Omri Glazer ( he, עומרי גלזר; born 11 March 1996) is an
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 ...
i football player who plays as a
goalkeeper
In many team sports which involve scoring goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie or keeper) is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by blocking or intercepting o ...
for
Israeli Premier League club
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, Israel national team.
Early and personal life
Glazer was born and raised in Tel Aviv-Yafo, Tel Aviv,
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 ...
, to an Israeli family of Ashkenazi Jewish (Romanian-Jewish) descent.
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He also holds a Romanian passport, on account of his Ashkenazi Jewish ancestors, which eases the move to certain European football leagues.
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International career
In November 2016, he was first called-up to the senior Israel national football team, Israeli squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup European qualifiers, ahead of the match against Albania national football team, Albania.
Honours
Club
;Maccabi Haifa
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Israeli Premier League: 2020–21 Israeli Premier League, 2020–21
;Hapoel Be'er Sheva
*Israel State Cup: 2021–22 Israel State Cup, 2021–22
*Israel Super Cup: 2022 Israel Super Cup, 2022
;Individual
* Goalkeeper of the season in the
Israeli Premier League (1): 2021–22
See also
* List of Jewish footballers
* List of Jews in sports
* List of Israelis
References
External links
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1996 births
Living people
Israeli Ashkenazi Jews
Israeli people of Romanian-Jewish descent
Israeli Jews
Israeli footballers
Jewish footballers
Hapoel Ra'anana A.F.C. players
Maccabi Haifa F.C. players
Sektzia Ness Ziona F.C. players
Hapoel Be'er Sheva F.C. players
Israeli Premier League players
Footballers from Tel Aviv
Association football goalkeepers
Israel under-21 international footballers
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