Eliel Peretz ( he, אליאל פרץ; born 18 November 1996) is an Israeli professional

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who plays as a

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for Apollon Limassol.

Early life

Peretz was born in

Bat Yam Bat Yam ( he, בַּת יָם or ) is a city located on Israel's Mediterranean Sea coast, on the Central Coastal Plain just south of Tel Aviv. It is part of the Gush Dan metropolitan area and the Tel Aviv District. In 2020, it had a population ...

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, to a Sephardic Jewish family.

Club career

On 19 June 2020, Peretz signed a two-year contract with Austrian club,

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Career statistics

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References

1996 births Living people Israeli Sephardi Jews Israeli men's footballers Israeli Mizrahi Jews Footballers from Bat Yam Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. players Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv F.C. players Hapoel Hadera F.C. players Wolfsberger AC players Hapoel Haifa F.C. players Apollon Limassol FC players Israeli Premier League players Austrian Football Bundesliga players Cypriot First Division players Israeli expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Austria Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus Israeli expatriate sportspeople in Austria Israeli expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Men's association football midfielders Israel men's under-21 international footballers {{Israel-footy-bio-stub