Joaquin Szuchman ( he, חואקין שוכמן; born January 29, 1995) is an Israeli-Argentine professional

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player 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 ...

of the

Israeli Basketball Premier League Ligat HaAl ( he, ליגת העל, lit., ''Supreme League or Premier League''), or the Israeli Basketball Premier League, is the top-tier level league of professional competition in Israeli club basketball, making it Israel's primary basketball co ...

. Szuchman, a 1.91 m (6' 3") tall

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, is primarily known for his defensive skills. He was the 2018

Israeli Basketball Premier League Defensive Player of the Year The Israeli Basketball Premier League Defensive Player of the Year, or Israeli Basketball Super League Defensive Player of the Year, is an award given to the best defensive player of each season of the Israeli Basketball Premier League, which is th ...

Early life

Szuchman is Jewish, and was born in Concordia,

Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...

. Szuchman lived his first 7 years in Argentina before growing up in

Nahariya Nahariya ( he, נַהֲרִיָּה, ar, نهاريا) is the northernmost coastal city in Israel. In it had a population of . Etymology Nahariya takes its name from the stream of Ga'aton (river is ''nahar'' in Hebrew), which bisects it. Hist ...

and later in Moshav Barak,

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

. He played 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- ...

youth team and Emek Charod high-school team.

Professional career

In 2012, Szuchman started his professional career with

. On April 11, 2013, Szuchman made his professional debut in a match against Elitzur Ashkelon. On August 27, 2015, Szuchman was named Gilboa Galil's team captain. Szuchman, alongside his teammates

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and Jason Siggers, helped Gilboa Galil to promote to 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 ...

after they defeated Ironi Kiryat Ata in the National League Finals in five games. On July 12, 2017, Szuchman signed a three-year contract extension with Gilboa Galil. On December 28, 2017, Szuchman was named Israeli Player of the Month for games played in December. On April 1, 2018, Szuchman recorded 17 points along with 5 assists and 5 steals in a 90–76 win over Maccabi Rishon LeZion. He was subsequently named Israeli League Round 22 MVP. On May 10, 2018, Szuchman recorded a career-high 22 points, shooting 9-of-16 from the field, along with 7 assists, 3 rebounds and 3 steals in a 78–86 loss to

Bnei Herzliya Bnei Herzliya Basket (, lit. ''Sons of Herzliya''), is a professional basketball club that is based in Herzliya, in the Sharon district in Israel. The club plays in the Israeli Basketball Premier League, the top division of Israeli basketball. It ...

. Szuchman helped Gilboa Galil reach the 2018 Israeli League Playoffs, where they eventually lost to

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 ...

. In June 2018, Szuchman was named the Israeli League Best Defender, and earned a spot in the All-Israeli League Second Team. On June 25, 2019, Szuchman signed a two-year deal with

Hapoel Tel Aviv Hapoel Tel Aviv ( he, הפועל תל אביב) is a sports club in Israel, founded in the 1920s, and part of the Hapoel association. It runs several sports clubs and teams in Tel Aviv which have competed in a variety of sports over the years, suc ...

, joining his former head coach

Ariel Beit-Halahmy Ariel Avraham Beit-Halahmy ( he, אריאל בית הלחמי; born February 4, 1966) is an Israeli professional basketball coach who is the current head coach for Hapoel Gilboa Galil of the Israeli Premier League. Early life Beit-Halahmy grew u ...

. In summer 2022, he signed with

of the

Israeli national team

Szuchman is a member of the

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. On November 24, 2017, He made his first appearance for the senior team at the

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match against

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. Szuchman was also a member of the Israeli U-18 and U-20 national teams, he also participated at the

2017 Summer Universiade The 2017 Summer Universiade (), officially known as the XXIX Summer Universiade ( zh, t=第二十九屆夏季世界大學運動會, p=Dì èrshíjiǔ jiè xiàjì shìjiè dàxué yùndònghuì) and commonly called Taipei 2017 ( zh, t=台北2 ...

References

External links

RealGM profile

FIBA profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Szuchman, Joaquin 1995 births Living people Argentine emigrants to Israel Israeli Jews Jewish Argentine sportspeople Jewish men's basketball players Hapoel Afula players Hapoel Be'er Sheva B.C. players Hapoel Gilboa Galil Elyon players Hapoel Tel Aviv B.C. players Israeli men's basketball players Shooting guards