Maccabi Tel Aviv ( he, מכבי תל אביב) is one of the largest sports clubs in Israel, and a part of the Maccabi association. Many sports clubs and teams in Tel Aviv are in association with Maccabi and compete in a variety of sports, such ...

, for three years. However, three months into his second year in yellow, with barely any minutes spent on the court, he had his contract untied and signed with Hapoel Holon on 4 January 2017.

Return to Haifa

On July 18, 2017, Yivzori returned to

and signed a three-year deal.

Ironi Nahariya

On July 12, 2018, Yivzori parted ways with Haifa and signed with

for the 2018–19 season.

Israeli national team

Yivzori has also been a member of the senior

Israeli national basketball team The Israel men's national basketball team ( he, נבחרת ישראל בכדורסל) represents Israel in international basketball tournaments. They are administered by the Israeli Basketball Association. Israel is currently ranked 33rd in the ...

. He represented Israel in the

EuroBasket 2015 qualification This article describes the qualification procedure for EuroBasket 2015. Qualification format In the first qualifying round, 13 teams which didn't qualify for EuroBasket 2013 have been divided into four groups. The winners of each group advance ...

, as well as the

EuroBasket 2015 EuroBasket 2015 was the 39th edition of the EuroBasket championship that was organized by FIBA Europe. It was co-hosted by Croatia, France, Germany, and Latvia, making it the first EuroBasket held in more than one country. It started on 5 S ...

itself.

References

External links

Euroleague.net profileIsraeli Basketball League profile
(Hebrew) {{DEFAULTSORT:Yivzori, Dagan 1985 births Living people Hapoel Gilboa/Afula players Ironi Nahariya players Israeli men's basketball players Israeli Basketball Premier League players Maccabi Haifa B.C. players Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C. players People from Afula Shooting guards